Book Review – The Procrastinators Handbook
By Matt - Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Like it or not you procrastinate, some of us do it more than others but we’ve all had those moments where we procrastinate. For some people this is a serious problem where they essentially do nothing with their lives and in the end they don’t even know why they didn’t get off their butts to do something about it. Rita Emmett wrote the Procrastinator’s Handbook
The book has a great flow to it and Rita uses a lot of examples. These examples are down to earth examples that most people can relate to very easily. I picked up a great many tidbits from the book the first time I read it and I gladly refreshed my memory the second time around. There were a few things about The Procrastinator’s Handbook
Fears: Rita doesn’t only give tips and suggestions for stopping our procrastinating ways but she also looks at some of the reasons we procrastinate in the first place. The fears section of the book really makes you stop and think about why you’re putting something off. Having this information is vital, in my opinion, to getting over some of the procrastinating elements.
Clutter busting: Long time readers will know that I’ve been on this kick with simplicity lately and I think that a lot of it stems back to when I first read The Procrastinator’s Handbook
Tips: This book is filled with tips and suggestions. Not only that there are exercises throughout the book that will make you stop and think about why you’re not doing that task. I think this book would be a great compliment to other productivity books out there.
I highly recommend this little book. Rita has taken her experience and turned it into an easy to read book that can help pretty much anyone. The Procrastinator’s Handbook
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3 Responses to “Book Review – The Procrastinators Handbook”
1 Jaclyn says:
March 11th, 2008
at 10:52 am
Just came across this blog today. I think you’re working towards a great goal and I love that you’re chronicling it publically.
Useful book review, too. Keep up the good work.
2 Fiscal Musings says:
March 12th, 2008
at 9:48 pm
I wonder if reading a book about procrastinating is actually another form of procrastinating. Just go and do the things you’ve been putting off.
3 rachel @ master your card says:
March 18th, 2008
at 9:00 am
My husband is a real procrastinator and reads books on how to prevent it just to procrastinate doing other stuff! He even read a book on procrastination once that said in the second aparagraph that the only reason you were reading this book was to avoid doing something else and you should stop reading and get on with it - genius!
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