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The Procrastination Instinct
The Wired Reason You Do Everything Except the One Thing That Matters
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Readers First Publishing Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P36877158
EAN: 9781804281659
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Zustellung: Fr, 30.10.2026
Versand: Kostenlos
CHF 36.75
Beschreibung
In The Procrastination Instinct, author Jordan Ellis exposes the hidden pattern behind chronic delay-not poor. planning or weak willpower, but a split-second emotional trade your mind makes without asking. permission. The moment a task triggers discomfort (boredom, uncertainty, fear of judgment), your brain offers. an escape: check your phone, reorganize a drawer, research one more thing before starting. The task gets. postponed, the feeling disappears, and the cycle locks in deeper. Drawing on behavioral psychology and real-world avoidance patterns, Jordan Ellis reveals how procrastination. functions as a relief trade. : you dodge discomfort now, pay compounding costs later-and your mind still. chooses it, every time. The gap between intention and action isn't a character flaw; it's an ancient. threat-response system misfiring in modern life, protecting you from feelings you haven't consciously noticed. yet. Readers will discover:. -. Why reorganizing drawers feels productive when the real task sits untouched. - The exact moment-by-moment sequence. your mind uses to redirect you away from discomfort. -. Why "preparing to start" becomes an endless loop that never reaches actual work. -. How the relief trade works: avoiding something unpleasant now creates bigger problems later-and why. your brain still picks the short-term escape. -. Why "I work better under pressure" almost never survives honest examination. -. How to catch the discomfort driving the delay before the distraction takes hold. The Procrastination Instinct offers a different approach: stop battling willpower and start managing the. specific feeling. that triggers the delay in the first place. By learning to recognize the relief trade as it happens,. you reclaim the gap between impulse and action-and final.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Jordan Ellis
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2026
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 166