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Law Practice

Mar. 10, 2010

Why Do We Procrastinate?

Mediator Steven Mehta says understanding why people procrastinate can help attorneys to better assist clients in making critical legal decisions.

By Steven Mehta

I found out that last week was National Procrastination week. I thought this would be a good thing to write about. However, for some reason, I put off writing the article for days. Despite my procrastination, the reason we procrastinate is an interesting topic that is relevant to dispute resolution and law in several ways.

Let's address why we procrastinate. According to Timothy A. Pychyl, a professor of psychology and leading expert on procrastin...

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