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Stayed away from Hearts. Obtained the money, but it wasn’t necessary to burn bills. Caught myself telling myself that later is better and asked my- self to explain why this was so. Found no credible answer.

Results Done. 4. 5. 6.

Start as soon as recog- nized. Use the urge to diverge as a trigger to refocus on employee manual. Follow work time interval with a be- havioral diversion. (Diversions had to have some prior appeal; other- wise, why do them?) Within 24 hours, collect 10 $100 bills

Start Time 4. 5. of matches. 6. thinking.

table 6.1 (continued) Make list of common diversion- ary activities, recognize their purposes, and remind self of commitment to stick with the minute breaks every few hours minutes of card playing during Refuse to buy the rot that I’ll be about why later is better. Ask myself w

Change Steps 4. project; take reasonable 10- to do diversion. Burn a $100 bill for each five 5. work hours. 6. ready later. Raise questions later that I can’t do now.

Procrastination Process Divert to lower-value work activities, such as setting up meetings and e-mailing inspira- tional speakers about topics and rates. Divert to Hearts game on Internet. 6. ell myself I will get to it later, T when I am ready.

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