Dec 26, 2013 | ISBN 9780399168123
“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
Acknowledgments ………………………………………………………………………………….. v
Introduction …………………………………………………………………………………………….
Chapter 1 – What is procrastination? Why does it matter? ……………………..
Chapter 2 – Is procrastination really a problem? What are the costs of
procrastinating? ………………………………………………………………..
Chapter 3 – What’s the most important thing we need to know
about procrastination? ………………………………………………………
Chapter 4 – Why we won’t feel like it tomorrow ………………………………………..
Chapter 5 – Excuses & Self-deception: How our thinking contributes to
our procrastination ……………………………………………………………
Chapter 6 – The power of getting started ……………………………………………………
Chapter 7 – Why getting started isn’t the whole solution ……………………………..
Chapter 8 – Willpower, willpower, if we only had the willpower …………………….
Chapter 9 – What’s bred in the bone: Personality and procrastination …………
Chapter 10 – Cyberslacking on the procrastination superhighway ……………….
Concluding Thoughts — On the road of self-change ………………………………………
