The Procrastination Equation: How to Stop Putting Things Off and Start Getting Things Done - Softcover

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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

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Are you always late or behind with something?

Is your desk covered with stuff you just haven’t got round to dealing with?

Are there dozens of untackled jobs around your home?

Then you’re not alone. Across the world, millions of us are engaged in a never-ending battle to get stuff done. It’s a battle that frustrates us, makes us unhappy, costs us financially and takes its toll on our health. What’s more, it’s likely to limit our career potential.

So why do intelligent, able people put things off, even when we know we’ll be worse off for doing so? And, more importantly, how do we change?

In this groundbreaking book, the world’s leading expert on procrastination, Dr Piers Steel, reveals the truth about why we don’t do what we don’t do – and shows us what we can do about it.

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.

“Procrastination is the saffron spice of human behaviour, where even small amounts of this tendency can shatter the best of intentions. In this illuminating book Piers Steel shows us the secrets of procrastination, how it affects us and how we will, one day, be able to prevail.”  Dan Ariely, author of New York Times bestseller Predictably Irrational