In an intriguing article on why people procrastinate and how to break the habit, Scientific American reports that procrastination “plagues a whopping 80 to 95 percent of college students.”  Research shows various reasons for procrastination: Aversion to a task. Impulsiveness or indecisiveness. Mistaken belief that, “I work best under pressure.” Protection of a fragile ego: [...]

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Procrastination makes people poorer, fatter and unhappier. Ten years after starting his five year project, a Canadian industrial psychologist finds that while in 1978, only about 5 percent of the American public thought of themselves as chronic procrastinators, now it’s 26 percent, CNN.com reports. He also found that the young are more like to procrastinate [...]

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