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• 22 Feb 09
  

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• 30 Jan 09
  

  Christopher Arnold

  New study finds procrastination is warded off by considering tasks in concrete terms.

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  Buthaina Al-Othman

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  • Summary: how to get things done

    Here's a summary of the main conclusions from all the studies discussed:
    
    1. To avoid procrastinating on a task, focus on its details and use self-imposed deadlines.
    2. To stick to a task, while actually carrying it out, now it is beneficial to keep the ultimate, abstract goal in mind.
    3. When evaluating progress on a hard task, when the chance of failure is high, stay focused on the details of the task.
    4. Once tasks are easier or the end is in sight, a more abstract, goal focus is once again the psychological approach to choose.
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  Gerald Aungst

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  Herman Post

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  Ton Zijlstra

  research on how people procrastinate or help themselves to get things done.

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• 29 Jan 09
  

  Jeppe Kabell

  1) To avoid procrastinating on a task, focus on its details and use self-imposed deadlines. 2) To stick to a task, while actually carrying it out, now it is beneficial to keep the ultimate, abstract goal in mind. 3) When evaluating progress on a hard task

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