Programmed for Procrastination?

We are programmed to delay work.   So what do we do?  See also the tag below on the topic, I have mentioned a number of other good pieces  on this topic.

How to Hack Your Brain to Destroy Procrastination, According to Harvard Research ...   How to beat the “Tomorrow Syndrome” that almost everyone faces.    posted  by Elle Kaplan  

On Procrastination

In the HBR Blog:  What it is and how to stop it.  My experience is that everyone has it and is always looking for ways to do more of it.  Today with devices aplenty it is easier than ever.  " ... It seems that no one is immune to the tendency to procrastinate. When someone asked Ernest Hemingway how to write a novel, his response was "First you defrost the refrigerator." But putting off tasks takes a big hit on our productivity, and psyche. Procrastination is not inevitable. Figuring out why you postpone work and then taking concrete steps to prevent it will help you get more done and feel good about yourself..... "

Procrastination

James Surowiecki in the New Yorker: What does procrastination tell us about ourselves?  Orin Kerr in Volokh follows with the suggestion that  procrastination may well be rational.

Procrastination and Self Control

Dan Ariely author of Predictably Irrational and The Upside of Irrationality posts his yearly video on procrastination and self control and the tool to address it that he provides to his students as they arrive for the term. More at his blog.