1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 A chat with Shamarukh Chowdhury about her research on active procrastination. Together, we clarify the concept of procrastination and do a little &quot;myth busting&quot; around the concept of active procrastination; a concept that we call an oxymoron that may be better understood as two types of delay - it's not &quot;procrastination&quot; at all. Here's an earlier blog post on this topic, and below that are references to the original studies. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/dont-delay/200907/active-procrastination-thoughts-oxymorons Relevant research references: Chu, A. H. C., &amp;amp; Choi, J. N. (2005). Rethinking procrastination: positive effects of “active” procrastination behaviour on attitudes and performance. The Journal of Social Psychology, 145(3), 245-264. Choi, J. N., &amp;amp; Moran, S. V. (2009). Why not procrastinate? Development and validation of a new active procrastination scale. Journal of Social Psychology, 149 (2), 195-211. Want to learn more about procrastination? procrastination.ca The closing song is by singer, songwriter Matt Weidinger - check him out at mattweidinger.com iProcrastinate Podcast http://iprocrastinate.libsyn.com <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/4516753/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/12217494