Download or read book The Procrastinator s Handbook written by Rita Emmett and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-05-26 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost everyone procrastinates. For some it causes problems and strains relationships at home and at work. For most people, though, procrastination is a frustrating or troublesome habit we would like to overcome. Rita Emmett will inspire you to get started. With humor and with advice drawn from her own triumph over procrastination and that of people she has met at her acclaimed seminars, she gives you proven tips and techniques for: - identifying how and why you put things off - motivating yourself to begin-and finish-unpleasant tasks - organizing your time and efforts to achieve your goals - developing strategies to move forward when stuck or reverting to old procrastination patterns Filled with useful advice and real-life stories of people who have overcome procrastination, and written with a winning touch, The Procrastinator's Handbook is as entertaining as it is helpful and rewarding. After reading it, you'll find that your self-esteem and your productivity grow.
Download or read book The Procrastinator s Guide to Getting Things Done written by Monica Ramirez Basco and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2009-12-21 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone waits till the last minute sometimes. But many procrastinators pay a significant price, from poor job performance to stress, financial problems, and relationship conflicts. Fortunately, just as anyone can endlessly delay, anyone can learn how to stop! Cognitive-behavioral therapy expert Monica Ramirez Basco shows exactly how in this motivating guide. Dr. Basco peppers the book with easy-to-relate-to examples from "recovering procrastinators"--including herself. Inviting quizzes, exercises, and practical suggestions help you: *Understand why you procrastinate. *Start with small changes that lead to big improvements. *Outsmart your own delaying tactics. *Counteract self-doubt and perfectionism. *Build crucial skills for getting things done today.
Download or read book AARP Still Procrastinating written by Joseph R. Ferrari and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-12-19 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AARP Digital Editions offer you practical tips, proven solutions, and expert guidance. In Still Procrastinating?, Joseph Ferrari will help you find out why you put things off and learn how to conquer procrastination for good. Do you ever say to yourself "What if I make a bad decision?," "What if I fail?," or "I'm better under pressure"? There are all sorts of reasons people procrastinate. What are yours? This book draws on scientific research on procrastination conducted over more than twenty years by the author and his colleagues, to help you learn what stops you from getting things done so that you can find the solutions that will really work. Contrary to conventional wisdom, chronic procrastination is not about poor time management, but about self-sabotaging tendencies that can prevent you from reaching your full potential. This book gives you the knowledge and tools you need to understand and overcome these tendencies so you can start achieving your goals--not next week, next month, or next year, but today! Exposes the hidden causes of procrastination, including fear of failure, fear of success, and thrill-seeking Identifies types of procrastinators and helps determine which type describes you Shares surprising information on how factors such as technology and the time of day affect procrastination Examines specific issues related to putting things off in school and at work Shares more than twenty years of research on the causes and consequences of chronic procrastination Written by a psychologist who is an international expert on the subject of procrastination Are you still procrastinating? This take-charge guide will help you stop making excuses and start transforming your life--right now.
Download or read book The Procrastination Equation written by Piers Steel and published by Random House Canada. This book was released on 2010-12-28 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DON'T WAIT TO READ THIS BOOK: The world's leading expert on procrastination uses his groundbreaking research to offer understanding on a matter that bedevils us all. Writing with humour, humanity and solid scientific information reminiscent of Stumbling on Happiness and Freakonomics, Piers Steel explains why we knowingly and willingly put off a course of action despite recognizing we'll be worse off for it. For those who surf the Web instead of finishing overdue assignments, who always say diets start tomorrow, who stay up late watching TV to put off going to sleep, The Procrastination Equation explains why we do what we do—or in this case don't—and why in Western societies we're in the midst of an escalating procrastination epidemic. Dr. Piers Steel takes on the myths and misunderstandings behind procrastination and motivation. With accessible prose and the benefits of new scientific research, he provides insight into why we procrastinate even though the result is that we are less happy, healthy, and even wealthy. Who procrastinates and why? How many ways, big and small, do we procrastinate? How can we stop doing it? The reasons are part cultural, part psychological, part biological. And, with a million new ways to distract ourselves in the digitized world, more of us are potentially damaging ourselves by putting things off. But Steel not only analyzes the factors that weigh us down but the things that motivate us—including understanding the value of procrastination.
Download or read book The Procrastinator s Guide to Retirement written by David Trahair and published by Cormorant Books. This book was released on 2021-03-06 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let’s face it, planning and saving for retirement is not easy. We are told that the earlier we start the better and that the “magic of compounding” will make our dreams come true if we simply trust the stock market and our investment advisor. But for most people it’s simply not possible. People in their twenties are often saddled with student debt and may be struggling to find suitable full-time employment. Saving for retirement is the last thing on their minds, as it should be. Then in our thirties and forties we tend to do things like get married, have kids, and buy houses. All these things cost a lot of money! So for many people there simply isn’t any money left to put away for retirement. Therefore many of us become procrastinators when it comes to saving for retirement. But there is hope. This book will take you step-by-step though planning and saving for retirement starting in your fifties and the best way to fund your retirement years. It is designed for people approaching retirement who want to ensure it is comfortable and stress-free.
Download or read book Doing it Now written by Edwin Bliss and published by Scribner. This book was released on 2018-04-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why waste one more moment when you can DO IT NOW? Procrastination is the number one obstacle to success. It's also the obstacle most easily surmounted, as Edwin Bliss demonstrates in this foolproof antidote to inaction. The author of Getting Things Done demolishes every excuse, distraction, and fear as he takes you through the 12 simple steps to self-mastery from the first step—turning your attitude around, the final reward—accomplishment, you'll acquire all the savvy and strategies you'll need to make every day count. You'll learn to: —Relax, or energize, fatigue away...and discover your second, third and fourth winds. —Understand the reasons, from the subtle to the absurd, why you postpone important business. —Develop a sure-fire, 5-minute game plan that will snowball into success. —Refine your skills along the way with simple exercises designed to turn distasteful tasks into successful achievements. On the job, around the house, in your relationships and for your own personal development and pleasure, now is the time to stop postponing your plans and start turning them into achievements!
Download or read book Stop Procrastinating Do It written by James R. Sherman and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Counseling the Procrastinator in Academic Settings written by Henri C. Schouwenburg and published by Amer Psychological Assn. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is about counseling students who procrastinate. It consists of a collection of experiences, procedures, and research provided by psychologists who specialize in counseling students who seek help for their dilatory tendencies. Although procrastination, or putting off until tomorrow what one should do today, is a phenomenon well-known for thousands of years, it is only recently that systematic research has been conducted with respect to its manifestations, causes, and cures. One probable reason for studying procrastination is that procrastinators continually fail to adhere temporally to schedules they and others have set, which in industrial societies is an important precondition for the efficient use of technology, time, and other resources. This volume is intended as a handbook for counselors, student advisers, and psychologists seeking to prevent or treat procrastination in students. It is organized into three parts. Part I is theoretical, and it begins with two relatively short theoretical background chapters. Part II presents, in a somewhat arbitrary sequence, a number of counseling and intervention models developed for procrastinating students. Finally, Part III is an epilogue consisting of one somewhat critical final chapter on the status and future of intervention models for counseling the procrastinator in academic settings"--Pref..
Download or read book The Art of Procrastination written by John Perry and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains the principles of structured procrastination and provides tips and techniques to chronic procrastinators for developing an attitude of acceptance for their accomplishments while enjoying the time they waste.
Download or read book Handbook For Procrastinators written by Clotilde Grisostomo and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-14 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you're a procrastinator and you try to find ways to pass procrastinating, this book will be exactly for you. Procrastination іѕ a very соmmоn problem thаt саn lеаd tо іnсrеаѕеd ѕtrеѕѕ lеvеlѕ, lost орроrtunіtіеѕ, hеіghtеnеd frustration, and sometimes failure. Procrastination is difficult tо manage because wе undеrеѕtіmаtе іtѕ ассumulаtіvе еffесtѕ аnd оvеrеѕtіmаtе оur ability tо handle thеm. In this book, you will learn: - What causes procrastination - How to overcome it - The impacts on your health - The impacts on your work and social life - Why the fear of failure causes procrastination - Why the fear of success causes procrastination - The different types of procrastination - How to overcome laziness - Tips and tricks to become more productive
Download or read book The Art of Procrastination written by John Perry and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2012-08-28 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At last: Self-help for procrastinators. (The secret: acceptance!) Filled with charm, tongue-in-cheek wit, and the insights of a lifelong introspective dawdler, The Art of Procrastination is a philosophical self-help program for every reader who suffers the pangs of being a procrastinator. John Perry celebrates this nearly universal character flaw by pointing out how often procrastinators are, paradoxically, doers. They may not be accomplishing everything on their to-do lists, but that doesn’t make them slackers. It just indicates a need to rethink the to-do list. He also introduces the philosophical notion of akrasia (the mystery of why we often choose to act against our better judgement), examines the torturous relationship between procrastination and perfectionism, and shows how to give yourself permission to do an imperfect but, in fact, perfectly good job. These are strategies—task triage, horizontal organization. Underlying causes—right-parenthesis deficit disorder. Anecdotes and ideas. But above all, an attitude of acceptance. Pat yourself on the back for what you manage to get done—but don’t stop enjoying that time you waste, too. Who knows where daydreams will lead?
Download or read book The Procrastinator s Guide to Killing Yourself written by Gareth Edwards and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is for those of us who are looking into a huge black hole and feeling that life is not worth living. It might also help those who love someone who is feeling that way. For 20 years Gareth Edwards worked in mental health and suicide prevention as a government advisor, university researcher and designer of innovative services. In The Procrastinator's Guide to Killing Yourself he shares how he found his own 'suicide prevention' came from a place of 'suicide procrastination'. Short stories are told with heartfelt humour as Gareth walks you through his five steps of 'living yourself' to find a way forward rather than a way out.
Download or read book The Procrastinator s Guide to Success written by Lynn Lively and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 1999-07-19 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone procrastinates. The question is, is doing nothing working for you or against you? Author Lynn Lively, a self-confessed (but reformed) procrastinator, will help you get to where you want to go...with no more excuses. With THE PROCRASTINATOR'S GUIDE TO SUCCESS, you can stop losing precious time, break the cycle of self-blame, overcome inertia, and create the life you really want. Procrastination can be defined as the failure to make things happen. But are you really procrastinating, or simply thinking about a problem to be solved? THE PROCRASTINATOR'S GUIDE TO SUCCESS will show you how to tell the difference! You will also learn how to: work through "worst-case" scenarios; figure out what's within your control and what isn't; procrastinate strategically; and, finally, practice self-direction! Special sections include: Confessions of a Procrastinator; "Brain-dumps," "Gut-wrenchers," "Busywork Alerts," and other handy lists. Want to be your own biggest fan? Be the hero of your own life by making your own dreams come true. Read THE PROCRASTINATOR'S GUIDE TO SUCCESS and prepare for your life to change.
Download or read book Procrastination written by Tony White and published by . This book was released on 2019-05-26 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE HANDBOOK FOR CURING PROCRASTINATION! ★★★★★ $$$ BUY the Paperback version of this book, and get the Kindle eBook Version included for FREE!!! $$$ ★★★★★ Procrastination is a formidable enemy. It doesn't let go easily without an uphill battle, and you know that. There are some problems, like a small tear in a wool sweater, they start small, but because you procrastinate, they become greater and greater, until they become a disaster. As a former 'professional' procrastinator, I know the life on both sides of the 'procrastination battle'. You must learn to tame it, your efforts are more than worth it. You could have started your fitness plan 2 years ago, but... You could have started saving for your beloved children's post-secondary education 3 months ago, but... You could have...but... You know where this is going. Every single time, you would begin your journey towards a particular goal, and then 'Mr. Procrastination' shows up and says, "Hold on a moment sir...". That little devil will always stand in your way, but remember: The sooner you launch, the sooner you will cross the finishing line. You know you could do far more, but you procrastinate, and you settle for far less. And that's...a tragedy. ✧ Within this comprehensive handbook, you will learn: ✧ What causes procrastination? What are the Pros and Cons of procrastination? How our brain works? How to develop Self-Control? What are the different types of procrastinators? How to overcome procrastination? Concrete action plans to cure procrastination. Self-Reward System. And so much more! ✧ Here are some benefits of overcoming procrastination. It will change your life! ✧ You tap into more of your potential. You will have better job performance. You will feel less stressful. You will achieve more of your goals. You miss fewer opportunities. You will have more time for yourself and family. You avoid regrets. You show trustworthiness. You prevent problems from escalating. A small money move that could change your life for good. What are you waiting for?! ★★★★★ $$$ BUY the Paperback version of this book, and get the Kindle eBook Version included for FREE!!! $$$ ★★★★★ "Procrastination is like a Credit Card with no limit, it's a lot of fun until you get the bill." Wait no longer! Scroll up and click the 'Buy now' button to begin your journey!
Download or read book Not Now written by Benjamin English and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2020-04-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Struggling to realize your full procrastination potential? Finally, a primer for procrastinators has arrived. Not Now is an illustrated instruction manual that teaches novice and advanced procrastinators how to dally, dawdle, and lollygag their way to expert-level procrastination. Starting with simple exercises, such as "sit" and "pace," instructions gradually advance in complexity and futility---"learn how to write in your non-dominant hand," "color coordinate your bookshelves to look like a Pantone color guide"–and eventually reach master level: "learn a new language by correspondence course, pack your bags, and move to another country."
Download or read book Productive Procrastination written by Kerul Kassel and published by . This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Could it actually be wise to procrastinate sometimes? Heavens! Could that be possible?! This book contains the secrets to understanding when it can be productive to procrastinate, and provide strategies for switchin on the inspirationand motivation to start and finish the important tasks and goals you've been putting off. Discover: What procrastion really is, and what being a procrastinator means about you-and its not that you're a lazy, disorganized slacker, either. When procrastination might be beneficial (more often than you think!) and how to use it to your advantage. How to determine when it's good and when it's not good to procrastinate. Azapping descructive procrastination at the root and heading it off at the pass. How to get things done with less struggle and resistance, including a simple exercise to take you from dread to delight. If you know that what's holding you back from success is that you're not doing what you know you need to do, that you're continually
Download or read book The Procrastinating Child written by Rita Emmett and published by Anchor Canada. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rita Emmett, the bestselling author of The Procrastinator's Handbook, returns with a book every parent, teacher, and caregiver of a procrastinating child needs and has been waiting for. Children pay an enormous price, with their self-confidence and self-esteem, for procrastination. Procrastination keeps children from accomplishing short- and long-term goals and it damages their relationships with other children and adults. Without intervention nearly every procrastinating child will grow up to be a procrastinating adult. Rita Emmett understands the damage that procrastination can have on a child, and in The Procrastinating Child draws her advice for parents, teachers, caregivers from her own childhood, her parenting seminars, and the real-life stories of people who have overcome procrastination. Whether avoiding chores or homework or neglecting goals -- or in dozens of other situations -- children of all ages procrastinate for many reasons: * Feeling overwhelmed or confused and not knowing where to begin * Lack of motivation * A dislike of the task * Poor time management skills In each case, Emmett provides strategies for breaking through a child's defense mechanisms or reluctance to talk, and for establishing rules and guidelines that encourage young children and teenagers alike to face obligations in a timely way. Lighthearted, bighearted, The Procrastinating Child is as entertaining as it is rewarding.
