Procrastination: Why You Do It, What to Do About It Now

by Jane Burka, Lenora M. Yuen

Overview

A practical, tested program to overcome procrastination by achieving set goals, managing time, enlisting support, and handling stress.


A must have for anyone who puts things off until tomororw. Based on their workshops and counseling experience, psychologists Jane B. Burka and Lenora M. Yuen offer a probing, sensitive, and at times humorous look at a problem that affects everyone: students and scientists, secretaries and executives, homemakers and salespeople. Wise, effective, and easy-to-use, Procrastination identifies the reasons we put off tasks-fears of failure, success, control, separation, and attachment-and their roots in our childhood and adult experiences. Burka and Yuen even provide tips on living and working with the procrastinators you may know.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780738211701
Publisher:	Hachette Books
Publication date:	12/23/2008
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	336
Sales rank:	530,017
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.10(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Lenora M. Yuen, Ph.D., is a practicing psychologist in California. Along with Jane B. Burka, she has conducted workshops and seminars at the University of California at Berkeley and for corporate and public groups nationwide.

Editorial Reviews

"This book succeeds on many levels. It is a useful self-help guide for general readers and the lay public. Mental health professionals...will find innovative ideas and sage advice."—Metapsychology Online Reviews

"Read it. Now."—Louisiana's Acadiana Lifestyle

"[A] deeply perceptive book...Show[s] you how to fix this vexing, life-sapping problem."—Business Today (NC)

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