182
Bondage of Opium , A (Lefebure), 82
Book of Five Rings (Musashi), 175
books, inspirational, 127
boredom, 24, 140-43, 144, 162
“Boss Key,” 104
brain
damage, 46
science, advances, 43-44
structure, xii, 43. See also limbic system; prefrontal cortex
tumors, 46
Brave New World Revisited (Huxley), 78
break and run pattern, 66n
Broken Lizard (comedy group), 143
Brothen, Thomas, 37
Buddhism, 59, 267n33
burnout, 147
Bush, George W., 104
Byrne, Rhonda, 131
cable TV, 69
Calgon Carbon, 87
Cameron, David, 114
Campbell, Gil, 239-40n44
“Can’t You See I'm Busy” (website), 104
career domain, 83
career success, 87-88
Career Vision, 159n
Carlisle Trust Company, 170
Carver, Charles, 117
Catherine the Great, 126
Cautela, Joseph, 283n36
cell phones, 77, 134, 177, 183
CEOs, 102
Challenge of Affluence, The (Offer), 78
Cham, Jorge, 87
Chaplin, Charlie, 67
Chapman, Graham, 156
check-cashing shops, 107
children
delayed gratification experiment, 173, 174-75, 177
neurological evolution, 47-49
success spirals, 122-23.
See also parenting; teenagers
chimpanzees, 51, 52, 175, 175n
Choice Over Time (Loewenstein), 29
Christabel (Coleridge), 80
Christianity, 94, 95, 95n
Christie, Agatha, 11
Christmas Clubs, 170, 171, 288n54
Christmas shopping, 23, 118
Chronager (software), 168-69
Churchill, Winston, 112
Cicero, Marcus Tullius, 58-59
circadian rhythm, 148-49
clarity, 1, 9
Cleese, John, 156
Cleopatra, 59
climate change, 112-13
Clinton, Bill, 105
Clocky, 167, 168, 171
clutter, 23, 180, 285n46. See also de-cluttering; dedicated work space
Cold War, 112, 256n7
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 80-82, 84, 168
colonoscopy, 91-92
colorectal cancer, 92
commercials, 79
community domain, 83
companies
associative cues, 179
crisis management, 132
employee-employer relationship, 203-10
overconfident, 130
retirement plans, 106, 106n. See also automatic enrollment plans
comparison shopping, 74
compound interest, 88, 89, 106
compulsiveness, 3
comScore, 77-78
concentrative strategies, 180-81
confessional procrastination, 97-98
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (Quincey), 81
confidence, 20, 22, 117, 121, 122-24, 123n, 162, 204
congressional procrastination, 110-11, 111
congruence, 155
Conquer Club (board game), 63-64, 65
Constitution (U.S.), 110, 114
consumerism, 74-77
Cortés, Hernán, 166
cotton-top tamarins, 54
counselling psychologists, 156
Couric, Katie, 92
Covenant Eyes (website), 171
covert sensitization, 177, 283n36
“CrackBerry,” 77
Craftsmanship of Teaching, The (Bagley), 67
cravings
aspect of procrastination, 25
biological basis, 45, 165
and cues, 180
precommitment strategy, 170.
See also temptation
creative visualization, 128-29
creativity, 85, 155
credit card revolvers, 89
crime, 49, 162
cues. See associative cues
cyberslacking, 103, 159
Dalai Lama, 35, 249-50n30
Davies, W. H., 212
daydreaming, 8
de-cluttering, 180, 190, 196
Deacon, Terence, 175, 175n
deadlines
avoidance cycle, 7
and brain, 45
and career success, 195, 203
dividing into short-term goals, 208-9
eleventh hour, 4, 9, 45, 53, 85-87
excuses for missing. See excuses and planning, 39
registration, 169-70
and stress, 2, 82
students (graph), 228-29n17.
See also essay writing; students; writers
death, 95-96, 98-99
debt, 78n, 82, 107, 215. See also government procrastination and debt
decision making. See limbic system
dedicated work space, 181-82, 200, 202
Defined Contribution plans, 106-7, 106n
DeHass, Ronald, 171
DeMille, Cecil B., 67
dental health, 92-93, 248n22
depression, 22, 226n4
descent with modification, 52
desk photos, 183, 199-200
diet, 21, 76-77, 83, 213
diets, 138, 149. See also fats; sugar
digital video recorders (DVRs), 70, 216-17
disaster recovery plan, 134
disciplinary integration, 214-18
displacement, 151
divided self, 42-43
Dobell, Byron, 10-11
doctors' appointments. See medical procrastination
Dog-Friendly Dog Training (Arden),