Procrastination

Everyone procrastinate sometimes,  but 20 percent of people are true procrastinators. They consistently avoid difficult tasks and deliberately look for distractions, which, unfortunately, are increasingly available. Procrastination in large part reflects our difficulty in regulating emotions and to accurately predict how we will feel tomorrow, or the next day.

Procrastinators say they perform better under pressure, but that's just one of many lies they tell themselves. Since procrastinators are made and not born, it's possible to overcome procrastination—with effort.