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The Waiting Game

Name: The Waiting Game
Brand: Dr. Marcus Webb
Price: 24.75 AUD

Stop Procrastinating, Start Living, and Finally Do the Things That Matter

By: Dr. Marcus Webb

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Paperback | 12 June 2026

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132 Pages

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22.86 x 15.24 x 0.71

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You already know what you need to do.That is the particular cruelty of procrastination.

Procrastination is not a time management problem. It is an emotion regulation problem - the specific, automatic tendency to avoid tasks that generate anxiety, self-doubt, or discomfort, in favor of anything that provides immediate relief. And no calendar, planner, or to-do list has ever fixed an emotion regulation problem.

The Waiting Game

is the science-based guide to genuine procrastination recovery - built on four decades of psychological research and the evidence-based practices that actually work.

Inside you will discover:

â¢ Why procrastination has nothing to do with laziness or poor discipline

â¢ The specific varieties of procrastination - perfectionism, anxiety, depression - and how to address each

â¢ The neuroscience of the present bias and why the future feels unreal

â¢ Emotion regulation skills: how to tolerate the discomfort that matters

â¢ The five-minute rule and starting strategies that actually work

â¢ Values-based motivation - the only kind that lasts

â¢ Environment design: making the right choice the easy choice

â¢ Self-compassion and breaking the shame spiral

â¢ Building identity-based habits for sustainable change

â¢ ADHD, anxiety, and when professional help is genuinely needed

The thing you have been waiting to start is waiting for you.This is the beginning.

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