Niesamowicie treściwa książka, a co najważniejsze: przyjemna i przystępna! Często zmuszała mnie do refleksji i robienia notatek, jest dosłownie przepełniona bardzo celnymi spostrzeżeniami. Jej największym atutem jest to, że jest kompletnie inna od typowych książek o produktywności - to nie sprytne narzędzia i metody są w niej najważniejsze (tego można znaleźć na pęczki w innych publikacjach), ale właśnie szczegółowo omówiona strona psychologiczna prokrastynacji. Oczywiście, w książce znalazły się również wspomniane techniki - przedstawione są w zgrabny sposób, i tworzą spójną całość większego systemu postępowania, uzupełniając psychologiczną narrację. Całkowicie urzekł mnie także styl autora, który w bardzo ciepły i subtelny sposób rozprawiał się z typowymi problemami w odkładaniu, przypominając o mindfulness i self-care. Na plus są także całkiem nieźle zbalansowane rozdziały, a także stosunkowo dobra bibliografia. Szczerze polecam :).

The book felt like a collection of ideas being presented in different ways in the hope that it will stick to you and turn into behavior one way or another.

I wanted to read this book to get a better understanding on the problem of procrastination, as well as to gather a few ideas on overcoming it. I was sort of hoping these ideas could provide some inspiration to design a few experiments on the subject. In that sense, it didn't disappoint. The ideas were clear, simple, can be applied easily, and even if they did not suit you, they would probably help you come up with your own methods. The book also included many ideas presented by different authors which I thought was nice(e.g. Daniel Goleman, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, and many others).

Having said that, I thought the writing style and the structure of the book was quite chaotic. Considering the nature of the topic, I had expected the chapters to be written in a more progressive way, but somehow it just felt like a bunch of ideas thrown at me. Sure, the ideas were cool, but the structure certainly did not help. Chapters didn't seem to have any central point and the chaos made it difficult to resist the urge to put down the book and never open it again. Good thing I got through it though.

This was surprisingly good due to the large sections of practical applications and suggestions.

I really enjoyed it. I tend to be a procrastinator and while reading this book, I became more aware of bad habits that have been formed over the years. Now that I'm recognizing them, I'm able to do something about it. The concept that resonated with me the strongest was that the more we procrastinate on a project or task the more stress we feel, that our body feels about it, the more we feel overwhelmed and anxious. All that is work that we're doing, but unproductive work and actually more stressful, harmful work than just diving in and starting the task. We're dumbest at the start of any task or project, but as we work through it, we get smarter about it and we're getting it done, resulting in less overall stress, anxiety over the task. It takes some looking in the mirror, but if you're willing to make changes, even just recognizing your actions, you'll benefit from this book.