This link has been bookmarked by 21 people . It was first bookmarked on 21 Jul 2008, by my serendipities.
-
06 Jul 09
-
13 Oct 08
Dan Dascalescu15%-25% of the (US? Canada? UK?) population are chronic procrastinators
-
24 Jul 08
-
chronic procrastination is now so serious a condition it needs to be recognised by clinicians. In a study to be published later this year, he estimates that 15 to 20 per cent of people are chronic procrastinators.
-
Procrastination also has knock-on effects - it encourages depression, lowers self-esteem, causes insomnia, and indirectly affects health by discouraging visits to the dentist or doctor. Sufferers are also more likely to have accidents at home involving unmended appliances.
-
'Lots of people, particularly people who often have to work under time constraints, put work off because they kid themselves that they work best when under pressure, when there's a deadline.
'Studies have shown this isn't true. They're conveniently forgetting the times when it all went horribly wrong - and selectively remembering the odd occasion when things went well under severe time pressure.'
-
-
23 Jul 08
-
22 Jul 08
-
Even the beeps notifying the arrival of email are said to be causing a 0.5 per cent drop in gross domestic product in the United States, costing the economy $70bn a year.
-
-
21 Jul 08
-
20 Jul 08
-
Shunt 82Mobile phones and emails are triggering the 'distraction' part of the brain
psychology brains behaviour mobile gadgets online dissatisfaction patience mood
Would you like to comment?
Join Diigo for a free account, or sign in if you are already a member.