Procrastination
Why You Do it, What to Do about it
Da Capo Press Inc
Published on 21. January 1990
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-201-55089-4 (ISBN)
Description
If procrastination bothers you, dont let another minute go by without Procrastination. Based on their workshops and counseling, psychologists Jane B. Burka and Lenora M. Yuen offer a probing, sensitive, and sometimes humorous look at a problem that affects everyone: students and scientists, secretaries and executives, homemakers and salespeople. }If procrastination bothers you, dont let another minute go by without Procrastination. Based on their workshops and counseling, psychologists Jane B. Burka and Lenora M. Yuen offer a probing, sensitive, and sometimes humorous look at a problem that affects everyone: students and scientists, secretaries and executives, homemakers and salespeople.The book starts with the reasons we put off tasksfears of failure, success, control, separation, and attachmentand their roots in our childhood and adult experiences. In Part II, the authors offer a practical, tested program to overcome procrastination through achieving set goals, managing time, enlisting support, and handling stress. Burka and Yuen even offer tips on living and working with the procrastinators you may know. }
More details
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Hachette Books
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 137 mm
Weight
500 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-201-55089-4 (9780201550894)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Understanding Procrastination; Procrastination: Nuisance or Nemesis?; The Procrastinators on Trial: Fear of Failure and Fear of Success; The Procrastinator in Combat: Fear of Losing the Battle; The Comfort Zone: Fear of Separation and Fear of Attachment; How You Came to Be a Procrastinator; Looking Ahead to Success; Overcoming Procrastination; Taking Stock: A Procrastination Inventory; Setting and Achieving Goals; Learning How to Tell Time; Enlisting Support from Others; Stress and the Procrastinators; Living and Working with Procrastinators