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Title: Overcoming Procrastination; Or How to Think and Act Rationally in Spite of Life's Inevitable Hassles by William J. Knaus, William J. Krause ISBN: 0-451-15931-4 Publisher: New American Library Pub. Date: October, 1983 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.83 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: It may change your life
Comment: I'm not even that far into this book yet and already I can say that it's inspiring and potentially life-changing. If you have as much trouble with procrastination as I do, this book just might be the key. Don't delay, buy it now!
Rating: 5
Summary: I really HAVE been meaning to read this book...
Comment: ...
To readers familiar with Ellis's R.E.T.(Rational Emotive Therapy)theory(also called REBT), this is already a familiar book, a variation on themes Ellis expounds upon elsewhere, most notably in "A Guide to Rational Living", written back in the 60's, where he lays out the basics of his theory. Readers unfamiliar with Ellis and R.E.T. might see his approach as similiar to television's "Dr Phil"(McGraw), and if you see the latter as something of a scold, you're likely to experience Ellis the same way.
Ellis's approach emphasizes "self-talk", and asking you to question your motives in avoiding anxiety-provoking tasks. He prefers behavior-oriented and pragmatic thinking over "what-happened-way-back-when" depth psychology. If such an approach strikes you as what you're looking for in a book about this topic, then I'd recommend Ellis. He's very straightforward and easy to comprehend.
Rating: 5
Summary: Looking into the Eye of the Storm
Comment: In this little book, Dr. Albert Ellis gives us tools in order
to deal with procrasination. He instructs us in his A-B-C
system of mental health. We have the Activating event (A),
the Beliefs that we hold (B), and the Consequences of those
beliefs (C). (A) for me is writing this review. (B) is my Belief that it must be a perfect review. (C) is the Consequence
which I experience from that belief. Which is anxiety. When
we procrastinate, according to Ellis, we are holding irrational
(B)eliefs. The more we (D)ispute these beliefs, the more healthy
(E)ffects of mental health we will experience. Ellis also gives
us behavioral tools to help us eliminate our procrastination.
Such as a reward system. Nevertheless, his system depends
on disputing the irrational beliefs. There are two things that you might want to remember before you buy this wonderful book.
First, you have to use REBT (Rational-Emotive-Behavioral-Therapy) all the time. It has to become a powerful philosophy in and of itself. If you counter your procrastination ten minutes daily,
but then whip yourself with irrational thoughts and ideas the rest of the time, it won't work. For this, you might want to go to the REBT website (...) for more information. The second thing is that you might want to employ a Tibetan Buddhist technique to really dispute your irrational beliefs and to burn
in rational ones. To do this, you sit in a chair. Count to ten. And after you have counted to ten without losing your count, you THEN dispute your irrational beliefs. This is how
they burn in rational thoughts in the Gelugpa tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Regardless, I hope that you enjoy this little
book. And I wish you all the happiness in the world.
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Title: The Procrastination Workbook: Your Personalized Program for Breaking Free from the Patterns That Hold You Back by William J. Knaus, Albert Ellis ISBN: 1572242957 Publisher: New Harbinger Pubns Pub. Date: November, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play by Neil A. Fiore ISBN: 0874775043 Publisher: J. P. Tarcher Pub. Date: January, 1989 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: A Guide to Rational Living by Albert Ellis, Robert A. Harper, Melvin Powers ISBN: 0879800429 Publisher: Wilshire Book Co Pub. Date: January, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Procrastinator's Handbook: Mastering the Art of Doing It Now by Rita Emmett ISBN: 0802775985 Publisher: Walker & Co Pub. Date: September, 2000 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: How to Stubbornly Refuse to Make Yourself Miserable About Anything--Yes, Anything by Albert Ellis ISBN: 0818404566 Publisher: Lyle Stuart Hardcover Pub. Date: July, 1988 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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