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The Procrastinator's Handbook: Mastering the Art of Doing It Now
by Rita Emmett
from Walker & Company

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Decent, but there's better
  I found this audio book to be mildly helpful - mostly full of generic tips I've heard many times before, with too many stories to illustrate her points for my taste. I also bought "Getting things Done" by David Allen, which I found MUCH more useful.

• Written for housewives and middle management
  It's quite disheartening to know that you have a problem, and then buy into a resource which many people swear by, such as this book, only to find out that it is completely useless. For me, this book started out badly in the very introduction and got worse and worse.
  In her introduction, Emmett describes procrastination as a "funny subject". What is so funny about having your professional and personal life go down the drain because you can't get it together? When I want to be helped, I want to be taken... more info

• Solutions for all the reasons we procrastinate
  Procrastination is difficult to change as there are so many reasons to do it. This book addresses the variety of causes and how to overcome them. I really like the layout of the book which invites readers to dip in and sample. It deals with the different fears (of being rejected, of making the wrong decision, of change, of responsibility, etc.) that paralyze us and keep us from forward action.
  Each chapter ends with an exercise to do. If you try them out, you end up setting goals, uncluttering,... more info

• A quick read...if you dont put it off until later.
  I started reading this book 4 months ago, but just finished it last week. For a book so small that doesn't say much.
  This book delivers on humor and very practical advice, but for me it just seemed to say things I already knew such as keeping a to-do list that breaks major tasks into mini-tasks. To be fair, there was other advice, but nothing that just made me sit up and transform my behavior.
  Having said that, I don't think it is a bad book and it wasn't unpleasant to read, but I really expected... more info

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