Description
Book SynopsisThis book provides insights from psychological science and evidence-based strategies to help readers reduce procrastination, and show compassion toward themselves and others who procrastinate.
Trade Review‘There is hope’: expert writes guide to tackling procrastination. Psychology professor draws on 20 years of studying often crippling issue that can affect sufferers’ careers and even health…Procrastination: What it is, why it’s a problem and what you can do about it is published by the American Psychological Association and is out now. -- The Guardian
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
IntroductionPart I. How Procrastination Affects Your Life Chapter 1. Procrastination: An All-Too-Common Problem
Chapter 2. That Mystical Land of Tomorrow: Lost Productivity and Abandoned Dreams
Chapter 3. Can Procrastination Be Bad for Your Health?
Chapter 4. Procrastination Through a Social Lens
Part II. When and Why Do People Procrastinate? Chapter 5. Procrastination Decoded: Why Mood Matters
Chapter 6. Seek the Source
Part III. Evidence-Based Strategies to Help You Stop Procrastinating Chapter 7. Why Mindset Matters
Chapter 8. Perspective Matters: The Power of Reframing
Chapter 9. Embrace Your Future Self to Bridge the Temporal Gap
Chapter 10. Ready, Set, Go!
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About the Author
