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Index

A rational decision process, 106–107
ABCDE method, 34–43, 183 strategic planning and execution,
Acceptance: 107–110
change phases, 21–22 uncertainty and indecision, 94–100
“emotional muscle” building, von Clausewitz decision-making
48–50, 74 principles, 108–109
stress-related procrastination, 74 worry, 98–99
Accommodation, change phases, 20–21 as diversions, xvi, xxvii
Action plan, five-phase self-regulation do-it-now philosophy, xxiii–xxiv
program, 159–166 emotional states, 51–52
flexibility, 161 positive change actions, 19–24
PERT planning framework, 163–166 pressing vs. nonpressing, 7–8
process, 168 Activating event, ABCDE method,
productive scenarios, 161–163 34–43, 183
specific plan drafting, 160 Actualization:
Actions: change phases, 23–25
corrective, by procrastination style, “emotional muscle” building, 48
12–16 Adaptability, von Clausewitz principle
decisive, 93–111 of, 108
automatic procrastination decision Analysis:
(APD), 100–104, 120 meta-, xxv
decision-making equivocation, problem, five-phase self-regulation
99–100 program, 152–154, 168
do-it-now choice, 103–104 sample therapy script, 171–188
heuristics (rules of thumb), 97–98 short- vs. long-term, “emotional
illusion-based decisions, 95–97 muscle” building, 59–62
importance of activities, 102–103 SWLO analysis, 149–151
knowing yourself, 93–94 And then question, problem analysis,
perfectionism, 99–100 153–154
problem solving and follow-through, Anxiety:
104–110 and procrastination, xxi–xxiii
procrastination journal, 110–111 (See also Emotive approach)