Acknowledgments
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v
Introduction
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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
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Chapter 5 – Excuses & Self-deception: How our thinking contributes
to
our procrastination ……………………………………………………………
Chapter 6 – The power of getting started
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Chapter 7 – Why getting started isn’t the whole solution
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Chapter 8 – Willpower, willpower, if we only had the willpower
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Chapter 9 – What’s bred in the bone: Personality and
procrastination …………
Chapter 10 – Cyberslacking on the procrastination superhighway
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Concluding Thoughts — On the road of
self-change
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Timothy A. Pychyl 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
"Don’t be mislead by the concise size (100 pages) of this book.
Timothy Pychyl has been helping people change their put-it-off
mindsets for twenty years. Each page has been carefully thought out
to hold readers’ attention as he tells us how to get about doing
what we need to do in order to make our lives more productive and
fulfilling. Laced with cartoons to keep readers laughing as they
learn, the guidance is wise, down-to-earth, and easy to
embrace."
--RETAILING INSIGHT
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