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The Procrastinator's Handbook: Mastering the Art of Doing It Now
by: Rita Emmett

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 155.232
EAN: 9780802775986
ISBN: 0802775985
Label: Walker & Company
Manufacturer: Walker & Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: September 01, 2000
Publisher: Walker & Company
Sales Rank: 19590
Studio: Walker & Company

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Product Description:
Almost everyone procrastinates. For most people, procrastination is a frustrating, troublesome habit they know they should be able to overcome. Rita Emmett will inspire them to get started, with advice drawn from her own experience as a 'recovering procrastinator' and that of people she has met at her acclaimed seminars. In Rita Emmett's hands, self-improvement is as entertaining as it is rewarding.

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- Decent, but there's better
I found this audio book to be mildly helpful - mostly full of generic tips I've heard many times before, with too many stories to illustrate her points for my taste. I also bought "Getting things Done" by David Allen, which I found MUCH more useful.

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- Written for housewives and middle management
It's quite disheartening to know that you have a problem, and then buy into a resource which many people swear by, such as this book, only to find out that it is completely useless. For me, this book started out badly in the very introduction and got worse and worse.

In her introduction, Emmett describes procrastination as a "funny subject". What is so funny about having your professional and personal life go down the drain because you can't get it together? When I want to be helped, I want to be taken seriously. I don't want my hindrance to be labeled as "funny".

The case studies seemed exaggerated, silly and a little condescending and one of them is plagarised. I know this because I read the exact same situation in an Ann Landers column about 25 years ago. I will never forget it because I read it out loud to my mom and we still bring up it from time to time -- the precise same words ... Read More

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- Solutions for all the reasons we procrastinate
Procrastination is difficult to change as there are so many reasons to do it. This book addresses the variety of causes and how to overcome them. I really like the layout of the book which invites readers to dip in and sample. It deals with the different fears (of being rejected, of making the wrong decision, of change, of responsibility, etc.) that paralyze us and keep us from forward action.
Each chapter ends with an exercise to do. If you try them out, you end up setting goals, uncluttering, analyzing our relationships, setting up a reward system for ourselves, and many more worthwhile activities.
We all procrastinate to some degree. If yours bothers you enough to read this review, then you owe it to yourself to read this book.
Sprinkled throughout the book are inspiring thoughts on the topic.
"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there." Will Rodgers

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- A quick read...if you dont put it off until later.
I started reading this book 4 months ago, but just finished it last week. For a book so small that doesn't say much.

This book delivers on humor and very practical advice, but for me it just seemed to say things I already knew such as keeping a to-do list that breaks major tasks into mini-tasks. To be fair, there was other advice, but nothing that just made me sit up and transform my behavior.

Having said that, I don't think it is a bad book and it wasn't unpleasant to read, but I really expected more. I chose a 3-star rating because while I felt better for a day or two after reading it, I didn't turn on that internal "switch".

Unfortunately I have not read some of the other popular titles, so I have nothing I can recommend in place of this book - please keep that in mind when reading this review.

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