Why We Procrastinate and How to Avoid It

Why We Procrastinate and How to Avoid It

Do you tend to procrastinate on important projects, delaying them until the last minute? Why do we procrastinate? Is procrastination a symptom of laziness? Before we can tackle procrastination, we need to understand why we procrastinate in the first place. According to Neil Fiore, the author of The Now Habit, procrastination isn’t a character flaw—it’s a symptom of underlying psychological distress. Here’s why we procrastinate and how to avoid it, according to Neil Fiore.

WRAP Decision-Making: Make Smarter Choices

WRAP Decision-Making: Make Smarter Choices

What is the WRAP framework? What are the four steps in Chip and Dan Heath’s WRAP decision-making process? In their book Decisive, Chip and Dan Heath organize the four steps of their decision-making process into a mnemonic called “WRAP.” Each letter in the acronym stands for a step in their process: Widen Your Options, Reality-Test Your Assumptions, Attain Distance Before Deciding, and Prepare to be Wrong. Let’s examine the four steps of the WRAP decision-making process, including specific strategies for implementing each step.

Environment and Genetics: Understanding the Connection

Strands of DNA

What roles do genes play in behavior? Is your personality largely the product of your genes or your environment? Our genes contain the blueprints for our bodies. Therefore, in a very real sense, our genes determine who we are. Each of us has crucial elements of who we’ll become encoded in our DNA. However, genes only tell a small part of the story because your environment can influence how genes are expressed. Keep reading to learn about the interplay between environment and genetics.

Thought-Provoking Book Club Questions for Being Mortal

Thought-Provoking Book Club Questions for Being Mortal

Are you looking for book club questions for Being Mortal? What are some of the key ideas to discuss? Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande was widely praised and dubbed one of the best books of the year when it was published in 2014. It brings forth some difficult yet necessary questions about the way we approach aging and dying in the 21st century. Here are some questions to help you reflect on the book’s key messages.

Fear of Success: The Psychology of Self-Sabotage

Fear of Success: The Psychology of Self-Sabotage

Is the fear of success a thing? How does fear of success cause people to self-sabotage? The possibility of achieving significant success triggers irrational fear in many people. As they experience greater success and joy, they begin to unconsciously self-sabotage to bring themselves back to a level that they are used to. Keep reading to learn about the psychology of the fear of success.

Dan and Chip Heath: Decisive (Book Overview)

Dan and Chip Heath: Decisive (Book Overview)

What is Dan and Chip Heath’s Decisive about? What is the key message to take away from the book? In their book Decisive, Dan and Chip Heath present a decision-making process we can use for big decisions across any area of our lives. They wrote this book because they noticed there’s ample research on how flawed our decisions are but little advice on how to make better choices. Below is a brief overview of Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work by Dan and Chip Heath.

The Human Genome Project: Sequencing the Human Genome

The Human Genome Project: Sequencing the Human Genome

Why did scientists embark on the 13-year-long undertaking of sequencing the human genome? How has the Human Genome Project advanced our knowledge of genetics? Thanks to the Human Genome Project, we know where every gene is, what it codes for, and how. Despite this knowledge, however, we still understand very little about how all these different genes coordinate and cooperate to build and maintain our bodies. Here’s how the Human Genome Project paved the way for genetics research.

Debunking the Myth: Procrastination Is Not Laziness

Debunking the Myth: Procrastination Is Not Laziness

Does procrastination result from laziness? What is the real reason we tend to procrastinate on important tasks? Traditionally, we tend to think that procrastination results from laziness. In this view, procrastination in itself is the fundamental problem: It results from a failure of motivation or willpower, and the solution is to try harder and be more disciplined. This is simply not true. Here’s why procrastination is not laziness, according to Neil Fiore.

Unraveling Common Biases in Decision-Making

Three Keys to Making Better Decisions in Life

Why do we make bad decisions? What are some ways you can mitigate biases in decision-making? Life is full of big decisions, but hard-to-detect flaws in our thinking often prevent us from making good choices. According to Dan and Chip Heath, we can make better decisions if we follow a process that pushes us to overcome our decision-making biases and illogical ways of thinking. Let’s examine how illogical ways of thinking weaken our decision-making.