Solving the procrastination puzzle a concise guide to strategies for change

"Why do we sabotage our own best intentions? How can we eliminate procrastination from our lives for good? Based on current psychological research and supplemented with clear strategies for change, this concise guide will help readers finally break free from self-destructive ideas and habits, and mo...

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Main Author: Pychyl, Timothy A.
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (USA), 2013.
Edition:First Tarcher/Penguin paperback edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • What is procrastination? Why does it matter?
  • Is procrastination really a problem? What are the costs of procrastinating?
  • What's the most important thing we need to know about procrastination?
  • Why we won't feel like it tomorrow
  • Excuses and self-deception: how our thinking contributes to our procrastination
  • The power of getting started
  • Why getting started isn't the whole solution
  • Willpower, willpower: if we only had the willpower
  • What's bred in the bone: personality and procrastination
  • Cyberslacking on the procrastination superhighway
  • Concluding thoughts: on the road to self-change.