Interesting ideas

Very helpful and some great ideas, but would have been better if about 25% shorter. Also he doesn't really cover the problems that many of us have, trying to juggle being a parent and trying to manage our work and a complex home life.

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practical revelations and insights

loved this book. the whole journey was just a series of revelations and insights about how I work and deal with procrastination. zero pop psychology and finally some non-judgemental insights into procrastination. this book is definitely worth spending a credit on. listen, implement and finally get on with things.

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Suprisingly good listen that wasn't expecting

After listening to a view audio books recently in relation to procrastination, habits and similar topics was not expecting to enjoy or appreciate this audio book as much as I did.
Sometimes for me (and think can be personal experience) I find some books may have similar ideas or topics but the way the author explains, presents or provides a specific perspective reaches home to me and makes me connect and be impacted by its content. On this occasion some of the ideas and thoughts presented by the author/narrator may not be original but the coming together of the various chapters, ideas and understandings combine to create a very interesting, informative and good understanding of this topic I have been struggling with for many years. I have to say that after listening to the author himself read the book I found it very beneficial and will be one I re-listen to and refer to many times.
A lovely surprise was not expecting and glad I got to listen.

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Great Takeaways

The author describes clearly that procrastination is perfectionism in the extreme. We procrastinate because we are frightened of getting it wrong and because only perfect is good enough in our eyes, we'll never get it perfectly perfect, so we find other things to do that we can feel less threatened by. The author has some great tools to get round the negative thinking. I had to speed his voice up, to get it at a more listenable tempo.

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very good lessons for procrastination.

loved it. listened to it twice already. It's not just about procrastinating. ..but about the reasons we do procrastinate.

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Such a relatable and gentle book! I love it!

If you find yourself procrastinating, this book might bring you some very valuable insights.
And some very practical and durable ways to handle the situation.
Give yourself the gift of listening to this book! You might be surprised.

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Now is the time

Great book full of loads of strategies to prevent procrastination. This book would serve a beginner or seasoned practitioner of procrastination

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Surprisingly good...

This book has this "self-helpy" vibe to it (mostly due to narration) and I was sceptical at first. I've read too many of those self-congratulatory pamphlets that just force their dogma while backing it up with incorrect facts. Too often self-help gurus just barely touch the surface levels of behavioural psychology, leaving me perplexed and doubtful.
But Neil quickly dispelled these wrong assumptions as he got deeper and deeper into the root of the procrastination issues. I really found the book helpful as it expanded on the emotional psychology of time management that "The Big Leap" (the other fantastic book on life purpose and goal setting) only glanced at.
I really needed to understand the habitual and sequencing patterns of behaviour and thinking that kept locking me into the procrastination mode. Neil comes up with thorough explanations and really wise advises on how to steer your mind in the right direction. Without all this uneducated hutzpah around "getting over being lazy" I see too often at "orange spiral stages".
I know it sounds exalted and lofty but in a sense, the book has changed my life. Or at least put me on the right path as there is work on my part yet to be done...

Highly recommended.

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number one problem

I think this book is a good book, but is missing the number one cause of procastination of now days: the smarphone. I think that's the real struggle for everyone living this time of history. Without this important consideration this book can be a bit obsolete and should be updated.

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Blew me away - he's right. The book works.

I'm a terrible sceptic and have tried just about everything, including multiple courses, to deal with my procrastination. For some people it is a minor irritation, but for me it has blighted my life. I am a bright person who should have done much better in my life, and now I understand why.



My degree is in counselling, but this guy has a level of insight into procrastination and the very emotional and psychological reasons for it that I totally lacked. He has done a lot of research on it and, I believe, has made a discovery. I think he really has found the crux of what causes procrastination for people like me, and it is not (for the most part) anything to do with time management or schedules.



I will not spoil the book by giving away what he found, except to say that it was about two or three chapters in that I had the realisation of my life. For the first time in years I have genuine hope that I can get beyond this handicap I have carried around with me all my life. It is a relief to finally know what causes it and I can never "un-know" this knowledge.



The author narrates his own book, and although he isn't the best narrator out there, you get the benefit of feeling his passion for the subject and he injects real meaning to something he obviously feels strongly about. He strikes me as a really kind and understanding person and, with my counselling head on, this is just what you need from someone who is helping you with a problem that can be as personal and difficult to face as procrastination.



So, thank you very much Neil!

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