Researchers Discover Best Way to Avoid Procrastination
If you want to curb procrastination, don't set yourself a deadline, or set as short a deadline as you can, researchers say.
«The study found responses to the survey were lowest for the one-month deadline, and highest when no deadline was specified.»
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«“make your focus as simple as ‘What’s the next action – a simple next step – I would take on this task if I were to get started on it now?’”.»
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