Task Initiation – Models

“Procrastination [chronic failure of task initiation] is a prevalent self-regulatory failure and a psychological variable that alludes to a failure of doing what needs to be done to achieve certain goals….”^​1​

As tasks are often components of larger goals, and are, in fact the building the building blocks of goal achievement, the concept of goal pursuit is important to understanding task initiation.

Here are some models and concepts that may help explain more of how the brain handles goals (and thus, tasks).

The Rubicon Model of Action Phases [in Goal Pursuit]

Avoidance vs. Approach Motivation

Goal Focus – Process vs Outcome

Goal Intentions vs. Implementation Intentions

Self-Regulatory Phases & Procrastination

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