Still Procrastinating: the No Regrets Guide to Getting It Done

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""Still Procrastinating? The No-Regrets Guide to Getting it Done""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword by Timothy A. Pychyl, PhD""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Why Do We Procrastinate?""; ""No Standing, No Parking, No Waiting""; ""Tardiness Is Tacky""; ""Who Is a Procrastinatorâ€?Especially a Chronic Procrastinator?""; ""What This Book Has That Others Donâ€?t""; ""Chapter 1: Everyone Procrastinates, but Not Everyone Is a Procrastinator""; ""Defining Procrastination""; ""The Role of Irrationality""; ""“Mind the Gapâ€?: The Role of Intentions in Procrastination"" ""Still Procrastinating? The No-Regrets Guide to Getting it Done"" ""Contents"" ""Foreword by Timothy A. Pychyl, PhD"" ""Acknowledgments"" ""Introduction: Why Do We Procrastinate?"" ""No Standing, No Parking, No Waiting"" ""Tardiness Is Tacky"" ""Who Is a Procrastinatorâ€?Especially a Chronic Procrastinator?"" ""What This Book Has That Others Donâ€?t"" ""Chapter 1: Everyone Procrastinates, but Not Everyone Is a Procrastinator"" ""Defining Procrastination"" ""The Role of Irrationality"" ""“Mind the Gapâ€?: The Role of Intentions in Procrastination"" ""Chronic Procrastination: The Myth of “Working Best under Pressureâ€?""""Chronic Procrastination: Living with Fear and Avoiding Lifeâ€?s Pleasures"" ""The Fear of Failure That Results in Avoidant Procrastination"" ""Procrastination: Everyone Is Not Doing It"" ""The Prevalence of Procrastination in the United States"" ""The International Prevalence of Chronic Procrastination"" ""Prevalence Rates Based on Gender, Age, Marital Status, and Education Level"" ""Chapter 2: “Iâ€?m Better under Pressureâ€?: The Arousal Procrastinator Myth"" ""The Thrill-Seeker as Procrastinator"" ""Christmas Shopping and the Procrastinator""""Living in the Moment with Drop-Dead Deadlines"" ""Evolution and Procrastination: What Is the Survival Value of Irrational, Intentional Delay?"" ""Procrastination and Health"" ""Chapter 3: Indecision: Decisional Procrastination"" ""Multithinking: Complex Choices with Many Possibilities"" ""Self-Regulation and Decision Making"" ""How Does Indecisiveness Develop?"" ""Focus on Success, Not on Potential Doom"" ""How to Make Better Decisions"" ""Navigating Phase 2 of Your Life"" ""Chapter 4: Why Self-Regulation Fails: How Youâ€?re Your Own Worst Enemy""""Procrastination: A Self-SabotagingTechnique?"" ""No Ifs, Ands, or Buts"" ""What Motivates Self-Handicapping Behavior?"" ""Do You Fail to Self-Regulate?"" ""Chapter 5: Perfection Is Pure Fiction"" ""The Perfection-Procrastination Link"" ""The Fallout from Coworkers (and the Boss) When Procrastinators Claim to Be Perfectionists"" ""Chapter 6: Does Technology Make It Easier to Procrastinate?"" ""Technology: The New Thief of Time"" ""Technology Can Prevent or Promote Procrastination"" ""Getting Organized: Your Secret Weapon in Task Completion""""Be Faster, but Not Frantic"" ""Using Technology Wisely"" ""Chapter 7: Why the Time of Day and the Tasks That Need to Be Done Matter to Procrastinators"" ""The Value of Waiting"" ""Focus on the Now, Then, or What Will Be"" ""Does the Early Bird Get the Worm?"" ""Tasks That Procrastinators Choose to Do and Try to Avoid"" ""Chapter 8: The Three Râ€?s of Procrastination: Reactance, Revenge, and Regret"" ""“Sorry Iâ€?m Lateâ€?: Apology or Apathy?"" ""Reactance: “Oh, Yeah? Just for That I Wonâ€?t Do It!â€?""