In defence of ground hogs
It’s not their fault. They never claimed to have e.s.p. and the ability to forecast spring, or anything else. [...]
On Procrastination: Summary
This series has hardly been the last word on overcoming procrastination but maybe it gave you a couple of insights, [...]
On Procrastination Part 7: The Value of Positive Self-Talk
Despite my earlier diatribe against positive self-talk in the shallow Anthony Robbins style, it has its place if framed properly. [...]
On Procrastination Part 6: Using Cognitive Therapy to Overcome a Negative Explanatory Style
Procrastination can be defined as one’s voluntary delay of an intended course of action despite being worse off as a [...]
On Procrastination Part 5: Negative Explanatory Style – Chief Cause of Procrastination
Being an optimist – or more accurately perhaps, having an optimistic thinking style when things are going alright – is [...]
On Procrastination Part 4: What can we Learn from the Optimistic Explanatory Style
There are a lot of ‘motivational speakers’ out there from the Anthony Robbins School of Positive Self-Talk – Awaken the [...]
On Procrastination Part 3: Self-Efficacy, Self-Leadership, Self-Reinforcing
Turns out people who have high levels of Self-Efficacy and Self-Leadership (which includes Personal Goal Setting, Positive Self-talk, Self-Monitoring, and [...]
On Procrastination, Part 2: The Role of Self-Esteem
I said in On Procrastination Part 1 that [all] people are concerned with self-esteem and so worry about being judged, [...]
On Procrastination
I’m not a psychologist, but … As an executive coach many of my clients raise this issue of procrastination as [...]
Thoughts on Pay Practices: Part 6 – Problems with ‘contingent compensation’
Many organizations offer a substantial contingent compensation component (incentive bonus schemes) to many employees as part of the overall pay [...]