Kevin Gyoerkoe - The Worriers Guide to Overcoming Procrastination: Breaking Free from the Anxiety That Holds You Back

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Wiegartz and Gyoerkoe have written an invaluable guide for overcoming problems with procrastination in the context of worry and anxiety. The book teaches readers to understand why they put off tasks and provides them with effective, step-by-step strategies for dealing with procrastination and overcoming anxiety and perfectionism, which often contribute to procrastination. I highly recommend this book for anyone whose anxiety prevents them from getting things done. Dont put it offread this book now!

Martin M. Antony, Ph.D., ABPP, professor in the department of psychology at Ryerson University and author of When Perfect Isnt Good Enough and The Anti-Anxiety Workbook

Problems associated with chronic procrastination have been largely overlooked in self-help literature. Drawing upon the latest findings from clinical research, Pamela Wiegartz and Kevin Gyoerkoe provide practical tools to help people make timely decisions and stop putting important aspects of their life on hold.

C. Alec Pollard, Ph.D., director of the Anxiety Disorders Center at Saint Louis Behavioral Medicine Institute and professor of family and community medicine at Saint Louis University