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Is this you? You finish projects only at the last minute, often compromising on quality.
You end up paying your bills in a rush on the last day, perhaps late.
And what about your dreams?
Are you procrastinating on your life goals? Dreams that are really
important to you?
Goals that you know could change your life. Things like...
Starting your own business
Getting that advanced certification or training that will dramatically increase
your income
Starting that new project at work that will make a tremendous difference to
your success
Frustrating isn't it?
"Why did I let this happen again?"
"Why didn't I start this sooner?"
You are frustrated because of your procrastination habits. And you haven't been able
to change!
If procrastination is holding you back from achieving your dreams, you need to start
fighting back - now.
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You can Change, Now!
I have been a slave to procrastination myself. I know what you feel like.
I also know that you can change. Because I did, and have helped dozens of people do
the same.
But before you can win your procrastination battle, you need to understand your
enemy. In this case, the enemy is within yourself.
55 Powerful Articles to Overcome Procrastination
These 55 articles have invaluable insights by productivity experts, entrepreneurs,
successful bloggers and researchers & scientists.
Looking for a quick list of solutions? You got it!
Looking for a deep dive into the psychology of procrastination? I have you covered!
This post has 8 parts. Here's a table of contents...
Contents
Part 1: List Posts for Quick Answers
Part 2: The 'Why' of Procrastination
Part 3: Specific Anti Procrastination Hacks
Part 4: Unconventional Hacks
Part 5: Detailed List Posts
Part 6: The Psychology of Procrastination
Part 7: Positive Procrastination
Part 8: Anti-procrastination Infographics
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Part 1: List Posts for Quick Answers
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The good old list post. For those who would rather get back to work with a short
answer rather than take a deep dive!
1. Craig Jarrow | Time Management Ninja
21 Ways to Crush Your Procrastination Be sure to check out #8 - an uncommon but
really effective hack!
2. Leo Babauta (Zen Habits) | @ Scott H Young
20 Procrastination Hacks One of Leo's earlier guest posts from 2007.
3. Brian Tracy
8 task management tips to stop procrastinating and get things done Check out Tip No
7 in this post by the author of 'Eat that Frog'.
4. Carla Schesser | Addicted2Success
How To Turn Procrastination Into Productivity Check out Tip No 8! It's surprising how
often we ignore this solution.
Part 2
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Part 2: The 'Why' of Procrastination
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What goes on through our heads when we procrastinate? How do we rationalize
not doing what needs to be done? Let's find out.
5. American Psychological Association
The top 15 procrastination rationalizations A valuable list that just takes 30 seconds
to read.
6. Marc Chernoff | Marc and Angel
10 Damaging Lies and Excuses Your Mind Loves to Tell You Marc talks about 10
rationalizations and what we should be thinking instead.
7. Shana Lebowitz | Business Insider
You aren't just lazy — these 7 psychological theories explain why you procrastinate
I bet you never thought of reasons No 1 and 7!
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t Part 3: Specific Anti- Procrastination Hacks
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This section has posts that each talk about a specific approach to beat
procrastination.
8. James Clear
How to Stop Procrastinating and Boost Your Willpower by Using “Temptation
Bundling” You don’t even need to kick your TV habits to put this into action!
9. Leo Babauta | Zen Habits
Beating the Fears that Cause Procrastination How do you overcome the fear that
keeps you from taking action?
10. Charlie Gilkey | Productive Flourishing
A Frog a Day Keeps Your Anchors Aweigh Talks about the dread-work ratio and how
to reduce the 'dread' that causes procrastination.
11. Justin Rosenstein | LinkedIn
Productivity Hacks: How to Overcome Procrastination by Facing Discomfort The co-
founder of Asana talks about activating a simple 3 step process to override the
procrastination mindset.
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12. Michael Hyatt
The paradigm shift that helped me defeat perfectionism once and for
all Perfectionism is one of the biggest causes of procrastination. Here's an article
about how to beat it.
13. Guy Kawasaki
Is a Business Plan Necessary? Procrastination is most dangerous when you don’t
recognize it. Perhaps you call it planning. This article by Guy Kawasaki can help you
avoid getting caught in too much planning.
14. Scott H. Young
Could Obsessive Research Be the Cure for Procrastination? While planning can lead
to procrastination, we often procrastinate when we don’t have enough
information. This article, along with the two above will make that distinction clearer.
15. Thanh Pham | Asian Efficiency
Solar Flaring to Overcome Procrastination A simple 'self-talk' approach that will help
you get over that resistance to begin.
16. Christopher R. Edgar | The Change Blog
Procrastination and the Art of Allowing The post talks about the importance of
mindfulness and introspection to deal with procrastination.
17. Leo Babauta | Zen Habits
Procrastination is a Mindfulness Problem Leo talks about the importance of
awareness to overcome procrastination.
18. Dr. Jeremy Dean | PsyBlog
The Zeigarnik Effect What can waiters, the TV series ‘Lost’ and Charles Dickens teach
you about avoiding procrastination? GTD lovers will find this approach familiar!
19. Eric Barker | Barking up the Wrong Tree
How To Stop Procrastinating: 4 New Steps Backed By Research The steps to using the
power of habits to beat procrastination.
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20. Dr. Andrea Bonior | Psychology Today
The Surefire First Step to Stop Procrastinating Use this habit forming principle to get
things done.
21. Craig Ballantyne | Early to Rise
How to Beat Procrastination You often hear that the solution is to 'just start'. But
how do you make it really easy for you to start? Here's the answer…
22. Craig Jarrow | Time Management Ninja
Procrastination is Contagious Yup! Other people could be causing you to
procrastinate. Learn about how to avoid catching the procrastination bug!
23. Alexander Kalamaroff | Lifehacker
Gamify Your Life: A Guide to Incentivizing Everything Ever thought about how to use
games to beat procrastination?
24. Rachel Gillett | Fast Company
The One Habit Change that can Help you Stop Procrastinating Twitter co-founder
Jack Dorsey is well known for using theme days to get more done. Check out this
experiment that some people carried out to see if that habit could beat
procrastination.
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Part 4: Unconventional hacks
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If regular methods are not working for you, maybe you need to try something new.
Here are a few articles that talk about hacks that might actually turn things around!
25. Henneke Duistermatt | Enchanting Marketing
The 90% Rule of Being Productive, Feeling Better, and Achieving More Are you trying
too hard to be productive, and yet, you tend to procrastinate? Try this!
26. Walter Chen | 99U
The Power of Structured Procrastination Walter Chen, the co-founder
of iDoneThis, talks about a counter-intuitive hack that that a lot of people, including
academicians swear by.
27. Nell McShane Wulfhart | Lifehacker
Five Counterintuitive Ways to Use Procrastination and Become Productive If you
have had enough of the 'last minute panic' try applying these.
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t Part 5: Detailed List Posts
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These posts have more detail than the list posts from Part 1. Lots of valuable
insights that we haven't covered so far.
28. Chris Bailey | A Life of Productivity
Here’s why you procrastinate, and 10 tactics that will help you stop Chris shares
insights from his interview with Dr. Tim Pychyl, the author of 'Solving the
Procrastination Puzzle'.
29. Marc Chernoff | Marc and Angel
28 Ways to Slay the Delay A compilation post with great insights from some of the
world's biggest bloggers.
30. Conor O'Rourke | Page19 (Blinkist Blog)
6 Experts on How to Beat Procrastination and Finally Get to Work Another
compilation of insights by bestselling authors
31. Jason Demakis | Pick the Brain
5 Principles for Pummeling Procrastination Talks about including fun as part of your
schedule and not to look at procrastination negatively. Rather as something that's
pointing you in a certain direction.
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32. Timo Kiander | Productivityist
Start Taking Action: 12 Steps to Beat Procrastination and Finish What You Started
A well-structured post that runs you through the planning, execution and finishing
phases of a project.
33. Kevin Purdy | Lifehacker
Top 10 Motivation Boosters and Procrastination Killers Has a few methods which you
probably won't find elsewhere!
34. Steve Pavlina
Overcoming Procrastination A detailed post that talks about 8 cause of
procrastination and how to address each.
35. Dustin Le | Edudemic
How to Use The Now Habit to End Student Procrastination Tip #1 here is fantastic! It
will work for you even if you are not a student.
36. Adeea | The Trendy Socialite
The Procrastinator's Guide to Productivity What do you do if you have already
procrastinated on a task and the deadline is looming? Or what if you are a chronic
procrastinator and just can't shake the habit! Check out this article!
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rt 6Part 6: The Psychology of Procrastination
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To change ourselves or people around us, it's often really helpful to understand
ourselves better. This section looks into the science behind our tendency to
procrastinate. Solutions are based on compelling research that gives you a 'why'
for any recommended approach.
37. Denis Duvauchelle | TNW
Brain freeze: The science of procrastination and our ‘smart’ brains A post by Denis
Duvauchelle, CEO and co-founder of team collaboration tool Twoodo,
38. Paul Minors | Productivityist
The Psychology of Procrastination and How to Avoid It Exactly what mental processes
have to be in place for you to be able to execute something? Check out 'The
Execution Formula'
39. Jonathan Fields
Attention Chronic Non-finishers, I know your Secret We often never finish what we
started? Why? Here's a possible reason (citing the Zeigarnik Effect that we
mentioned in an earlier article)
40. Gregory Ciotti | Bidsketch
6 Scientific Tactics to Stop Procrastinating A good read, with links to studies if you
want more detail.
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41. Kevan Lee | Buffer
Games and your Brain: How to use Gamification to Stop Procrastination A more
detailed post on using gamification.
42. Sue Shellenbarger | Wall Street Journal
To Stop Procrastinating, Look to Science of Mood Repair Do you often give in to feel
good and turn to immediate gratification? Read this about managing your mood.
43. Leigh Buchanan | Inc
Inside the Psychology of Productivity You can have a very incorrect idea of how
productive you really are. Great insights here.
44. Anna Hensel | Inc
The Psychological Tip to Help You (Finally) Overcome Procrastination A short but
compelling article on how to leverage your sense of identity.
45. Olga Khazan | The Atlantic
The Mechanics of Preventing Procrastination How measuring time differently can
help you get more done. A post shared more than 22,000 times!
46. Ellen Hendriksen | Quick and Dirty Tips
How to Stop Procrastinating Tip No 4. Refers to a 2012 research that’s interesting.
47. Susannah Locke | Vox
Why your brain loves procrastination An interview with interview with Dr. Tim
Pychyl, the author of 'Solving the Procrastination Puzzle'.
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Part 7: Positive Procrastination
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Can procrastination actually be good for you? Sometimes yes! These articles
explore how it can actually make you more successful. But be warned, this refers to
a specific type of procrastination. Don't misinterpret it! These tips are not for those
who miss deadlines or end up delivering shoddy quality. Rather, these are for people
who want to work smarter.
48. Belle Beth Cooper | Buffer
Why Procrastination doesn't need a Cure: A Guide to Structured Distraction "So the
question is not how to avoid procrastination, but how to procrastinate well."
49. Steve Tobak | Entrepreneur
Why Procrastination is not your Problem A different perspective about what
procrastination means, and its implications.
50. Bryan Hutchinson | Creative Writer
8 Reasons why Procrastination is Better than Working A great read, especially if you
are in a creative field.
51. Cole Fledman | Thought Catalogue
7 Keys to Being an Expert Procrastinator in College Being smart at how you work isn't
really procrastination!
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52. Rebecca Burn Callandar | The Telegraph
Why Being Lazy and Procrastinating can make you Wildly Successful "Bill Gates said
he would always 'hire a lazy person to do a difficult job' at Microsoft 'because a lazy
person will find an easy way to do it". What do you think?
Part 8
Part 8: Infographics
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Don't you just love how infographics? Here are a few of them to help you tackle the
procrastination problem.
53. Essay Expert
15 Ways to Beat Procrastination A really popular infographic that provides 15
approaches. Simple and great design!
54. Piers Steel |Procrastinus
The Procrastination Equation Professor Piers Steel defines procrastination through
an equation.
55. Agil8
The Science of Procrastination A great infographic for those who would like to
understand the psychology behind procrastination
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