iProcrastinate Podcasts
A podcast series about why we procrastinate and what we can do to reduce this self-defeating behavior.
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"End Procrastination Now" - a new book by Dr. Bill Knaus
This week, I interview someone who is becoming a regular ...
This week, I interview someone who is becoming a regular guest on the podcast, Dr. William (Bill) Knaus. Bill has just published his new book End Procrastination Now: Get It Done with a Proven Psychological Approach (McGraw Hill). We discuss what...
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Why we procrastinate: An overview for Professional Organizers (and the chronically disorganized)
Here's a podcast that summarizes why we procrastinate. Earlier this ...
Here's a podcast that summarizes why we procrastinate. Earlier this month, I was a guest instructor for the National Study Group on Chronic Disorganization (NSGCD). This study group is part of the professional development important to members of...
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Paralyzed by Procrastination
Sometimes when we procrastinate on one thing, it seems to ...
Sometimes when we procrastinate on one thing, it seems to prevent us from doing anything at all - at least anything we think we should be doing. This week, I share a listener's story about how the most detrimental effect of his tendency to...
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Re-Post of the January 9th interview with Dr. Bill Knaus
With the recent upgrade in the system software at LibSyn, ...
With the recent upgrade in the system software at LibSyn, it seems that my first interview with Dr. Bill Knaus was lost in the transfer. I'm posting it again. This interview from January 9, 2010 was Dr. Knaus (Bill) introducing iProcrastinate...
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Perfectionism, Evaluation Anxiety and Fear of Failure: End procrastination now with Dr. Bill Knaus
This week, I invited Dr. Bill Knaus to talk about ...
This week, I invited Dr. Bill Knaus to talk about his work with and writing about procrastination. He has provided a lengthy podcast covering a great deal of important material. He focuses specifically on how we can learn to challenge our absolutist...
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Strengthening goal intentions
Tips and techniques are never enough. What we often need ...
Tips and techniques are never enough. What we often need to do to enhance goal pursuit success is to ensure that our goals matter to us. If we don't value a goal, if we don't have a strong commitment to a goal, we're unlikely to pursue it. Today, I...
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Anxiety and procrastination: An interview with Dr. Bill Knaus
This week, the focus is on a topic that many ...
This week, the focus is on a topic that many listeners have asked to learn more about - anxiety. Dr. Bill Knaus brings his clinical insights to this discussion. Dr. Knaus presents a case study, explains various types of anxiety, relates anxiety to...
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Using time urgency to motivate action: Planning and procrastination
When you're going to set an intention to complete a ...
When you're going to set an intention to complete a task, do you: (a) start at today and look forward to the first available opportunity to act, or (b) start at the deadline and look backward to choose a date? I asked this question of my Psychology...
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Implementation Intentions as a solution to 4 problems in our goal pursuit
I'm often asked what someone should do to reduce procrastination. ...
I'm often asked what someone should do to reduce procrastination. One of my most common answers is, "It's not enough to have a goal intention, you need to have an implementation intention too." Today, I explain what an implementation...
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Avoiding what might have been: An interview with Dr. Fuschia Sirois
When we don't get the results we expect or hope ...
When we don't get the results we expect or hope for, we can imagine different outcomes, both better and worse. These are known as upward and downward counterfactuals. In the podcast today, I interviewed Dr. Fuschia Sirois from the University of...
