Procrastination
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Procrastination is the action of unnecessarily and voluntarily delaying or postponing something despite knowing that there will be negative consequences for doing so.
Cognitive Biases
/ Akrasia (weakness of will)
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Explore 4 cognitive biases related to this topic.
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Procrastination is the action of unnecessarily and voluntarily delaying or postponing something despite knowing that there will be negative consequences for doing so.
Cognitive Biases
/ Akrasia (weakness of will)
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Temporal discounting (or hyperbolic discounting) is the tendency for people to have a stronger preference for more immediate payoffs relative to later payoffs.
Cognitive Biases
/ Hyperbolic discounting
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Overestimating our self-control.
Cognitive Biases
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Preferring smaller, sooner rewards over larger, later ones.
Cognitive Biases
/ Time-Inconsistent Preferences