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    Using time urgency to motivate action: Planning and procrastination

    iProcrastinate Podcast · Feb 1, 2010 · 44 min
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    When you're going to set an intention to complete a task, do you: (a) start at today and look forward to the first available opportunity to act, or (b) start at the deadline and look backward to choose a date? I asked this question of my Psychology Today blog readers. They provided some insightful answers that I discuss today in relation to our planning and procrastination. If you want to learn…

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