The Procrastinator’s Handbook: Mastering the Art of Doing It Now

Category: Books

The Procrastinator’s Handbook is an audiobook promising to change the way people handle and deal with the topic of procrastination. Leaving things to the last minute is one of the biggest problems of the everyday person and the Procrastinator’s Handbook is a comprehensive guide that leads you step by step into eliminating procrastination in your life once and for all.

The audiobook starts off by focusing on the causes of procrastination. The author and narrator of the audiobook, a self proclaimed recovering procrastinator, tells of her own personal story of procrastination and how it severely restricted and limited her life until she decided to stop the insanity and motivate herself into getting back on track.

Being a recovering procrastinator, the author, is an expert on the topic and thus displays a vast knowledge of the tips and strategies needed to conquer the dread. Listening to the audiobook it is clear that the author is very well versed and prepared in the audiobook presentation as it flows very well and many of the tips presented are very practical and worth trying if procrastination rules your life. Of one of the methods given to conquer procrastination and one of the most common and widely accepted strategies that all self help teachers agree with is the importance of writing and creating a list down on paper whether it’s your goals or a list of chores to complete. By writing down things on paper it instills in your mind what needs to be completed. Sounds simple but many people don’t do it and in return they either end up forgetting or leaving their tasks to the last minute. Of the advice given in the audiobook, many tips are psychological in nature in that the tips involve you changing the way you look and see things. Many people dread doing certain tasks and find excuses to leave them off until the last second. Listening to this audiobook will teach you to do the things you dread to do first before you do anything else.

The information presented in the audiobook isn’t the most original as much of the information and anecdotes are taken from previous audiobooks and lecturers but nonetheless, the audiobook does focus on the one thing it promises to help you conquer.

Overall the audiobook was very helpful to the 8 subjects that we gave to for a 2 week period. The subjects listened to the audiobook and for 2 weeks were told to follow the tips and strategies provided by the author. Of the feedback given to us after the two weeks, every single subject agreed that the audiobook was very helpful in changing the way they handled things. All said that the audiobook did eliminate a lot of their procrastination habits but admitted that they needed more time to get into the habit of things and to integrate the strategies into their everyday lifestyle. All subjects were satisfied with the results that they were able to obtain from the audiobook in regards to the claims that it made.

Overall we have no complaints about the audiobook as it is very well done and presented for the audiobook listener. The audiobook is quick moving and very witty in nature. The facts presented are valid and do not contradict each other. This audiobook gets our recommendation to those who wish to eliminate procrastination from their lives forever.