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Intrinsic motivation and procrastination

Understanding the key components of internal motivation is a good step to find the source of your procrastination.

A study showed that participants with higher self-esteem and a higher resistance to peer pressure tended to show lower levels of procrastination. The finding suggests that intrinsic motivation works better against procrastination.

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