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Welcome to The Procrastination Equation
November 24th, 2010 |
Well, if you have stumbled upon this website, let me quickly establish what you have discovered with a video by John Kelly:
Until I find a better use of my time, and don’t expect that to happen for a long time, I will be feeding this site. With what? With an indepth exploration of procrastination. Borrowing on John Kelly’s piece, this is what we will explore for as long as you are willing to join me:
Procrastination is wonderful and awful. Procrastination is funny and tragic. Procrastination affects everyone, including the famous. Procrastination is hardwired into us. Procrastination can be overcome. Procrastination is responsible for society’s tragedies. Procrastination can kill you. Procrastination is a vice of all major religions. Procrastination isn’t always so bad. Procrastination is fun to watch, especially when you are procrastinating. Procrastination isn’t acknowledged by economists. Procrastination is celebrated by humorists. Procrastination is getting worse. Procrastination is about you.
Over the ensuing while, together we will find out who is a procrastinator and how come. We will find out how the very structure of society is designed to increase it and that most major societal problems are influenced by procrastination. Best of all, we explore proven, scientifically tested techniques designed to help overcome this tendency to leave life until tomorrow. There is so much I want to share with you about this delightful and dangerous aspect of ourselves. And, if a particular aspect of procrastination fascinates you, let me know. I’ll see if I can address it. Let’s take the first step and begin.
The Procrastination Equation Set To Launch Dec. 28th
October 5th, 2010 |
Why do kitchens need to be cleaned the night before final exams? How come the arrival of a new email suddenly seems more important than a crucial sales pitch? And why does a healthy diet always start tomorrow? The Procrastination Equation tells us why we do what we do—or in this case, don’t.
Procrastination has troubled us for a long time: Mark Antony, St. Augustine, even Krishna spoke about it. Writing with the humour, humanity and solid scientific research reminiscent of Stumbling on Happiness and Freakonomics, Dr. Piers Steel explains why we procrastinate—why we knowingly and willingly put off a course of action despite recognizing we’ll be worse off for it. What’s more, his study shows that despite procrastination making us poorer, fatter and unhappier, we’re putting things off like never before— procrastination is on the rise.
Dr. Steel has spent the last ten years of his life devoted to studying procrastination, and the decades before that embodying it. He knows his subject both as a practitioner and as a scientist, and offers accessible techniques for controlling and improving motivation. Everyone from the dithering student to the dallying employee will recognize something of themselves in this engaging and insightful book.
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