Too Much Info to Get Started?

Dr. Piers Steel, an expert on the subject of putting off until tomorrow what should be done today, has distilled information on procrastination from 691 other research sources, and estimated that 95% of the population procrastinates sometimes, and about 15% to 20% are chronic procrastinators.

"Essentially, procrastinators have less confidence in themselves, less expectancy that they can actually complete a task," he says. "Perfectionism is not the culprit. In fact, perfectionists actually procrastinate less, but they worry about it more."