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One to One: The Dread of Deadlines: James Marriott and Dr Piers Steel

The Dread of Deadlines: James Marriott and Dr Piers Steel

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Times columnist James Marriott speaks to procrastination expert Dr Piers Steel.

Can procrastination expert Dr Piers Steel help Times columnist James Marriott overcome his self-sabotaging tendency? Or at least work out what type of procrastinator he is?

James Marriott is a columnist for The Times - that means at least one big weekly deadline. He'd like to write a novel too - in fact that's all he's ever wanted - but every time he sits down to write it, he somehow finds himself doing something else instead. 

It's time to bring in the big guns: procrastination expert Dr Piers Steel, who has spent his career trying to understand why people procrastinate, what the different types of procrastinator might be, and how we can try to overcome the overwhelming urge to faff about rather than do our work.

 Can Piers help James rethink the way he's working, and maybe even trick his brain into just getting on with it? 

Producer: Beth Sagar-Fenton
Editor: Chris Ledgard

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