Timothy A. Pychyl (Timothy A. Pychyl)

Solving the Procrastination Puzzle

A Concise Guide to Strategies for Change

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Produktbeschreibung

The revised edition of the self-published hit, offering powerful strategies to end procrastination. 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 move into freedom and accomplishment. With numerous practical tips for change, Solving the Procrastination Puzzle brings clarity and scientific studies-and a touch of humor!-to the quest for successfully achieving goals. This accessible guide is perfect for entrepreneurs, parents, students, and anyone who wants to get unstuck, stop delaying, and start living their most inspired life.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Tarcher/Putnam, US
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 208mm x 138mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 140g
• ISBN-13: 9780399168123
• ISBN-10: 0399168125
• Artikelnr.: 38620609

Autorenporträt

Timothy A. Pychyl Ph.D. is an associate professor of psychology at Carleton University in Ottawa. Researching and writing about procrastination since 1995, Pychyl has garnered an international reputation for his scholarship and a global audience for his iProcrastinate podcasts and his popular Don’t Delay blog with Psychology Today (www.psychologytoday.com/blog/dont-delay). Visit him online at: procrastination.ca.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments    …………………………………………………………………………………..       v
Introduction   …………………………………………………………………………………………….      
Chapter 1 - What is procrastination? Why does it matter?     
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Chapter 2 – Is procrastination really a problem? What are the costs of
                              procrastinating?
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Chapter 3 – What’s the most important thing we need to know
                              about procrastination?
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Chapter 4 – Why we won’t feel like it tomorrow  ………………………………………..     
Chapter 5 – Excuses & Self-deception: How our thinking contributes to
                              our procrastination
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Chapter 6 – The power of getting started ……………………………………………………      
Chapter 7 – Why getting started isn’t the whole solution ……………………………..     
Chapter 8 – Willpower, willpower, if we only had the willpower …………………….   
Chapter 9 – What’s bred in the bone: Personality and procrastination
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Chapter 10 – Cyberslacking on the procrastination superhighway ……………….     
Concluding Thoughts — On the road of self-change        ………………………………………