iProcrastinate Podcast
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Worry helps me cope: Another problematic metacognitive belief
16 Nov 2009
Contributed by Lukas
A recent study indicates that both behavioural and decisional procrastination are related to maladaptive beliefs known as metacognitions. In this podc...
Quirks of the Brain: Procrastination's Perfect Storm
10 Nov 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Hey, a second podcast for November 10th. Yes, I'm trying to make up for my absence last week :-) In this short podcast, I discuss some summary stateme...
Old habits die hard: Why do we procrastinate?
10 Nov 2009
Contributed by Lukas
In this, the first podcast for November, I reflect on a listener's questions about advice to new faculty members by Robert Boice, and I answer a few s...
Not helpful: Thoughts on irrational thoughts
26 Oct 2009
Contributed by Lukas
This week I discuss three things: 1) a listener's comments about meaning and decisional procrastination, 2) a useful "mantra" in life - Not Helpful, a...
A procrastinator's story
16 Oct 2009
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I'm sharing a letter from a reader of my Psychology Today blog, Don't Delay. It's an insightful, well-written (at times painful) first-han...
I'll look after my health later: How procrastination undermines our health
05 Oct 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Every procrastinator knows the stress associated with that needless delay. The question is, does this relate to increased illness as well? In fact, ...
Two hundred toenails: Strategies to get going on avoidance goals
01 Oct 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Avoidance goals create a focus on avoiding or eliminating undesired outcomes. For example, avoid failing my exam. Approach-oriented goals involve reac...
Thoughts on goal pursuit from Viktor Frankl
28 Sep 2009
Contributed by Lukas
In his autobiography published (in German) in March of 1995 to coincide with his 90th birthday, Dr. Viktor Frankl reflected on the "Manner of my Work....
Tackling Procrastination: Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy
21 Sep 2009
Contributed by Lukas
While we all desire to reach or release our full potential, we often face deep internal struggles with perfectionism, excessive self-doubt, lack of pe...
Go with the flow: Why procrastination undermines these optimal experiences
14 Sep 2009
Contributed by Lukas
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Self-awareness: The good, the bad and the ugly
09 Sep 2009
Contributed by Lukas
This week I discuss three things. First, I address the notion of "intention updates" and the difference between changing our intentions and procrastin...
Structured Procrastination: Harness avoidance to succeed
31 Aug 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Perhaps the most frequently read essay on the Internet about procrastination, is Professor John Perry's (Stanford University) piece entitled, "Structu...
Implementation Intentions: A key strategy for successful goal pursuit
24 Aug 2009
Contributed by Lukas
When I'm asked for strategies for more successful goal pursuit, I usually begin with the notion of implementation intentions. In this podcast, I expla...
Strengthening Willpower - Research, Strategies & Tips
17 Aug 2009
Contributed by Lukas
This is the last in the three-part series on willpower. Today, I discuss research that shows how we might bolster our willpower when we feel depleted....
Willpower is like a muscle
10 Aug 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Willpower is a limited resource that we can exhaust quite quickly. In this podcast, I summarize the approach taken to this research and some key findi...
Self-regulation: Goal setting & attention (tips to reduce procrastination)
03 Aug 2009
Contributed by Lukas
In order to understand procrastination, a form of self-regulation failure, we need to consider successful self-regulation. This podcast provides a beg...
In search of the Arousal Procrastinator
28 Jul 2009
Contributed by Lukas
I work better under pressure. . . Really? I don't believe you, and one of our latest studies casts doubt on the construct of the arousal procrastinato...
Self-forgiveness and procrastination
20 Jul 2009
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I'm discussing a very interesting finding in some of our research. We studied how self-forgiveness affected procrastination. The reasoning ...
Procrastination and Guilt
13 Jul 2009
Contributed by Lukas
A second podcast for Monday, July 13th as I try to sort out a technical issue with my recording.The topic is guilt, the most common emotion associated...
Giving in to feel good: Why self-regulation fails
13 Jul 2009
Contributed by Lukas
iProcrastinate Podcasts are back! I'm on sabbatical, and I'll be making a weekly post for the next year as I do my research and writing on, what else,...
Teenagers, Identity Crises and Procrastination
20 Jun 2008
Contributed by Lukas
What am I? Who am I? Not surprisingly, if you can't answer these questions, you're more likely to procrastinate. In this podcast, I review a recent st...
Structured Procrastination: When all else fails
14 Jun 2008
Contributed by Lukas
I am working on this podcast as a way of not doing other things that I should be doing - reading final papers, editing manuscripts, writing a letter o...
Existentialism and Procrastination (Part 2): Self-deception and Bad Faith
07 Apr 2008
Contributed by Lukas
Here is the second part of my thoughts on existentialism and procrastination with a focus on self-deception - "I'll feel more like doing this tomorro...
Existentialism and Procrastination (Part 1): The Anguish of Procrastination
07 Apr 2008
Contributed by Lukas
At the request of many listeners, I am presenting some thoughts on existentialism and procrastination. This podcast, the first of two parts, explores ...
Procrastination in the Workplace: An Interview with CareerJoy.com
24 Jan 2008
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is a little different from the others. I am rebroadcasting an interview that I did with Alan Kearns of CareerJoy.com. Alan interviewed me...
Cyberslacking and the Procrastination Superhighway
11 Dec 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Although we all believe that information technology makes us more productive - it's our belief that technology is progress - it's not a one-sided issu...
Mindfulness Meditation and Procrastination
27 Oct 2007
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, Dr. Pychyl discusses how mindfulness meditation may help reduce procrastination. The focus is on the role of attention in self-regula...
Fear of Failure and Procrastination
22 Nov 2006
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we explore how fear of failure has been identified as a factor in our understanding of procrastination. Specifically, Dr. Pychyl disc...
iProcrastinate podcasts are back! - Cognitive Restructuring and Strengthening Volition
20 Sep 2006
Contributed by Lukas
After nearly 4 months away, finally, another episode on dealing with procrastination. We pick up where we left off in May with a discussion of two oth...
Strategies for Overcoming Procrastination Part I: Dealing with Avoidance
22 May 2006
Contributed by Lukas
This is the first in a three-part podcast where we begin to discuss strategies for overcoming procrastination. The content is based on a research pape...
Taxes and other aversive stuff: Why do we put it off? (Why not!?)
20 Apr 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Why do so many of us procrastinate on our taxes? Isn't the saner question, who doesn't? Who likes doing taxes? In fact, that's part of the answer to w...
The Positive Side of Planning: Why a time management approach might work
14 Mar 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Although I argued in the last podcast that procrastinators are not "broken" and that buying a daytimer or creating a schedule isn't a magic solution ...
Time Management and procrastination: How not to carpe diem!
01 Mar 2006
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we consider how even apparently good intentions like making a schedule can contribute to procrastination. We focus this dicussion on a new ...
Personality and Procrastination Part 2: The Five Factor Model of Traits predicts procrastination
07 Feb 2006
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, we extend the "colour wheel" metaphor with the Five Factor Model of personality ("the big five") and briefly summarize some key relat...
Personality and Procrastination Part 1:
29 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, we focus on what many personality psychologists consider to be the fundamental traits. Using the metaphor of the primary colours, we ...
Introducing iProcrastinate Podcasts - What is procrastination?
22 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
This was my first podcast back in January of 2006. The original recording was poorly done, but thanks to a generous listener, it has been greatly impr...