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There comes a point when no amount of willpower will save you. But most people, even chronic procrastinators, can avoid that fate by learning to play offense.

All of us, whether or not we’re serious procrastinators, tend to have an optimistic bias toward our own work, so it makes sense to ask others to review our plans.

Procrastinators typically avoid one task by doing something else, and rarely do they sit there doing nothing at all.

Fear manifests itself in a million ugly ways. It shows up as excuses. Or procrastination. It shows up as practicality.

The more you put something off, the larger it looms.

If you ever catch yourself calling Comcast instead of getting your work done, you know you have reached the Procrastination Hall of Fame, and you have a problem.

One way to keep yourself from procrastinating on your breakthrough is to complete the most intimidating task on your mind as quickly as possible.

Procrastination is a common problem whenever you’re pushing yourself beyond your comfort zone.

Many people associate procrastination with laziness. But psychologists find that procrastination is not a time management problem – it’s an emotion management problem.

When you procrastinate, you’re not avoiding effort. You’re avoiding the unpleasant feelings that the activity stirs up. Sooner or later, though, you realize that you’re also avoiding getting where you want to go.