The Procrastination Equation
How to Stop Putting Things Off and Start Getting Stuff Done
Paperback Engels 2011 1e druk 9780273767701Samenvatting
In this groundbreaking book, the world’s leading expert on procrastination, Dr Piers Steel, reveals the truth about why procrastinate – and shows us what we can do about it.
Using a powerful mix of psychology, science, self-help, and a decade of his own research, Dr Steel shows us what effect procrastination has on our lives, and offers real hope to sufferers everywhere.
New to this revised edition, Dr Steel shows exactly how to apply the techniques in common problem areas, resulting in a step-by-step procrastination busting guide for work, money matters and losing weight.
Specificaties
Lezersrecensies
Inhoudsopgave
1. Portrait of a procrastinator
2. The Procrastination Equation
-The result of eight hundred studies plus one
3. Wired for procrastination
-Putting off is human nature
4. Procrastination
-How modern life ensures distraction
5. The personal price of procrastination
-What we miss, what we lose and what we suffer
6. The economic cost of procrastination
-How businesses and nations lose
7. Optimising optimism
-Balancing under- and over-confidence
8. Love it or leave it
-Finding relevance in work
9. In good time
-Managing short-term impulses and long-term goals
10. Making it work
-Putting the pieces into practice
-Postscript: Procrastinations's Chapter 11
-A step-by-step guide to getting things done
Acknowledgements
Endnotes
Index
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