Procrastination : why you do it, what to do about it now / Jane B. Burka & Lenora M. Yuen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burka, Jane B.

Contributor:

Yuen, Lenora M.

Series:

Lifelong books Procrastination

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Procrastination.

Self-actualization (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA. : Da Capo Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With over 150,000 copies sold, a new, fully revised and updated edition of the classic guide to understanding and controlling one of the most common behavioral problems.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; A Note to Our Readers; Part One: Understanding Procrastination; 1 Procrastination: Nuisance or Nemesis?; 2 Fear of Failure: The Procrastinator on Trial; 3 Fear of Success: Hello Procrastination, Good-bye Success; 4 The Procrastinator in Combat: Fear of Losing the Battle; 5 The Comfort Zone: Fear of Separation and Fear of Intimacy; 6 Do You Know What Time (It) Is?; 7 Current Neuroscience: The Big Ideas; 8 Procrastination and Your Brain; 9 How You Came to Be a Procrastinator; 10 Looking Ahead to Success; Part Two: Overcoming Procrastination

11 Taking Stock: A Procrastination Inventory12 Setting and Achieving Goals; 13 Learning How to Tell Time; 14 Learning to Say Yes and No; 15 Using Your Body to Reduce Procrastination; 16 Tips for Procrastinators with ADD and Executive Dysfunction; 17 Neither Here nor There: Procrastination and the Cross-Cultural Experience; 18 Living and Working with Procrastinators; Epilogue; Appendix A: Procrastination: Twenty-five Years of Research; Appendix B: A Short List of Techniques for Managing Procrastination; Appendix C: Notes and Sources; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-7382-1130-3

0-7867-2731-4

OCLC:

794328152