CORAL GABLES, Fla. (March 11, 2024) – The longer a person spends on a task, the more their mind starts to wander—regardless of whether the activity is difficult or easy. In fact, toward the end of the ...

When a task isn't urgent, it's easy to keep procrastinating. Scheduling a doctor's appointment or dusting your bookshelf can end up sitting on a to-do list for days, even weeks, despite taking only a ...

The term “body doubling” might make you think of someone completing a task for you, like a stand-in who does stunts for an actor, but it can also refer to using someone else’s presence to help you ...

In a fast-paced world, where the pressure to perform and achieve is constant, it's easy to fall into the trap of self-judgment. Are you genuinely lacking motivation, or is there a more complex ...

We tend to approach the daily tasks of life in set ways. For example, perhaps you like to complete tasks as soon as possible or procrastinate and push tasks off. Our behavioral patterns are familiar ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Lucy Paulise is executive coach and author of Timebox, based in Texas. Perfectionism often paralyzes high achievers, keeping them ...

I hold my planner like a life book. It's dazzled with color-coded words, stickers, notes, symbols, and doodles. One might think it's all for fun. In truth, it's all quite necessary. It's my executive ...

Wildfire victims face heaps of bureaucratic paperwork, including insurance claims, loan applications and requests for FEMA assistance. Completing such forms can be time-consuming and overwhelming. We ...

The study involved over 8,000 participants and looked very carefully at the behavior of people who gave instructions to an AI, delegating their tasks to the tools, and to people who were tasked with ...