Why We Procrastinate When We Have Long Deadlines

Summary. When people are faced with a deadline far in the future, they are more likely to think the assignment is difficult. This leads them to procrastinate, spend more money on completing the assignment, and even risk abandoning it completely. These patterns are important for managers and others setting deadlines to recognize, in large part because the author’s research reveals that people’s ten

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長すぎる締め切りは先延ばしを誘発する。難しいと直感し、そこで得られるリターンが大きいとしても小さな短期的なリターンを好む心理が働く(なので、カエルを食べてしまえ,ということに繋がる)