Procrastination: why you do it, what to do about it now [25th anniversary ed., fully rev. and updated] 9780738211305, 0738211303, 978-0-786-72731-5, 0786727314, 0738211702, 9780738209562

Based on their workshops and counseling experience, psychologists Jane B. Burka and Lenora M. Yuen offer a probing, sens

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Procrastination: why you do it, what to do about it now [25th anniversary ed., fully rev. and updated]
9780738211305, 0738211303, 978-0-786-72731-5, 0786727314, 0738211702, 9780738209562

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Lenora M.; Burka
Jane B

Table of contents :
Content: Part I: Understanding procrastination --
Procrastination : nuisance or nemesis? --
Fear of failure : the procrastinator on trial --
Fear of success : hello procrastination, good-bye success --
The procrastinator in combat : fear of losing the battle --
The comfort zone : fear of separation and fear of intimacy --
Do you know what time (it) is? --
Current neuroscience : the big ideas --
Procrastination and your brain --
How you came to be a procrastinator --
Looking ahead to success --
Part II: Overcoming procrastination --
Taking stock : a procrastination inventory --
Setting and achieving goals --
Learning how to tell time --
Learning to say yes and no --
Using your body to reduce procrastination --
Tips for procrastinators with ADD and executive dysfunction --
Neither here nor there : procrastination and the cross-cultural experience --
Living and working with procrastinators.

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