Formula For Procrastination Found 191
kandela writes "Science Daily reports that a University of Calgary academic has published a paper titled The Nature of Procrastination: A Meta-Analytic and Theoretical Review of Quintessential Self-Regulatory Failure in the Psychological Bulletin. The research reveals that most people's New Year's resolutions are doomed to failure, most self-help books have it completely wrong when they say perfectionism is at the root of procrastination, and procrastination can be explained by a single mathematical equation. The research is apparently the culmination of 10 years work. However, no indication was given of how much time was spent putting it off before it was begun." From the article: "Essentially, procrastinators have less confidence in themselves, less expectancy that they can actually complete a task... Perfectionism is not the culprit. In fact, perfectionists actually procrastinate less, but they worry about it more."
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Ryan Fenton
I was going to submit this story months ago (Score:2, Funny)
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I wanted to post this in the last story, but I just got around to it now.
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P.S. I would've gotten first post, but I kept putting it off and putting it off.
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Re:What the TFA is about? (Score:3, Funny)
Old news (Score:4, Funny)
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No worries, the dupe'll be around in a couple of days.
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So this is it (Score:4, Funny)
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Obligatory (Score:2, Funny)
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The word has always creeped me out (Score:4, Funny)
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McGuyver could do it with a broken rubber band & the month of February.
Re:It's a PR agency playing pseudo-scientist (Score:5, Funny)
Wish I had mod points, I'd just mod you informative & call it a day.
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Re:At least in my case, totally wrong. (Score:1, Funny)
Hi, pla, this is your boss. I'm going to have to put off your next raise. And your next paycheck.
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I'm procrastinating by reading this comment thread (Score:2, Funny)
I'll also echo that I procrastinate things because I'm accustomed to being able to wing them and do well.
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