cover of episode Using time urgency to motivate action: Planning and procrastination

Using time urgency to motivate action: Planning and procrastination

2010/2/1
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When you're going to set an intention to complete a task, do you: (a) start at today and look forward to the first available opportunity to act, or (b) start at the deadline and look backward to choose a date? I asked this question of my Psychology Today blog) readers. They provided some insightful answers that I discuss today in relation to our planning and procrastination.

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