Dr. Timothy A. Pychyl, associate professor of psychology and director of the Procrastination Research Group (Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada), provides a series of short talks, interviews and question/answer podcasts that explain why we procrastinate and what we can do about it. An award winning educator, Dr. Pychyl challenges his listeners to explore their daily choices to act or postpone acting on their intentions. Do we head to the gym as intended, or slouch back on the couch thinking "I'll feel more like a workout tomorrow"? Do we tackle the task now, or do we avoid it arguing to ourselves that "I work better under pressure"? From losing 10 pounds to changing personal habits, Pychyl, a personality psychologist, focuses on the breakdown of intentional action - a problem commonly called procrastination. This series expands on three main themes: 1) irrational delay that sabotages personal productivity, 2) personality attributes that contribute to self-defeating behaviours, and 3) situational factors that undermine our ability to take or sustain action...
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 3 days 20 hours 30 minutes
The Dutiful Worrier and the power of reason
An interview with provides insight into how our irrational worry can undermine our well-being as well as how reason can be harnessed to help us break free from this "dutiful worry." You can learn more about this by reading Elliot's new book, . To...
Irrational thoughts and the power of reason
Clinical psychologist and philosopher explain how we can more effectively deal with the irrational thinking that defines procrastination. Dr. Cohen is a founder of philosophical counseling in the U.S., and Dr. Knaus is one of the original directors...
Procrastination: A wide-ranging interview about why we procrastinate
This week, I am posting an interview that I had with Laurel Graham, a journalism student in the Journalism and Media Studies program at in Ireland. Laurel contacted me after reading an article in The New Yorker that discussed my research on...
Mindfulness, emotion-regulation and procrastination
(Bishops University) joined me to discuss one of her recent studies entitled, "Lost in the Moment: An Investigation of Procrastination, Mindfulness and Well-being." This was a fascinating discussion of how we often focus on short-term mood repair...
Self-control strategies: Triggers, chutes, ladders and other ways to scaffold our success
In this fascinating interview, Dr. (Utrecht University, The Netherlands, and the ) explains the notion of distributed willpower. Successful people arrange thier lives in such a way as to economize on willpower and to scaffold their willpower...
New Year's Resolutions: How to keep on track
Not everyone makes New Year's resolutions, and certainly not everyone who does make one, keeps it. What does it take to be successful with the change we hope for with a New Year's resolution? A readiness for change, realistic goals, a concrete plan,...
Is Procrastination Weakness of Will?
What is weakness of will? Is procrastination a special instance of a weakness of will? These are questions that I pose to the guest this week, , Associate Professor of Philosophy (McGill University). I sought out Dr. Stroud as she wrote an excellent...
Self-Control Strategies: Change the motivational strength of goals and temptations
Strengthening our motivation towards our goals while weakening our motivation towards temptations is important to successful goal pursuit. In this podcast, I summarize strategies that help us make a precommitment to change the choice situation and...
Anemic Intentions
Note: Poor audio quality. I finally sat down to record a short podcast. Unfortunately, the audio quality isn't very good. It's my fault. I hand held a new recorder that created noise and inconsistent sound levels. In addition, I didn't use a pop...
Emotional Intelligence and Procrastination: The central role of self-control
This week, we discuss the role of emotional intelligence (EI) in understanding procrastination. Eric Heward joined me for an interview about his recently completed Master's thesis research in which he explored the relation of measures of EI and...