Procrastination rarely gets the respect that it deserves. When psychologists address procastinating at all, it is often with a touch of tongue-in-cheek humour. While everybody procrastinates at some ...

Giving it a college try might not be enough anymore. Pro-procrastinators, beware: the practice might do more harm than good. Researchers have found that university students are at risk of depression, ...

What’s a good tip to help students who procrastinate on homework? I struggled with that problem and then I stumbled onto a solution—which I wrote about recently for Character Lab as a Tip of the Week: ...

Imagine a student hunched over a desk, deadlines looming like storm clouds, yet paralyzed by an invisible force: not laziness, but a crushing belief that their effort won’t change their future. This ...

Among the ash and smoke of USC student burnout wafts another familiar scent, one that has haunted students, workers, writers, homemakers and everyone in between for centuries. The Romans called it ...

When talking about Time Management, most people want to increase their productivity. Start implementing some of these tips today, and you will get more and better work done in less time: ...

Procrastinating isn’t always a bad thing — a few years ago, Adam Grant resolved to procrastinate more, not less — still: For most of us, starting late isn’t always the best route to take. So with all ...

In the thick of midterms — with tests, papers, review sessions and deadlines looming over me — I begin to grow anxious. Certainly the unexpected essay question or unrecognizable term causes concern, ...

Mobile phones, particularly smartphones, have significantly influenced our daily life. Since mobile phones with internet capabilities are used for paying bills, watching videos, communicating online, ...

How familiar is this scenario? You have a stressful work assignment that needs to be completed by EOD, but before you engage, you check your email for the fifth time in 15 minutes, scroll through ...