Dr. Tim Pychyl draws on decades of research to explain why we procrastinate and what we can do if we’d like to procrastinate less.
Tim is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Carleton University. He has garnered an international reputation for his research on the breakdown in volitional action commonly called procrastination. In addition to his scholarly publications as well as books such as Solving the Procrastination Puzzle and Procrastination and Health and Well-Being (co-authored and edited with Fuschia Sirois), Tim has produced the iProcrastinate podcast and the Don’t Delay blog for Psychology Today.
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“I’ll feel more like it tomorrow” . . . “I work better under pressure” . . . “Procrastination is just a time-management problem” – these are just a few of the common misconceptions about procrastination that undermine our goal pursuit.
In this talk, Dr. Tim Pychyl draws on decades of research to explain why we procrastinate and what we can do if we’d like to procrastinate less.
Tim is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Carleton University. He has garnered an international reputation for his research on the breakdown in volitional action commonly called procrastination.
In addition to his scholarly publications as well as books such as Solving the Procrastination Puzzle and Procrastination and Health and Well-Being (co-authored and edited with Fuschia Sirois), Tim has produced the iProcrastinate podcast and the Don’t Delay blog for Psychology Today.
Tim’s research is complemented by his passion for teaching for which he has won numerous awards including the 3M National Teaching Fellowship, the Ontario Faculty Associations Teaching Award, The University Medal for Distinguished Teaching, the Graduate Faculty Mentoring Award, and, most recently, the Carleton University Student Association Teaching Award.
During COVID, you will find this self-described “dinosaur dad” at home on his hobby farm with his wife and children (ages 16 and 13). Together they care for their dogs, horses and chickens while enjoying the restorative countryside of the Ottawa Valley.
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