I came here to add that research that Kathy Sierra referred to in her article on willpower and cognitive processing capacity... but you beat me to it :-) Anoth

I came here to add that research that Kathy Sierra referred to in her article on willpower and cognitive processing capacity... but you beat me to it :-) Another interesting article on willpower is by the APA on http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/willpower.aspx http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/willpower.aspx, refering to actual experiments instead of common opinions. Interesting quotes from that: > At its essence, willpower is the ability to resist short-term temptations in order to meet long-term goals. > Self-discipline, the researchers found, was more important than IQ in predicting academic success. > The benefits of willpower seem to extend well beyond the college years. There's a nice (short) book on techniques to stop/handle procrastination: Eat That Frog, http://www.amazon.com/Eat-That-Frog-Great-Procrastinating/dp/1576754227 http://www.amazon.com/Eat-That-Frog-Great-Procrastinating/dp.... One of the ideas is that if you start with the hardest task, everything else will be easier after that.