Break the Procrastination Habit... Now! -- Hundreds of solutions to help you get organized and avoid time traps

by William J. Knaus

Let's face it. In this fast-paced information and electronic age, taking charge of your time and your life is more important than ever before. The simple fact is, the "do-it-later" mentality that plagues us all now and then is costing us more and more-in time, money, and missed opportunities.

In this completely revised and updated edition, Dr. William J. Knaus helps you to identify the pitfalls of procrastination and provides a plan of action with proven strategies to help you regain control of your time and your life.

In order to zone in on your own procrastination patterns, there's the Procrastination Inventory-an informative exercise that will help you to identify your problem behaviors and highlight opportunities for change. Then you'll find out about the six classic procrastination styles and how to recognize them. You'll also learn more about the reasons why you procrastinate in the first place, how to avoid the "wrong" solutions, and how to implement the strategies you need to set goals, develop an action plan, and chart and analyze your progress.

So stop stalling. With dozens of hands-on exercises, tips, and techniques, Break the Procrastination Habit...Now! will help you to overcome needless delay and time-wasting once and for all.

Genres: Self Help

240 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

William J. Knaus, EdD, is a licensed psychologist with more than forty-six years of clinical experience working with people suffering from anxiety, depression, and procrastination. He has appeared on numerous regional and national television shows, including The Today Show, and more than 100 radio shows. His ideas have appeared in national magazines such as U.S. News & World Report and Good Housekeeping, and major newspapers such as The Washington Post and the Chicago Tribune. He is one of the original directors of postdoctoral psychotherapy training in rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT). Knaus is the author or coauthor of over twenty books, including The Cognitive Behavioral Workbook for Anxiety, The Cognitive Behavioral Workbook for Depression, and The Procrastination Workbook.

Reviews

[Veronica · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not an easy read. Super difficult to follow along with. Used some words I had never heard before and had to look up like “alacrity,” “labile,” and a few others. But aside from that it just had long sentences that didn’t flow in a way that was easy for me to understand, so I constantly had to start sentences over and over. (And no, that is not typical for me). Probably some good points in there behind all that.