Business. Advice. Psychology. Taleb. The 37signals Manifesto (our original site from 1999) Procrastinating Again? How to Kick the Habit: Scientific America. Raymond, a high-powered attorney, habitually put off returning important business calls and penning legal briefs, behaviors that seriously threatened his career.
Raymond (not his real name) sought help from clinical psychologist William Knaus, who practices in Longmeadow, Mass. As a first step, Knaus gave Raymond a two-page synopsis of procrastination and asked him to read it “and see if the description applied.” Raymond agreed to do so on a flight to Europe. Things I wish I’d known when I was younger - Stepcase Lifehack.