Revised with essential updates and new material, the classic guide to understanding and controlling one of the most common behavioral problems. Based on their workshops and counselling experience, psychologists Jane B. Burka and Lenora M. Yuen offer a probing, sensitive, and at times humorous look at a problem that affects everyone to some degree."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. The authors offer a practical, tested programme to overcome procrastination by achieving set goals, managing time, enlisting support, and handling stress. Burka and Yuen even provide tips on living and working with the procrastinators you may know. Wise, effective, and easy to use, this new edition shows why for 25 years "Procrastination" has been an immediate must-have for anyone who puts things off until tomorrow.
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Metapsychology Online Reviews, 3/24/09
"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."
Louisiana's "Acadiana Lifestyle", April 2010
"Read it. Now." "Business Today" (NC), July 2010"[A] deeply perceptive book...Show[s] you how to fix this vexing, life-sapping problem."
"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."
Louisiana's "Acadiana Lifestyle", April 2010
"Read it. Now." "Business Today" (NC), July 2010"[A] deeply perceptive book...Show[s] you how to fix this vexing, life-sapping problem."
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Jane B. Burka Ph.D and Lenora M. Yuen, Ph.D are psychologists who practice in Berkeley and Palo Alto, California, respectively. They have conducted workshops and seminars for corporate and public groups across America.
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55 of 55 people found the following review helpful
By E. Hayes
Format:Paperback
Having spent years getting frustrated with myself, with plenty of talents and ideas but difficulty in getting things started and even more getting them finished, I decided it was time to sort this out. This book will give you a great understanding of why you procrastinate. Divided into two sections, I was able to understand why I am as I am. Up until now I had thought that I was just frustratingly and embarrassingly lazy. Now I can see the causes which make me behave as I do. And althought this in itself doesn't sound like a solution, for me this was the most important benefit from the book, as it made me feel better about myself and give me the optimism and confidence to keep at things. And it made me realise that there are a lot of people out there like me - which was great to know.
The second section of the book doesn't have any miracle cure. It helps you to organise yourself better and use time more resourcefully. Okay so I had been doing all that anyway, but I don't believe there will be a magic solution in any book. But it did help to reinforce the things I have been doing and to improve them.
Overall, the book is extremely well written, organised and easy to read. For anyone seeking help with the problem of procrastination, this is an absolute must, at least as a starting point in their journey.
The second section of the book doesn't have any miracle cure. It helps you to organise yourself better and use time more resourcefully. Okay so I had been doing all that anyway, but I don't believe there will be a magic solution in any book. But it did help to reinforce the things I have been doing and to improve them.
Overall, the book is extremely well written, organised and easy to read. For anyone seeking help with the problem of procrastination, this is an absolute must, at least as a starting point in their journey.
40 of 40 people found the following review helpful
By K. Nielson
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I've read (well, almost to the end) many books about procrastination in a subconscious yet desperate attempt to (a) avoid doing what I should be doing and (b) to find the perfect solution to my procrastination problem. The problem with all the other books I've read is that they provide very good medication for the symptoms of procrastination; methods of training yourself to get on with what you need to do. What I had yet to see was WHY I was sabotaging myself all the time.
This book does exactly that. From virtually the first page I felt that the writers really understood me, that they could have been talking ABOUT me. The reason I'm even writing this review (I always mean to review my amazon purchases, but never quite get around to it) is because I've just had the most wonderful eureka moment. I've always believed that I procrastinated because there is always something more fun to be doing than paying bills or taking out the rubbish or doing my tax return. Burka and Yuen have helped me see that just isn't true. As soon as I read the Fear of Failure chapter, I knew that I've been kidding myself all this time. Deep down I must have known it all along. I think I was afraid to even try to articulate it, so the authors had to do it for me.
The most important thing I've learned is that there's not just a single reason for my chronic procrastination, but many many reasons. I probably knew what they were, deep down, but it wasn't until I had them articulated to me so plainly and (importantly) sympathetically, did they become the faulty truths that they really are. I was even able to finally articulate them to my long suffering husband who was a bit stunned, really, that there was so much at work in my decisions to contantly delay action.... Read more ›
This book does exactly that. From virtually the first page I felt that the writers really understood me, that they could have been talking ABOUT me. The reason I'm even writing this review (I always mean to review my amazon purchases, but never quite get around to it) is because I've just had the most wonderful eureka moment. I've always believed that I procrastinated because there is always something more fun to be doing than paying bills or taking out the rubbish or doing my tax return. Burka and Yuen have helped me see that just isn't true. As soon as I read the Fear of Failure chapter, I knew that I've been kidding myself all this time. Deep down I must have known it all along. I think I was afraid to even try to articulate it, so the authors had to do it for me.
The most important thing I've learned is that there's not just a single reason for my chronic procrastination, but many many reasons. I probably knew what they were, deep down, but it wasn't until I had them articulated to me so plainly and (importantly) sympathetically, did they become the faulty truths that they really are. I was even able to finally articulate them to my long suffering husband who was a bit stunned, really, that there was so much at work in my decisions to contantly delay action.... Read more ›
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Allowed me to understand myself, and begin to shape my life for the better.
19 Sep 2011
Format:Kindle Edition
This review is a mis-match of thoughts; I have a lot to say and never had reason to write a positive review, so please bear with me, but I feel this book has changed me sufficiently that I need to write this review as much as a thank you to the authors as an assurance to the potential buyer. It's all in the form of bullet points, and as my first review feel free to critique away, I will do my best to address any concerns. My points follow:
- An exceptionally well chosen title: I now understand why I behave as I do, how to deal with my behaviours, and most importantly: how to avoid self-sabotage in fixing them.
- I actually acted upon this book as I read it. I've never done that before - and in the rare occassion I thought to, I never did.
- From the start I felt the authors completely understood me. In fact, better than I did.
- It has given me important questions I've never considered about myself, and through self-development I am now happier and more able to improve myself without being overly self-critical, which for me was previously a massive issue. It really can't be overstated how many times I didn't start something because I expected the worst.
- It has helped me to become motivated by challenge, which is awesome by itself and the journey of self-re-discovery this book started has changed me for the better by a great margin.
I understand the above reads far too well to apply to the whole you, so here is a picture of me _before_ I read this book. For some parts it still applies, but only because I am still redeveloping myself attempting to do better.... Read more ›
- An exceptionally well chosen title: I now understand why I behave as I do, how to deal with my behaviours, and most importantly: how to avoid self-sabotage in fixing them.
- I actually acted upon this book as I read it. I've never done that before - and in the rare occassion I thought to, I never did.
- From the start I felt the authors completely understood me. In fact, better than I did.
- It has given me important questions I've never considered about myself, and through self-development I am now happier and more able to improve myself without being overly self-critical, which for me was previously a massive issue. It really can't be overstated how many times I didn't start something because I expected the worst.
- It has helped me to become motivated by challenge, which is awesome by itself and the journey of self-re-discovery this book started has changed me for the better by a great margin.
I understand the above reads far too well to apply to the whole you, so here is a picture of me _before_ I read this book. For some parts it still applies, but only because I am still redeveloping myself attempting to do better.... Read more ›
22 of 24 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A dynamic psychological report on procrastination, and what you can do about it
6 April 2009
By Rolf Dobelli
TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:Paperback
Approaching unwelcome tasks with an "I'll do it tomorrow" mindset is not unusual behavior. The problem is, tomorrow quickly becomes today, so the procrastinator sets a new tomorrow goal. This tomorrow goal eventually becomes a next week goal, then a next month goal, then a next year goal - that is, a never goal. Time runs out for everyone, but it does so far more quickly for procrastinators. If you procrastinate, do you know why? Psychologists Jane B. Burka and Lenora M. Yuen outline the reasons and roots of procrastination. More importantly, they show you how to fix your vexing, life-sapping procrastination problem. getAbstract suggests that anyone who procrastinates should buy this book. Now would be fine.
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Required Reading
This book is excellent. A friend recommended this because she was procrastinating during writing up her PhD, and I have been having the same problem. Read more
Published 8 days ago by Philippa Turner
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Didn't buy it for me, so don't really know anything about it. Will Post a review if I hear the result.
Published 2 months ago by Bizzzib
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Insightful
Hugely insightful on the reasons for Procrastination and the underlying thoughts and behaviours that drive it. So explains extremely well the why. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Rich
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Thinking of purchasing this
I'm thinking of buying this book and I'm sure I'll get round to it quite soon...it's just that I've got piles of other books to read first and so little time
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Just Do It
I've never taken so long to read a book in my life, this book was a chore - and I've read some utterly boring books e.g. Read more
Published 14 months ago by jonnyd
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A warning
I had high hopes for this book based on the reviews on this site. Upon receiving the book I was dissapointed to discover that it is based on psychoanalytical theory, as this was... Read more
Published 16 months ago by x54
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Psychologically fascinating...
I've not read it all, but so far it's very interesting how many different reasons there are for procrastination. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Tom
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Useful
The book is useful because it gives you a good understanding of procrastination, I've identified myself in some aspects. Read more
Published on 22 July 2010 by Bernardo
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent - best anything on beatng procrastination I've ever come...
Split into 2 major parts.
Part 1 is explanation and insight into the various causes of procrastination - very insightful & you may have several "Aha! Read more
Part 1 is explanation and insight into the various causes of procrastination - very insightful & you may have several "Aha! Read more
Published on 31 Oct 2009 by Gsp
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