The Art of Procrastination: A Guide to Effective Dawdling, Lollygagging and Postponing

The Art of Procrastination: A Guide to Effective Dawdling, Lollygagging and Postponing

Summary

This is not a book for Bill Gates. Or Hillary Clinton, or Steven Spielberg. Clearly they have no trouble getting stuff done. For the great majority of us, though, what a comfort to discover that we’re not wastrels and slackers, but doers . . . in our own way. It may sound counterintuitive, but according to philosopher John Perry, you can accomplish a lot by putting things off. He calls it “structured procrastination”: In 1995,…

Review

This is a hilarious look about what we procrastinators do to avoid work.

I actually started an essay in 10th or 11th grade with the same name that I ended up not completing (this is not a joke).

Mostly a tongue in cheek book, the Art of Procrastination has some great takeaways to consider.

  1. Shaming yourself for procrastinating doesn't do you any good
  2. If you are smart, you procrastinate on seemingly important projects while getting important projects done
  3. Having more to do will naturally make you more productive

 

Finished in 2014 or 2015

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