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Talk of the Nation on Procrastination

Merlin Mann | Jun 12 2008

How to Be a Productive Procrastinator : NPR (Talk of the Nation)

The Talk of the Nation that’s on right now (available for streaming later) is on the topic of procrastination.

Why do today what you can do the day after tomorrow? Procrastination expert Timothy Pychyl and self-professed “structured procrastinator” John Perry discuss the latest research on this type of behavior and how to prioritize what’s really important.

If you’ve been around here for a while, you’ll remember John Perry for his excellent piece on “Structured Procrastination.” Great stuff.


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Timothy Pychyl

Submitted by Cari on June 12, 2008 - 12:05pm.

Thanks Merlin. I’m looking forward to catching this later. Timothy Pychyl has a great podcast on the subject, called “iProcrastinate.” I especially like his emphasis on existentialism and procrastination, what he calls “procrastinating on living.” Sadly (and somewhat ironically), he always takes a long time between updates.

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Excellent

Submitted by carlsonjf on June 12, 2008 - 12:55pm.

Thanks Truck. I am totally psyched about listing to this. Later. When I get around to it.

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Merlin made a funny

Submitted by Mamacita on June 12, 2008 - 2:59pm.

Heh. You said “right now” in a procrastination post.

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