A pesky “motivation brake” may control when we can be bothered to do something, and when we’d rather put it off.

New research has discovered that a neural circuit may explain procrastination. Scientists were able to disrupt this connection using a drug.

Readers of this blog will certainly know that I understand procrastination to be a problem of self-regulation. In fact, in the research literature, procrastination is seen as the quintessential ...

Contrary to popular opinion, procrastination is a valid strategy that can help us access our motivation and our creativity.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a therapist, executive coach and author. As a therapist and executive coach, motivation is a common topic that enters my ...

Self-harming and self-sabotaging behaviors, from skin picking to ghosting people, all stem from evolutionary survival ...

For a long time, I thought I had a motivation problem. I downloaded productivity apps, set reminders, planned my days ...

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RICHMOND, Va. -- It’s time to tackle those things you’ve been putting off. Today, Mitchell Creasey, award-winning executive coach, shared a few ways to end procrastination.

Struggling to start tasks but able to hyperfocus once engaged? Experts explain the ADHD procrastination-hyperfocus cycle and how to work with it.