Procrastination: The Opportunity Killer

by Amit Abraham

"There are various social, personality and psychological causes of procrastination, all of which can be individually identified, assessed, treated and overcome. It is crucial for one's physical and psychological health to treat and overcome this irrational self-sabotaging behavior. While there are numerous causes of and treatments for procrastination, the most important step to overcoming procrastination is to become self aware of any procrastinator tendencies.
This book is so written that you not only become educated about procrastination but also able to measure yourself on the various psychological variables which lead to procrastinating behavior. This book helps you identify those variables and suggests remedial measures to practice and adopt. In fact, this book is about the psychology of procrastination and the procrastinator. So, take full advantage of the various tests and read into your mind. Get a clear and vivid picture of your psyche, analyze it and make necessary amendments as suggested. If you follow the advice given until it becomes a habit, you not only will be leaving procrastination far behind but also end up improving upon your personality and have a better mental health."

128 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2013

About the author

The author Dr. Amit Abraham did his schooling from St. Joseph’s College, Nainital. He did his post graduation in psychology from the Delhi University. His doctorate work is in the area of personality psychology. He is the former principal of Scottish Church College, Kolkata and prior to which he was heading the post graduate department of psychology at St. John's College, Agra and teaching at the graduate and postgraduate levels and also supervising research work as supervisor. He is actively involved in various offbeat research works related with the human psyche. He has done extensive work on human sexuality and five scales developed by him for the measurement of sexual attitudes towards different sexual practices have been published. Several other scales developed by him for the measurement of various psychological variables have also been published. He has published research papers and authored books on psychology and general interest. His books on general interest are being marketed internationally and have been incorporated in many institutions as part of their curriculum. He is the founder and President of a registered mental health organization called Samvaidna which is actively involved in the area of guidance and counseling, therapy, testing and personality improvement programmes along with conducting workshops on various psychological issues. He is offering psychological guidance and counseling via the internet to people across the globe. He is the consultant for the local print and electronic media giving interviews and talks on various psychological aspects and issues. He is also the Recipient of the U.P. Shikshak Saman for the year 2006 awarded by Bright Organization For Youth.