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19 reviews for:
The Procrastination Equation: How to Stop Putting Things Off and Start Getting Stuff Done
Piers Steel
3.56 AVERAGE
19 reviews for:
The Procrastination Equation: How to Stop Putting Things Off and Start Getting Stuff Done
Piers Steel
3.56 AVERAGE
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
I rushed through the 2nd half of this book. Too scientific, not practical enough for me. Maybe I just had wrong expectations for it
informative
slow-paced
informative
medium-paced
Ugh, I dunno, this book just wasn't great. It's self-help and I don't think it will help me. Procrastination doesn't seem to be my key problem. But even if it were, I feel like everything in this book is so obvious as to be useless to anyone who is pretty bright. I dunno. Maybe I'm just putting off thinking this is a good book.
It took me three attempts (seriously, there's a reason I wanted to read it people) and once I finally got through the reasons WHY we procrastinate and into the HOW we minimise our procrastination, that's when it got really good.
I've even tried a couple of the exercises and they do make a difference.
I've even tried a couple of the exercises and they do make a difference.
This is dull in the beginning and schlocky at the end, but in the middle he lays out a pretty compelling explanation of procrastination, why it is becoming an insidious problem in contemporary society, and how chronic procrastinators can help themselves. Of particular interest to me was the concept that where one falls on his "equation", in other words, WHY one procrastinates, has a direct impact on how to address the problem.
This is a well-done book, even if it requires some plowing through in the initial pages.
This is a well-done book, even if it requires some plowing through in the initial pages.
Scientific discussion about procrastination.
It lists all the aspects and how to overcome them. I liked both the theory and the practical part.
suggested.
It lists all the aspects and how to overcome them. I liked both the theory and the practical part.
suggested.
Several helpful tips and interesting examples of procrastination at all levels of society. I like one of the author's final sections on the need for some impulsivity; without it, most of us would be very bored (and boring).