William J. Knaus

Book title and author:
The Procrastination workbook your personalized program for breaking free from patterns that hold you back William Knaus. Reviewed 11-8-23.

Why I picked this book up:
A woman I was seeing had a very hard time with his issue and I wanted to learn effective ways to help deal with this common issue. Various options like PURRRR. Self-doubt. Self-efficacy.
Thoughts: Book description: Procrastination is a near-universal trait, at its most troublesome when it holds someone back from doing well in school, adds a frustrating dimension to personal relationships, or closes off the road to professional fulfillment with an endless series of detours and roadblocks. Based on over thirty years of clinical experience and research, this workbook distills the essence of the best insights and the most effective techniques to help you identify the root causes of your procrastination problem and find workable solutions for overcoming it. Best-selling author William Knaus begins by providing self-assessment exercises that help you discover why you procrastinate and identify your procrastination style. The book explains how to change the underlying mechanisms that reinforce your procrastination and helps you tailor an individualized plan for counteracting it at work, at home, at school, in your relationships, or anywhere else it occurs. Throughout, engaging exercises and an array of tips and techniques keep you motivated to get to the root of your problem and overcome it.
This is a short book, 184 pages. This book has the real challenges, the processing, identification of what drags us down, social, behavioral, structural planning, rationale, then doing it, based on what’s been tracked. Things like promissory note, what we typically do to avoid the challenge. Fallback patterns. These patterns reminded me of Niece Jillaine after hearing she tends to be late often for dance, time frame issues being told she is often late even when she makes time meeting decisions people, students, family expect her to be late which she usually is. Making changes show importance of time. Breaks down how to look at self and how to improve this problem. Habits and patterns.
Why I finished this read: a lot of pragmatic, self-reflective, insight oriented, cognitive and bx approaches to help act differently. Key ideas and action plans.
Stars rating: 4 of 5 stars. This is a simple, researched self-help approach to gaining insight about yourself, motivation, hangups and how to move forward. I see this as a useful tool.… (más)