The crucial part of this book, is the knowing procrastination is not the problem. It’s a symptom of feeling like a victim, overwhelm, or fear of failure. Key tips;
* fill leisure activities into your schedule before everything else
* learn to mediate to calm your mind
* focus on starting small, and reward yourself for the effort

Some valuable productivity tips in this book but if you are a heavy user of this type of literature, don't expect anything new.

Probably the most useful book on breaking the procrastination habit that I have ever read. Just by changing self-talk, I find I can break through resistance and get working on a project. Re-framing the motivation for a task from "I have to" (someone else is making me do this) to "I choose to" (this whole thing is my decision) changes my feelings about a task. It was also nice to find validation for a technique that I have always used: schedule in the fun and make the not-so-scintillating tasks fit in around it.

Maybe I will eventually get my walls painted and the house de-junked after all. Resistance is futile!

This is a great book for hard-line chronic procrastinators like myself :) I've learned that by acknowledging the voice that screams "let's do something else" and just calming it down by saying something like: "OK I understand your urgent need to check Facebook right this moment and I've jotted it down on my to-do list to make sure it gets done at some point. Now, can we relax and sit down to write a short introduction to that chapter? Thank you.", I actually get more things done. By allowing myself short guilt-free play every 30 minutes of focused work, my resistance goes way down, well unless something cute is on SpaceToon.

I'm a procrastinator from way back and this book has taught me to flip the script and see my procrastination as the result rather than the cause of my issues. Good actionable steps for dealing with procrastination, building a schedule and getting things done. It started working even before I've been able to do all the exercises.

I was basically procrastinating by reading this book on procrastination. But I felt a huge relief by understanding why I procrastinate. It has helped me to produce works ahead of deadlines.

I put off finishing this as an audiobook to the point that I had to listen to it at 2x speed. And with 7 minutes to spare before it was overdue and automatically returned to the library via Overdrive, that feels like 7 strong minutes of accomplishment and progress. #irony

This book is amazing book not because of the topic he is talking about but about the new perspective the book offers.

The guilt free play. Being productive vs working more.

I am always thinking about these two topics. I like the fact he involves psychology and reverse psychology to solve the problems.

3 stars because there were some good things in there, but it was hard to read. My difficulty was probably due to my own personal preference--it read like a business book to me. But I struggled through and finished, because my husband gave this to me; obviously because he loves me, and knows that I'm a procrastinator, and wants to help me fix that gaping flaw in my character.

Here is what I got from this book: Procrastination is not my fault, almost everybody procrastinates, and I can take steps to fix the tendency to procrastinate in my own life. We procrastinate because we have fear of failure, fear of success, fear of rejection, distaste for never-ending work cycles, and/or resentment about not having time for fun or leisure activities. We beat ourselves up for procrastinating (believing we are lazy), and it is a terrible cycle that just keeps going if we don't pull out of it with positive talk, imagining and planning for the "worst case scenario" (which usually isn't life-threatening or even that terrible), and scheduling lots of time for guilt-free play. The Unschedule idea was interesting to me... instead of planning your schedule around the work you have to get done, plan for everything else (sleeping, lunch, parties, etc.) and commit to work in the time left over. That is a new concept that I am going to try. I think it will give me a better idea for how much time I really have.

I liked the part about working in the "flow state" even though it kind of sounds like new-age hippy stuff. It basically tells you to take 2 minutes before working (and any other time you feel pressure, stress, or any time you want to work "in the zone") and breathe, consciously let go of stress in your muscles, and give yourself the appropriate pep talk. I have experienced work in the "flow state" before, but not frequently. I am excited to try this and see if it works. I want to have more focus and mental clarity while I write, even if I have to be a wanna-be yogi.

The part about managing/living with a procrastinator was 50/50 for me. I like approaching people from a positive and true point of view, stating what is important to you without nagging the other person to change. However, the examples of how to speak to subordinates about jobs that were less than well done sounded condescending and fake. "We need to be able to trust each other's work, so I need you to follow guidelines precisely. Let me know if you have problems with them." I've had people speak like this to me before, and I just sit there thinking, "I'm not stupid, you type A Delta Bravo! This is an office PC way of saying you need this to be perfectly done in the way you want it done. Just cut to the point and say what you want." Asking me for a "realistic time-frame" for the "completion of a task" makes me see red. Just say when you need it. Ask if it is done or close. Get to the freaking point. But hey, not everyone thinks like me, so maybe I should never manage a team of workers.

2.5 stars. This book is geared more toward people who regularly work on big projects than toward those who need help with the day-to-day. I didn't care for the meditation section. The idea of unscheduling is interesting though, and Fiore does offer some helpful tips on completing large tasks manageably. The first half of the book was a lot of the psychology behind procrastination, and the second half was more practical.

In my first year as a solopreneur, I became stranged by the inability to walk away from my work, and yet I was getting less and less done. While The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It was extremely helpful in understanding what was going on and how to make things better for my business, it didn't entirely solve the problem of how to make things better for me.

The Now Habit is the book about how to make things better for me. I knew I had to walk away, but this book gives precise training on how to do that. One of the primary methods the reader will recognize as The Pomodoro Technique. The book also has a number of meditation techniques, though for that I would recommend The Complete Idiot's Guide to Meditation. The book also provides great advice for managers dealing with their employees' procrastination habits.

The book is not about the techniques of prioritization and task management. For this book to really help, you also need to have read Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity, a book everyone should read anyway.

Очень хорошая книжка!

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