Procrastination: Why You Do It, What to Do About It [Paperback]

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."

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.

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.