Procrastination Equation, The
Pearson Life (Verlag)
978-0-273-76770-1 (ISBN)
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.
Dr. Piers Steel is an internationally recognised expert on human motivation and the foremost authority on why people put things off. A professor of Human Resources and Organizational Dynamics at the University of Calgary’s Haskayne School of Business, he’s spent the last ten years studying procrastination and the decades before that embodying it
Author's note
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
| Verlagsort | Harlow |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 128 x 196 mm |
| Gewicht | 380 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-273-76770-4 / 0273767704 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-273-76770-1 / 9780273767701 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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