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    Approach and avoidance goals: What's the difference in terms of procrastination?

    iProcrastinate Podcast · Jan 4, 2010 · 30 min
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    Welcome to the first podcast of 2010! Today, I summarize a study completed as part of an M.A. thesis by Matt Dann. Matt explored the relation of approach and avoidance goals, as well as approach and avoidance personality with procrastination. His findings provide some insight into how we might more successfully re-frame our tasks to be approach rather than avoidance goals. You can learn more…

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