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Exchange Exemplar: The Perils Of Procrastination

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"Never put off 'til tomorrow what you can do today."  Yeah, that works. 

But isn't a little R & R today worth a little panic tomorrow?  At some level, we seem to think so... procrastination is not rare in our culture. 

Psychologist Timothy Pychyl examines the causes and remedies, in his book Solving the Procrastination Puzzle

We talked to him a few years ago when the book first came out.  We revisit that interview here. 
 

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the Jefferson Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.