Emily's Reviews > Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things

This made me feel like less of a lost cause in life. Maybe I have a chance to do something with my life after all. I loved this part: “Many people associate procrastination with laziness, but psychologists find that procrastination is not a time-management problem, it’s an emotion-management problem. When you procrastinate you’re not avoiding effort, you’re avoiding the unpleasant feelings that the activity stirs up. Sooner or later though, you realize that you’re also avoiding getting where you want to go.”