Re:Ask HN: I'm a chronic procrastinator – how do I break it?
by jschulenklopper on Friday August 02, 2013 @04:50AM
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I came here to add that research that Kathy Sierra referred to in her article on willpower and cognitive processing capacity... but you beat me to it :-)
Another interesting article on willpower is by the APA on http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/willpower.aspx, refering to actual experiments instead of common opinions. Interesting quotes from that:
> At its essence, willpower is the ability to resist short-term temptations in order to meet long-term goals.
> Self-discipline, the researchers found, was more important than IQ in predicting academic success.
> The benefits of willpower seem to extend well beyond the college years.
There's a nice (short) book on techniques to stop/handle procrastination: Eat That Frog, http://www.amazon.com/Eat-That-Frog-Great-Procrastinating/dp.... One of the ideas is that if you start with the hardest task, everything else will be easier after that.
Another interesting article on willpower is by the APA on http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/willpower.aspx, refering to actual experiments instead of common opinions. Interesting quotes from that:
> At its essence, willpower is the ability to resist short-term temptations in order to meet long-term goals.
> Self-discipline, the researchers found, was more important than IQ in predicting academic success.
> The benefits of willpower seem to extend well beyond the college years.
There's a nice (short) book on techniques to stop/handle procrastination: Eat That Frog, http://www.amazon.com/Eat-That-Frog-Great-Procrastinating/dp.... One of the ideas is that if you start with the hardest task, everything else will be easier after that.