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In Parts 1 and 2, I talked about the nature of procrastination, the behavior, the impact, and the common fears of failure and success that can keep us from achieving our goals. Here are two other, very common reasons people procrastinate...

In Part 1, we explored procrastination, the behavior and the serious impact of delaying actions and decisions. We know procrastination has a detrimental affect on our lives, so why do we do it?

A friend once said, �I know I�m about to procrastinate when, faced with a task I don�t like, I think, what is Meg Ryan up to these days? And I just have to google her name.� We�ve all been there. For many of us, our house is cleanest when taxes are due. Everything else can seem so urgent when we want to avoid a difficult phone call, an overwhelming project or an uninspiring task. We know it�s not good for us, so why do we do it?

I almost missed May Day, the first day of a glorious month. I didn�t notice much in the way of traditional celebration around New York. You don�t see much in the way of May Poles, with young people dancing around with ribbons.

A friend told me that she once loved horror movies until she realized she was jumpy for hours after viewing them. Even though, rationally, she knew it was just a movie, some part of her brain (the amygdala) believed the danger was real. Her sympathetic nervous system took charge and this primal response insured my friend was ready to fight, freeze or flee if necessary. Unfortunately, it also created stress in her body that, accumulatively and over time, could cause a whole slew of negative consequences.

First described by Harvard physiologist Walter Cannon, symptoms of the �fight or flight,� or acute stress response, vary depending upon the person and the situation. When we sense real or imagined danger, adrenaline and stress hormones are released that cause a faster heart beat and breathing, glucose release for a surge of energy, loose bowels, dry mouth, cold and clammy extremities as well as increased...