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    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),