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“Unlike any other book on personal productivity.
Khairil H wrote this review Monday, November 9 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Instead of providing methodologies that assume procrastination stems from a lack of attention due to disorganization or indiscipline, the Now Habit attacks the underlying fears and anxieties that habitual procrastinators sabotage themselves with, often manifesting as elaborate avoidance and delaying tactics that eventually cause these individuals much guilt and grief.
For such a slim tome, the amount of value Neil Fiore has packed into its pages makes for a highly satisfying read that offers such simply effective practices that seek to address the underlying psychological reasons for inaction including self-destructive behavior such as harsh self-criticism and self-judgementalism.”
1 of 1 members found this review helpful“This book is supposed to teach you how to avoid procrastinating. It was so effective I've decided to stop procrastinating...sometime tomorrow. Seriously though, this book was terribly slow and over researched. Although the concepts are good, the book should be about 75% shorter. Get to the point Fiore!”
Matthew Hess wrote this review Wednesday, August 5 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Some useful ideas.”
Christopher C wrote this review Thursday, March 19 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Great book on the theory and why of procrastination. The last half didn't strike me as much, but the first makes the book worth it.”
Charles P wrote this review Wednesday, April 9 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This is a decent book about motivating yourself to do the things you want to do. The author has a unique idea for an "unschedule", where you chart in fun activities instead of your big projects. I used this unschedule years ago while I was in college and it worked great for me, though I recently felt a need to re-read the book after lapsing back into lethargy.
bookdreamer wrote this review Sunday, November 25 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
The thing I really appreciated about this book is that it didn't compartmentalize people into categories like so many other self-help books (like "the Wishy-Washy Foot Dragger" or "the Angry Clutterer"), instead it relates to the reader as an actual human with more nuance than that.
I would definitely recommend it, though putting the ideas into practice is finally up to the individual.”
“This is a very book on fixing your issues of procrastination. Especially if you do not know what they are or do not know how to handle them. This book did help me a lot.”
arunrajas wrote this review Friday, October 26 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
1 of 1 members found this review helpful“Much of the book is about what you'd expect—procrastination is the symptom, not the problem itself, find the root and root it out, etc. But there is one brilliant hack for overcoming procrastination called "unscheduling" that I love: slot in your *leisure* and non-work/must-dos, *then* see what holes are left to work. The writing is a little stiff, hence the lower star count. This would make a great long article with lots of bullets and sidebars, or a podcast.”
communicatrix wrote this review Tuesday, September 18 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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