Notes

Chapter 2 What Is Procrastination?

[1]. Jane B. Burka, PhD, and Lenora M. Yuen, PhD, Procrastination: Why You Do It, What to Do About It NOW (Cambridge, MA: DaCapo Press, 1983, 2008), 9.

[2]. Ibid., 10.

Chapter 3 Understanding Some of the Whys

[1]. As quoted in Christopher McDougall, Born to Run (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009), 175–76.

[2]. Lysa TerKeurst, The Best Yes (Nashville: Nelson, 2014), 155.

Chapter 4 Assessing the Price We Pay

[1]. Liberty Savard, Shattering Your Strongholds (Gainesville, FL: Bridge-Logos Publishers, 1992), 27.

[2]. “Mammography: Benefits, Risks, What You Need to Know,” BreastCancer.org, accessed March 23, 2015, http://www.breastcancer.org/symptoms/testing/types/mammograms/benefits_risks.

[3]. “Chronic Stress Puts Your Health at Risk,” The Mayo Clinic, July 11, 2013, http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-living/stress-management/in-depth/stress/art-20046037.

Chapter 5 Myth Busters

[1]. Berit Brogaard, “What Happens During an Adrenaline Rush?” Livestrong.com, August 16, 2013, http://www.livestrong.com/article/203790-what-happens-during-an-adrenaline-rush/.

[2]. Amy Arnsten, Carolyn M. Mazure, and Rajita Sinha, “Everyday Stress Can Shut Down the Brain’s Chief Command Center,” Scientific American, April 9, 2012.

[3]. Brian Tracy, Eat That Frog! (San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2007), 30.

[4]. Timothy A. Pychyl, Solving the Procrastination Puzzle (New York: Penguin, 2013), 31.

[5]. Josh James Riebock, Heroes and Monsters: An Honest Look at the Struggle within All of Us (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2012), 166–67.

Chapter 6 Overcoming Our Fears

[1]. Burka and Yuen, Procrastination, 92.

[2]. Gerald Beals, “Thomas Edison ‘Quotes,’” Thomas Alva Edison Quotes, accessed March 23, 2015, http://www.thomasedison.com/quotes.html.

Chapter 7 Too Busy?

[1]. Tim Kreider, “The ‘Busy’ Trap,” New York Times, June 30, 2012, http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/30/the-busy-trap/?_r=0.

[2]. Carol Brazo, No Ordinary Home: The Uncommon Art of Christ-centered Homemaking (Sisters, OR: Multnomah, 1995), 24.

[3]. “John D. Rockefeller,” New World Encyclopedia, accessed March 23, 2015, http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/John_D._Rockefeller.

[4]. “Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes,” Goodreads.com, accessed March 23, 2015, http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/2326-things-which-matter-most-must-never-be-at-the-mercy.

Chapter 8 Thinking with Focus and Clarity

[1]. “Starving for Sleep: America’s Hunger Games,” The Better Sleep Council, February 2014, http://bettersleep.org/better-sleep/the-science-of-sleep/sleep-statistics-research/starving-for-sleep-americas-hunger-games/.

[2]. “Brain May Flush Out Toxins During Sleep,” National Institutes of Health, October 17, 2013, http://www.nih.gov/news/health/oct2013/ninds-17.htm.

[3]. Daniel J. Levitin, “Hit the Reset Button in Your Brain,” New York Times, August 9, 2014.

[4]. Gary Griffiths, “The Web Is Much Bigger (And Smaller) Than You Think,” Forbes, April 24, 2012, http://www.forbes.com/sites/ciocentral/2012/04/24/the-web-is-much-bigger-and-smaller-than-you-think/.

[5]. “Brain Basics: Know Your Brain,” National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes, April 28, 2014, http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/brain_basics/know_your_brain.htm.

[6]. Arnsten, Mazure, and Sinha, “Everyday Stress.”

[7]. Susan Weinschenk, PhD, “The True Cost of Multi-Tasking,” Psychology Today, September 18, 2012, http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/brain-wise/201209/the-true-cost-multi-tasking.

[8]. Jeremy Singer-Vine, “Open This Story in a New Tab,” Slate, December 6, 2010, http://www.slate.com/articles/life/the_hive/2010/12/open_this_story_in_a _new_tab.html.

Chapter 9 Taming Our Perfectionist Instincts

[1]. Neil Fiore, PhD, The Now Habit (New York: Tarcher/Penguin, 2007), 24.

[2]. Kathi Lipp, “The Perfect Cup of Coffee,” Encouragement for Today, September 17, 2014, http://proverbs31.org/devotions/devotion-author/kathi-lipp/#sthash.ekOHZY0i.dpuf.

[3]. Carol Dweck, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success (New York: Ballantine, 2007), 6.

[4]. Ibid., 7.

Chapter 10 Replacing Bad Habits with Good

[1]. Burka and Yuen, Procrastination, 90.

[2]. Charles Duhigg, The Power of Habit (New York: Random House, 2014), 14.

[3]. Ibid., 62.

[4]. Renee Swope, A Confident Heart (Grand Rapids: Revell, 2011), 221–23.

Chapter 11 Strengthening Willpower

[1]. “What You Need to Know about Willpower: The Psychological Science of Self-Control,” American Psychological Association Help Center, accessed February 25, 2015, http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/willpower.aspx.

[2]. “Stanford Marshmallow Experiment,” Wikipedia, accessed February 25, 2015, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_marshmallow_experiment.

[3]. B. J. Casey et al., “Behavioral and Neural Correlates of Delay of Gratification 40 Years Later,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108, no. 36 (August 9, 2011): 14998–15003, doi:10.1073/pnas.1108561108.

[4]. Maria Konnikova, “The Struggles of a Psychologist Studying Self-Control,” The New Yorker, October 9, 2014, http://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/struggles-psychologist-studying-self-control.

[5]. Kathleen D. Vohs et al., “Making Choices Impairs Subsequent Self-Control: A Limited-Resource Account of Decision Making, Self-Regulation, and Active Initiative,” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (May 2008): 883–98.

[6]. Ibid., 897.

[7]. Tracy, Eat That Frog!, 3.

[8]. Tamara Lowe, Get Motivated! (New York: Doubleday, 2009), 27.

Chapter 12 Becoming a Wise Time Manager

[1]. Burka and Yuen, Procrastination, 194.

[2]. “Opportunity Cost,” BusinessDictionary.com, accessed February 25, 2015, http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/opportunity-cost.html.

[3]. Tracy, Eat That Frog!, 15.

[4]. Seth Godin, “The Jobs Only You Can Do,” Seth’s Blog, November 23, 2014, http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2014/11/index.html.

Chapter 13 Organizing Our Work

[1]. David Allen, Getting Things Done (New York: Penguin, 2001), 23.

[2]. Kathi Lipp and Cheri Gregory, The Cure for the “Perfect” Life (Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 2014), 99.

Chapter 14 Small Changes Matter

[1]. Erika Anderson, “21 Quotes from Henry Ford on Business, Leadership and Life,” Forbes, May 31, 2013, http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikaandersen/2013/05/31/21-quotes-from-henry-ford-on-business-leadership-and-life/.

[2]. Nick Glass and Tim Hume, “The ‘Hallelujah Moment’ Behind the Invention of the Post-it Note,” CNN, April 4, 2014, http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/04/tech/post-it-note-history/index.html.