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What if the delay is the actual problem - not the work?

Most people know what they should be doing. The gap between knowing and doing is where procrastination lives. These sessions go inside that gap with specific tools, real conversation, and no shortcuts promised.

Live webinar session on overcoming procrastination
Beyond the session

What stays with you when the screen goes dark

A webinar ends. The habits you build during it do not. Participants consistently report that the shift happens not during the session itself, but in the two weeks that follow - when the frameworks get tested against actual work.

Participant applying procrastination frameworks in daily work
  1. 1
    Recognizing the pattern before it starts

    Procrastination rarely announces itself. Sessions teach you to spot the early signals - the mental drift, the sudden urge to reorganize your desk - before a task gets abandoned entirely.

  2. 2
    A download guide for when memory fades

    Every participant receives a structured download manual after each session. It is not a transcript - it is a compressed reference of the frameworks discussed, formatted for quick lookup under pressure.

  3. 3
    Applying it to your actual workload

    Generic advice about "just starting" does not survive contact with a real deadline. The tools covered here are built for specific situations - creative blocks, administrative dread, large ambiguous projects.

  4. 4
    Staying consistent without willpower

    Willpower is a poor system for long-term behavior change. Sessions focus on environment design and decision architecture - the structural changes that make consistent action easier than avoidance.

What is on offer

Three distinct formats, one honest goal

Each format serves a different kind of learner. Some people need a live room. Others need a structured path. A few just need the right reference at the right moment.

Live broadcast sessions

Weekly broadcasts where an expert works through a specific procrastination scenario in real time. Questions come in from participants and get answered during the session - not in a follow-up email three days later.

60–90 minutes per session
Open Q&A in the final 20 minutes
Download guide included after each broadcast
Structured learning program materials for procrastination

Structured learning program

A multi-week curriculum that builds progressively. Each week focuses on a different layer of the problem - from understanding why avoidance starts to redesigning the conditions that trigger it.

8-week structured sequence
Weekly assignments with expert feedback
Full download manual at program end

Reference tools and frameworks

Standalone resources built for moments when you are mid-task and stuck. The download guide format is designed to be scanned in under two minutes - not read cover to cover when you are already overwhelmed.

Decision trees for common stuck points
Printable planning templates
Updated when new research is integrated
How the formats connect
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The people behind it

Who actually runs these sessions

The experts here are not coaches who discovered productivity through a personal crisis. They are researchers and practitioners who have spent years studying why people avoid difficult work - and what measurably changes that pattern.

Since 2017, the team has run sessions across 40+ countries. The material is revised after every program cycle based on what participants actually struggled with - not on what the curriculum assumed they would.

Lead behavioral researcher and webinar facilitator
Dariusz Kwiatkowski
Behavioral Researcher & Lead Facilitator

Dariusz spent 11 years studying task-avoidance patterns in academic and professional settings before moving into applied education. His sessions are known for being specific - he rarely talks about procrastination in the abstract, preferring to work through real examples from participants.

Cognitive Behavior Habit Design
Nneka Osei-Bonsu
Program Designer & Practice Lead

Nneka builds the curriculum structure and the reference materials - including the download guides that participants use between sessions. Her background is in instructional design, and she is particular about the difference between content that sounds useful and content that actually gets used under pressure.

Curriculum Design Applied Learning
How the team approaches difficult topics in sessions

Procrastination is often entangled with anxiety, perfectionism, and self-worth - territory that requires care. Facilitators are trained to keep sessions practical without dismissing the emotional weight behind avoidance. The goal is not to make participants feel bad about how they work, but to give them a clearer picture of what is actually happening.

Questions that cannot be answered well in a group setting are flagged for written follow-up. The download manual for each session includes a section specifically addressing edge cases raised during the live broadcast - so even questions that did not get airtime receive a considered response.