It deals with truth and is blocked by lies, the ones we tell ourselves.

Ask yourself, What are the lies you’ve been telling yourself?

Is it I can’t do this work, this is not my ability, this is not in my hand, it is out of my mind, I can’t tolerate it, I can’t study, I can’t concentra...

Look for red flags in your thinking: Work-related guilt, a feeling of not doing enough, or feeling concerned if it seems like time has been wasted and could have been made productive. Fatigue and exhaustion also make the list of things that point towards being trapped in a ‘toxic...

From a distance, procrastination looks like a time management problem. There is growing evidence that it is rather an emotional management problem — a flight response. Instead of facing the problem, we evade it. And how do other fear responses work? Here we go:

• FIGHT: last-minute deadl...