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13 people found this helpful
5.0 out of 5 starsDon't Delay! Read it!
ByG.S. Zimmermanon February 28, 2012
I really, really, really like this book! I found it at the public library and thought it would be another lame, "make lists, set goals and priorities" book but boy was I wrong! Rather than letting it sit for a week, like I normally do, I read it straight thru in two evenings. I'm a recovering "world class procrastinator" so I was ready to be disappointed, as I have been with so many other books on this subject, but it wasn't to be! Bottom line: I like the fact that he has science to back up his suggestions and some clear, step-by-step ways to implement them. I bought the book so I could highlight the heck out of it (libraries tend to frown on that practice. Go figure?) and have started using the ideas that fit my pattern of "addiction" - and they are working! Maybe its just me, maybe its the book or a combination, but I'm getting results that other books haven't provided. Don't skip the evaluation quizzes in the first chapter and do the full online version as well - you may not like the results! If you really suffer from procrastination this might be a book for you. Don't procrastinate! Buy it now and read it!
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3 people found this helpful
3.0 out of 5 starsGood read, but I was expecting more concrete ways to eliminate procrastination.
ByLineon March 16, 2017
Not a good how to book. Explained the history and the why of procrastination, but slim on specific tools and techniques.
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ByG.S. Zimmermanon February 28, 2012
I really, really, really like this book! I found it at the public library and thought it would be another lame, "make lists, set goals and priorities" book but boy was I wrong! Rather than letting it sit for a week, like I normally do, I read it straight thru in two evenings. I'm a recovering "world class procrastinator" so I was ready to be disappointed, as I have been with so many other books on this subject, but it wasn't to be! Bottom line: I like the fact that he has science to back up his suggestions and some clear, step-by-step ways to implement them. I bought the book so I could highlight the heck out of it (libraries tend to frown on that practice. Go figure?) and have started using the ideas that fit my pattern of "addiction" - and they are working! Maybe its just me, maybe its the book or a combination, but I'm getting results that other books haven't provided. Don't skip the evaluation quizzes in the first chapter and do the full online version as well - you may not like the results! If you really suffer from procrastination this might be a book for you. Don't procrastinate! Buy it now and read it!
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5.0 out of 5 starsHighly insightful. I now see a light at the end of the tunnel - and I am steadily moving towards it!
ByMichael Millson March 10, 2018
This was a highly insightful and encouraging read. I didn't think I would ever overcome my chronic procrastination. Piers does a wonderful job in describing why we procrastinate and provides useful techniques to stop our procrastination in its tracks, or help us procrastinate more effectively.
Thanks to The John Batchelor Show for interviewing Piers on this great piece of work. Definitely a game changer for me.
Thanks to The John Batchelor Show for interviewing Piers on this great piece of work. Definitely a game changer for me.
ByLineon March 16, 2017
Not a good how to book. Explained the history and the why of procrastination, but slim on specific tools and techniques.
Bymorning woodon March 12, 2016
Much great info, helped me alot. I now attack projects rather then put them on a to do list.
Byxebeckon October 5, 2012
It is such a fascinating book, that after reading it all, I never thought I could read so fast in such a short period of time. Is perhaps one of the best books I've read after "Emotional Intelligence of Daniel Goleman", it's so nice to know that there are still writers among us of that caliper, and sincerity.
ByAmazon Customeron September 29, 2013
Like: Scientifically based. Makes sense. Offers sound advice. Well written.
Dislike: I needed it years ago.
Recommend it to everyone.
Dislike: I needed it years ago.
Recommend it to everyone.
ByMolasenion February 28, 2015
A key to working on your procrastination angles.
ByRobert C. Gilliatt Jr.on September 4, 2012
I have looked for help in solving my procrastination for 26 years. As I read through this book, I had many A-Hah moments! The presentation is excellent and the book is an easy read. I was able to finish the book is 2 1/2 months.... I am so glad I stuck with it. I learned a lot about myself and how to properly attack the procrastination in me. After two weeks of completing the book, I am still seeing dividends and a good return on the tactics I learned.
ByLexopheliaon September 12, 2014
Don't you see the problem with a book about procrastination? I've put off reading it! Seriously though, how can it help one stop putting things off? I didn't find enough actual help in this book. There are lovely theories but nothing to really push me forward into action. I don't really know what would do that, do I? If I did, I wouldn't need a book supposed to cure my procrastination. The only thing that has ever done the trick was waking up the morning before something was due and a combination of panic and fear pushing me out of bed and into work mode. Or working all night before something was due the next morning. How to get past that is what I really wanted to know. It's somehow not in there.
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