The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play

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Along with that, the methods and exercises provided inside for battling procrastination seem perfectly valid and easily doable.

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My one small issue with the book is that all of his case studies tended to be those that work in business or sales and it would have been helpful to have a wider variety of occupations and professions looked at. This is an easy-to-read book with many examples, stories, exercises and references to other books, to help you understand procrastination and how to overcome it with the tools and strategies outlined above. Gently pushing through a block or starting on the next section before you quit creates positive momentum, making it much easier to get started next time, thus eliminating the need to procrastinate. And that’s exactly the typical scenario you’re left with if you have to give a presentation to your boss. A meta-analysis of procrastination’s possible causes and effects, based on 691 correlations, reveals that neuroticism, rebelliousness, and sensation seeking show only a weak connection.Accept that you’re human: If you’re raised in a family of intense, high-energy, high achievers, where being the best is the default state, you’ll surely feel pressured to do everything perfectly. Procrastinators prioritize work over play and think they only deserve play once they’ve become more disciplined, more successful, etc. I recommend THE NOW HABIT to my coaching clients and friends and family members because it provides clear, practical, effective advice for gettingthings done without beating yourself up. Fiore helps you figure out why you are procrastinating and offers concrete exercises and strategies to overcome the most common blocks to getting started. A complete treatment of procrastination must address the underlying blocked needs that cause a person to resort to procrastination.

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As you’re about to see, The Unschedule is a brilliant, reverse psychology approach to procrastination.If a task feels unpleasant, you previously experienced humiliation while doing it, criticism from your boss, or from your parents, you’ll surely postpone executing this specific assignment. Within its multi-dimensional perspective, every aspect of human life became a subject for design and design solutions offered for otherwise conceptualized as commonplace or challenging problems. One of the most effective programs to combat procrastination, THE NOW HABIT has sold over 100,000 copies, has been translated into 11 languages, and is now revised and updated. The Now Habit strategy comes with several powerful tools to help you overcome procrastination and reprogram your habits. This will give you a realistic glimpse of your day so that you don't schedule things that you are likely to fail to do.