MARK TWIN

Many or most procrastinators are pessimists, habitually overestimating the difficulty of what they are avoiding. They think doing it is the hard part. But not doing it is much harder. 

The odd task that turns out unexpectedly hard doesn’t change anything — the counterproductive pha...

41 Draw the lines around yourself

42 Shop for quality, not price

43 It’s OK to worry, or to know how not to

44 Stay young

45 Throwing money at a problem doesn’t always work

46 Think for yourself

47 You are not in charge

48 Have something in your life that...

• Simply turn off your phone notifications or just switch the phone off, if you really want to concentrate. The world will not end and you can always catch up later.
• If what you are concentrating on isn’t very interesting, your mind will wander to something else in a short while.