The Procrastination Equation: How to Stop Putting Things Off and Start Getting Stuff Done

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!

First, this is overall tough to read in a good way. It is tough to see the monster hiding in your shadow come out and see it's great terrible size. Procrastination isn't just putting off a cell phone bill. It is retirement and savings never materialisting. It's the environment dying around us. Seeing it is good though, a plan of attack is laid out and you can start to see daylight.The other way it is hard to read is less good though. There are fantasy examples that I felt were mostly meaningless the second time they came around. It can be a bit academic in places too.Overall, an excellent read though and one I will be sharing with friends and family.

Steel lays out why people procrastinate, why it matters, and then offers the best available evidence-based practices to help cope with it. He provides extensive references and none of the oversimplified anecdotes that plague the self-help genre, relying instead of fictitious examples of three different types of procastinators to illustrate his points. The writing style was informal and engaging but the content is clearly based on academic work. I will complain that on my kindle version a few of the charts displayed in very small print and were hard to read. No book is going to change your life, but if you are at all interested in or dealing with procrastination, this one is very much worth reading.

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.

Loved it.

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.

There were several good ideas here but lots of filler. Basically the core of the book is the "Action Points" sections in chapters 7-9. Start there and then read the rest if you want more background or details. I didn't find the whole "equation" formulation that helpful.

Heard this about this book on a procrastination website. Excellent book. I'm rereading it again, highlighting portions that inspire me. I was really getting trapped and losing opportunities to even make extra money because of falling into the abyss of the "putting off until later" syndrome. Lots of notations and citations. Adds to the validity of the writer's expertise. Wish I read it earlier as I could have accomplished much more. I'm already doing some healing which starts with quit blaming oneself. I'm wired this way and I CAN learn to live with this in a more productive way. That's what I learned.

A must read no matter what your level of understanding is of the subject matter! This book provides a very clear understanding of the root causes of procrastination, and develops useful strategies for overcoming. This book helps underscore the importance of developing motivation through techniques, methods, and proven research.

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This is an excellent read. Explains the science behind why we procrastinate and how we can overcome this habit

Mi ha aiuto tanto per i studi e anche per me stessa.Buonissima qualita'Spedizione molto veloce, grazie per il prodotto!

No concrete methods suggested by Piers Steel. Huberman's podcast Ep.53 and Ep.55 had more suggestions. Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman explains the core concept of limbic brain vs neocortex better. Give it a pass if you are already familiar with that.