Procrastination: Why You Do It, What to Do About It Now

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In the aftermath, I’m happy I’ve had to go through that period. After all, it’s what brought me on this path of lifelong learning, personal growth, and becoming the best version of myself. The Procrastination Equation is a motivational guide to overcoming procrastination, filled with tremendous insights and life-changing techniques to end bad habits. No Excuses! by Brian Tracy The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play. This book, written by a licensed psychologist, outlines a system to help you learn how to get things done in a timely manner, while eliminating the stress and anxiety caused by them, so you can increase the amount of time you spend having fun without feeling guilty about it. Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us. This book provides research-based insights into human motivation. In particular, it examines what it suggests are the three key elements of motivation—autonomy, mastery, and purpose—and explains how we can use our understanding of them to motivate ourselves to get things done using a variety of techniques. In general, and particularly if the issues that you’re dealing with are severe, a CBT intervention based on a book won’t be sufficient compared to one led by a licensed professional, and you’re encouraged to seek help from a professional if you believe that you need it. Nevertheless, research has shown that even self-guided CBT can be beneficial when it comes to dealing with your procrastination, so it can be worthwhile to give it a try, even just as an initial step.

Overcoming procrastination requires you to learn the principles for daily self-control. This book is for you if you want exercises, methods, and practices to control your emotions. As long as motivation for other activities is higher than for the activities we’re putting off, we’ll procrastinate. We’ve put together an overview of the best books on procrastination. Whether it’s homework, a big project at work, or household chores, there is always something you don’t feel like doing. To help you improve your productivity, we have listed a number of recommendations.If you want to do a task, but find it hard to get started, this book could help you improve yourself. Making a to-do list and crossing items off will never be the same again once you have read this book. 5-Minute Self-Discipline Exercises: Stay Motivated, Cultivate Good Habits, and Achieve Your Goals In this two-part book, the author begins by making the argument that having a Deep Work ethic will produce great benefits. Secondly, he presents a training regimen for transforming your habits to support the skill of Deep Work. Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time. This is another relatively concise guide that focuses on giving you actionable tips on how to stop procrastinating.

These are critical questions, and here are the 30 best books on procrastination by prominent authorities in the field who have tried to answer them.Regardless of what method you use, the bottom line is this: Do the most important thing first each day and let the momentum of the first task carry you into the next one. Another especially useful thing is that it explains the cognitive and behavioral biases that are behind the habit of procrastination. While it might not be full of nitty gritty details, it gives a great overview and guide for entrepreneurs, students, parents, or anyone who wants to stop their habit of delaying their work and start living a more productive life. Vaden brings his high-energy approach and “can-do spirit” to the most challenging and intimidating problem of our time: stalled productivity. The differences between a true procrastinator and the occasional “slip-up” lays somewhere between the frequency of procrastination and the importance of what is procrastinated. The Productivity Project is a scientific dive into Chris Bailey’s year-long journey and his attempt to understand how to reduce procrastination.

Another way to overcome the trap of chronic procrastination is to use visual cues to trigger your habits and measure your progress. Fear of the outcome. Fear of failure, disapproval, and rejection is a strong motive for putting things off. Self-criticism is silly. If you could have possibly done better than you have, you would have done it. There’s no point in beating yourself up all the time. At any given moment, you do the best under the given circumstances. In this book about procrastination, Dr. Piers Steel sets out to free his readers of procrastinating using a mix of psychology, research, biology, and self-help tools. His tried and true method helps his readers identify and understand their self-destructive habits and live a more productive life. This book will teach you how to stop making excuses and start living your best life by diving into things that are relevant and helpful for you in the long run. He argues that procrastination is not simply laziness or avoidance, but rather a complex behavior with many benefits.

However, the authors of Following Through believe that it is rather the human mind that is responsible. The One Thing by Gary Keller Another key to overcoming procrastination is to stay actively engaged in your classes. If you are passive in class you're probably not "getting into" the course and its topics, and that weakens your motivation. What's more, if you are passive you are probably not making as much sense out of the course and course materials as you could. Nonsense and confusion are not engaging; in fact, they are boring and frustrating. We don't often want to do things that are boring or frustrating. Prevent that by aiming to really understand course material, not memorize it or just "get through it." Instead, try (1) seeking out what is interesting and relevant to you in the course materials, (2) setting your own purpose for every reading and class session, and (3) asking yourself (and others) questions about what you are learning. Summary of Tips for Overcoming Procrastination The foundation of any successful planning, in his opinion, is investing in self-discovery and getting to know your inner drives. Eat That Frog! by Brian Tracy He also contends that procrastination can be a sign of creativity and intelligence, and that it should not be viewed as a problem to be overcome.