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Do the Hard Things First: How to Win Over Procrastination and Master the Habit of Doing Difficult Work
***NOW AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE IN 12 LANGUAGES***Break the Procrastination Habit, Accelerate Your Productivity, and Take Control of Your Life NOW.
Are you living in chaos because you constantly put off critical tasks until the last minute? Do you feel disorganized both at home and at work? Do you experience feelings of anxiety, frustration, and helplessness with all your incomplete projects?
If so, it’s time to defeat the procrastination habit and rewire your habits for doing difficult work now.
“Reinvent Your Approach to Doing Difficult Work and Stop Delaying to Live Your Life.�
Bestselling author and personal development trainer Scott Allan, wants you to defeat procrastination, eliminate negative self-talk and overcome lazy tendencies to delay hard work. In this hands-on practical guide, you’ll learn Scott's step-by-step method to break the procrastination habit and end self-sabotage.
In Do the Hard Things First, Scott Allan teaches you how
Control self-defeating distractions and manage Shiny Object Syndrome.Identify key constraints holding you back and take massive action for optimal results.Avoid doing random tasks and time block your critical work.Identify negative coping mechanisms and develop a great work ethic.Implement daily exercises for making better choices and building greater confidence in decision-making.Structure your priorities by single-focusing on what matters mostTrain your brain to master attention by interrupting sudden impulse snapsTake responsibility for your life and forgive yourself for procrastination behaviorDo the Hard Things First is structured to save time, increase mental energy, and teach you to think confidently by removing the fear of doing what scares you. You’ll learn how to focus in on your #1 tasks for the day, eliminate overwhelm, and become the best version of yourself in both your work and daily life.
It’s Time for a Change. It’s time to start winning instead of losing to the battle that has consumed your life—the battle against procrastination. From today, stop being mean to yourself, develop superior discipline and self-control, and do whatever it takes to eliminate the stress and anxiety procrastination creates.“Today, Not Tomorrow. Do It Now, Not Later.�
Are you living in chaos because you constantly put off critical tasks until the last minute? Do you feel disorganized both at home and at work? Do you experience feelings of anxiety, frustration, and helplessness with all your incomplete projects?
If so, it’s time to defeat the procrastination habit and rewire your habits for doing difficult work now.
“Reinvent Your Approach to Doing Difficult Work and Stop Delaying to Live Your Life.�
Bestselling author and personal development trainer Scott Allan, wants you to defeat procrastination, eliminate negative self-talk and overcome lazy tendencies to delay hard work. In this hands-on practical guide, you’ll learn Scott's step-by-step method to break the procrastination habit and end self-sabotage.
In Do the Hard Things First, Scott Allan teaches you how
Control self-defeating distractions and manage Shiny Object Syndrome.Identify key constraints holding you back and take massive action for optimal results.Avoid doing random tasks and time block your critical work.Identify negative coping mechanisms and develop a great work ethic.Implement daily exercises for making better choices and building greater confidence in decision-making.Structure your priorities by single-focusing on what matters mostTrain your brain to master attention by interrupting sudden impulse snapsTake responsibility for your life and forgive yourself for procrastination behaviorDo the Hard Things First is structured to save time, increase mental energy, and teach you to think confidently by removing the fear of doing what scares you. You’ll learn how to focus in on your #1 tasks for the day, eliminate overwhelm, and become the best version of yourself in both your work and daily life.
It’s Time for a Change. It’s time to start winning instead of losing to the battle that has consumed your life—the battle against procrastination. From today, stop being mean to yourself, develop superior discipline and self-control, and do whatever it takes to eliminate the stress and anxiety procrastination creates.“Today, Not Tomorrow. Do It Now, Not Later.�
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August 24, 2021
“We lead our lives so poorly because we arrive in the present always unprepared, incapable, and too distracted for everything.� � Rainer Maria Rilke
I have read a LOT of books on procrastination. And this one is a pretty good contribution to the shelf.
INEVITABLE. Hear that brain?
Ah yes, the old 'if I never do the thing I have not actually FAILED at doing the thing'. I love that song.
He sends you off to other titles for deeper work or in areas he cannot cover, and if you have issues with getting things done, it's worth a look.
4 stars
I have read a LOT of books on procrastination. And this one is a pretty good contribution to the shelf.
In most cases, my fears are wrapped around the fear of rejection, failing, or not measuring up. If I did such-and-such, I could be made to look like a fool or, worse still, incompetent. Fears of the mind appear real. It’s easy to convince yourself that the voices talking to you are a separate entity. But in reality, the voice is you—it’s your inner child hiding from the dark. It’s your ego ashamed of the outcome if things don’t go exactly according to plan. There is no such thing as a perfect plan. There will never be a perfect outcome, either. The only guarantee we have is that by feeding the fear and NOT taking direct action, failure is inevitable.
INEVITABLE. Hear that brain?
You fall into a pattern of “living your dreams� without actually living your dreams. But as long as you keep telling yourself that “someday I’ll get around to it,� you can continue to procrastinate about doing anything to make your dreams a reality.
Ah yes, the old 'if I never do the thing I have not actually FAILED at doing the thing'. I love that song.
He sends you off to other titles for deeper work or in areas he cannot cover, and if you have issues with getting things done, it's worth a look.
4 stars
January 22, 2022
Seldomly have I read a book so superficial and at the same time so deeply full of dangerous BS.
The author seems to have red a lot of psychology and self help books, thrown them into a blender and without understanding what he is doing mixing them into vignettes that validate his n = 1 observation.
The book preaches that you can just like that (just being the most important word here) change their procrastination habits.
Yeah he provides analysis "tools" and "ways" that should help the reader to break the procrastination. But every time it feels like the author just states that the reader just can change.
It is as easy as telling a clinically depressed person to just lighten up. Just crap. Dangerous crap.
The author seems to have red a lot of psychology and self help books, thrown them into a blender and without understanding what he is doing mixing them into vignettes that validate his n = 1 observation.
The book preaches that you can just like that (just being the most important word here) change their procrastination habits.
Yeah he provides analysis "tools" and "ways" that should help the reader to break the procrastination. But every time it feels like the author just states that the reader just can change.
It is as easy as telling a clinically depressed person to just lighten up. Just crap. Dangerous crap.
February 24, 2022
�6.5/10
-I was gifted this as an inside joke and figured "hey why not give it a shot?", since I have previously enjoyed self help books
-I consider myself to be the opposite of a procrastinator as I need to get things done ASAP in my life, therefore I do not fit the target demographic of this book
-However, let me save you the time I spent reading this and sum up the main advice given in this book: Block off multiple sections of time to take to yourself throughout the week, make sure to make lists of everything you can think of ever wanting to do/improve, AND THEN either rewrite or repeat those lists out-loud numerous times
-The book is sectioned in small sections focusing on specific aspects that attribute to procrastination and include numerous pages dedicated to quotes from other authors on various life topics
-Obviously, from a practical standpoint I found these methods to be good advice however not very feasible with how little free time people currently have
-The author himself seems like he has some good advice, however I don't feel like it is on this particular subject (ex:breath work and decluttering tips)
-Interested in giving another of his books a shot sometime in the future
-I was gifted this as an inside joke and figured "hey why not give it a shot?", since I have previously enjoyed self help books
-I consider myself to be the opposite of a procrastinator as I need to get things done ASAP in my life, therefore I do not fit the target demographic of this book
-However, let me save you the time I spent reading this and sum up the main advice given in this book: Block off multiple sections of time to take to yourself throughout the week, make sure to make lists of everything you can think of ever wanting to do/improve, AND THEN either rewrite or repeat those lists out-loud numerous times
-The book is sectioned in small sections focusing on specific aspects that attribute to procrastination and include numerous pages dedicated to quotes from other authors on various life topics
-Obviously, from a practical standpoint I found these methods to be good advice however not very feasible with how little free time people currently have
-The author himself seems like he has some good advice, however I don't feel like it is on this particular subject (ex:breath work and decluttering tips)
-Interested in giving another of his books a shot sometime in the future
July 1, 2023
This book had a lot of fluff in it that I think could have been trimmed down, including repeating the same mantras over and over and some of the author’s personal examples that felt a bit far fetched for a typical audience. Did pull a few nuggets out though. Quick read.
July 4, 2023
HIGHLIGHTS:
1. PROCRASTINATION:
- By resorting to extreme procrastination, you choose comfort now over comfort later.
- The habit of critical task avoidance is nothing more than a pattern of repetition—a pattern we must break.
- “Later� is the enemy of creativity and transformation.
- By eliminating the path of least resistance. Procrastination is always at risk of taking over when choices have to be made. If you eliminate the necessity of decision making and automate your habits ahead of time, you can predict a positive outcome long term.
- The self-defeating habit of delaying critical tasks creates anxiety. The longer you procrastinate and delay, the heavier the burden becomes.
2. MOTIVATION:
- Motivation comes with working, and if you can inject energy and interest into the task you’re working on, it will create the inspiration you seek
- Train your mind to lean hard toward discomfort.
- Leaning into discomfort is accepting the reality that life is not designed to be easy. If you believe it is, you’re setting yourself up for a fall.
- Change isn’t easy because discomfort is challenging.
- Start doing the thing you are resisting. Do it for five minutes only.
- Energy builds more energy. Do it in small doses.
- A loss of willpower at this stage will lead you into doing tasks that are easy and low priority, and the downward spiral begins from here.
3. CRITICISM:
- Avoiding criticism makes you weaker. It’s not the criticism that injures you, but your reaction to it. This habit of task avoidance means you are withholding your gifts from the world.
- Set boundaries for people that may provide you with constructive feedback and dismiss the rest.
- Consider what is constructive about criticism, find the nugget of truth in it, and let it elevate you to a greater level.
4. ACCOUNTABILITY:
- Accountability for avoidance seekers is crucial.
- Accountability identifies the tasks needed to complete the job/work.
- You need to hold yourself accountable to the open loop list. You could have twenty items on the list, but how many you have isn’t important. What matters is, you know what they are, and you can work on your open loop list one item at a time.
- Putting priority tasks on your calendar with key priorities is how you design a life that feels authentic, fulfilling, and satisfying
5. VISUALIZATION:
- With visualization, you pay attention to all the details that help you achieve your goal.
- You can eliminate the errors you would otherwise make during the process. This could be something you hadn’t thought of. Thinking is powerful. Putting yourself in a situation through visual rehearsal is building the process before you do anything physical.
- Visualization becomes the primary weapon that tears away fear. As a result, your resistance is shattered, and you begin to feel hopeful rather than hopeless.
- Visualization activates the creative powers of the subconscious mind, motivating it to work harder at creating solutions. Using visualization, you’ll experience new levels of motivation and find yourself doing hard things that you would normally avoid.
- Take an image of your hardest task and visualize working on this one thing.
6. WRITE IT DOWN:
- Writing things down calls for a higher level of focused action. When your brain isn’t busy remembering everything, your brain can process anything. For this reason, writing things down can help our brains prioritize that which we should focus and act on at any given moment.
- Writing things down helps clarify your intentions. Writing things down connects emotion to the task and streamlines the process. You will have a better chance of recalling your hard things to do tasks by writing them out.
- Writing it down tracks what you have accomplished Keeping a journal of the tasks worked on for that day, week and quarter is a paper trail. It helps you to trace back on all the things you’ve achieved.
- Writing it acts as a rehearsal for doing the intended task.
- Your future reflects what you do right now. Your behavior at the moment is who you are becoming in the future.
7. RESISTANCE:
- The truth about hard things is that the resistance is strongest in the initial few moments.
- The stronger the resistance, the smaller the action step is needed to overcome the inertia. Sometimes it was something as simple as typing a search term into Google.
- Most resistance we encounter is always in the beginning, the “getting going� of the process. We make plans to begin someday, but every day becomes a someday that never happens until a commitment is made to go all in, to win.
- 80% of the hard work for doing hard things is always in the beginning. The resistance doesn’t come from doing the task but from thinking about doing the task.
- Not deciding is still deciding—you’re deciding to do nothing and leave the outcome to chance!
- You build momentum and break the resistance by time blocking the event. This is a clearly defined time block when you work on a specific goal. Your time block is specifically targeting one action task.
- The more important the choice is, the harder it will be for you to choose. The greater the consequences of deciding on a plan action, the harder it will be for you to complete your decision.
- One way to help yourself resist the desire to engage in impulsive behaviors, such as procrastination, is to add a brief delay before you indulge yourself.
8. FEAR:
- Skilled at setting up my own failure.
- The only guarantee we have is that by feeding the fear and NOT taking direct action, failure is inevitable.
- Fear leads to inaction and paralysis analysis. Most of this fear was wired into bad habits that supported fear.
- The greatest disappointment is not in failing from trying; it is failure by default for doing nothing and allowing fear to govern the course of your life.
- The problem starts when perfectionists aim for unattainable flawlessness, which causes them to procrastinate by giving them a seemingly valid excuse for unnecessary delays.
9. EXCUSES:
- Every excuse damages self-esteem, lowers self-confidence and makes it easier for more excuses to move in.
- By piling up the excuses, you put up barriers to your progress.
- Open loops keep you wired to the past. They keep you under constant stress and strain as the guilt of all these incompletes weighs heavily on your subconscious.
10. SELF-TALK
- How you live your life comes down to how you manage your mind.
- Your self-talk is a string of language you have been telling yourself over and over and over again. You’ve performed this repetition to the point that negative self-talk becomes your mind. You literally begin to believe over time, “This is who I am.�
- The only thing blocking you is your decision to do it. The next step is to make it a priority. You have a choice, to do it now or later.
ACTIONS:
- Make a cohesive action list of all the things that make you uncomfortable.
- Keep a journal of your small wins. Every day you can make a note of the small tasks you completed.
- Do the one thing that makes all the difference in your day, your week, and your business. Do the most important thing each day first thing in the morning. Get it done in the first hour.
- The truth is in your progress. Track what you’re doing on your calendar. Block it into your scheduler. Set up notifications to remind you that today is the day you committed to getting “that thing� done.
- Breaking it down into bite-sized chunks is manageable. People get stuck when they try to do too much too soon. This leads to multi-tasking, and multitasking leads to zero progress made.
1. PROCRASTINATION:
- By resorting to extreme procrastination, you choose comfort now over comfort later.
- The habit of critical task avoidance is nothing more than a pattern of repetition—a pattern we must break.
- “Later� is the enemy of creativity and transformation.
- By eliminating the path of least resistance. Procrastination is always at risk of taking over when choices have to be made. If you eliminate the necessity of decision making and automate your habits ahead of time, you can predict a positive outcome long term.
- The self-defeating habit of delaying critical tasks creates anxiety. The longer you procrastinate and delay, the heavier the burden becomes.
2. MOTIVATION:
- Motivation comes with working, and if you can inject energy and interest into the task you’re working on, it will create the inspiration you seek
- Train your mind to lean hard toward discomfort.
- Leaning into discomfort is accepting the reality that life is not designed to be easy. If you believe it is, you’re setting yourself up for a fall.
- Change isn’t easy because discomfort is challenging.
- Start doing the thing you are resisting. Do it for five minutes only.
- Energy builds more energy. Do it in small doses.
- A loss of willpower at this stage will lead you into doing tasks that are easy and low priority, and the downward spiral begins from here.
3. CRITICISM:
- Avoiding criticism makes you weaker. It’s not the criticism that injures you, but your reaction to it. This habit of task avoidance means you are withholding your gifts from the world.
- Set boundaries for people that may provide you with constructive feedback and dismiss the rest.
- Consider what is constructive about criticism, find the nugget of truth in it, and let it elevate you to a greater level.
4. ACCOUNTABILITY:
- Accountability for avoidance seekers is crucial.
- Accountability identifies the tasks needed to complete the job/work.
- You need to hold yourself accountable to the open loop list. You could have twenty items on the list, but how many you have isn’t important. What matters is, you know what they are, and you can work on your open loop list one item at a time.
- Putting priority tasks on your calendar with key priorities is how you design a life that feels authentic, fulfilling, and satisfying
5. VISUALIZATION:
- With visualization, you pay attention to all the details that help you achieve your goal.
- You can eliminate the errors you would otherwise make during the process. This could be something you hadn’t thought of. Thinking is powerful. Putting yourself in a situation through visual rehearsal is building the process before you do anything physical.
- Visualization becomes the primary weapon that tears away fear. As a result, your resistance is shattered, and you begin to feel hopeful rather than hopeless.
- Visualization activates the creative powers of the subconscious mind, motivating it to work harder at creating solutions. Using visualization, you’ll experience new levels of motivation and find yourself doing hard things that you would normally avoid.
- Take an image of your hardest task and visualize working on this one thing.
6. WRITE IT DOWN:
- Writing things down calls for a higher level of focused action. When your brain isn’t busy remembering everything, your brain can process anything. For this reason, writing things down can help our brains prioritize that which we should focus and act on at any given moment.
- Writing things down helps clarify your intentions. Writing things down connects emotion to the task and streamlines the process. You will have a better chance of recalling your hard things to do tasks by writing them out.
- Writing it down tracks what you have accomplished Keeping a journal of the tasks worked on for that day, week and quarter is a paper trail. It helps you to trace back on all the things you’ve achieved.
- Writing it acts as a rehearsal for doing the intended task.
- Your future reflects what you do right now. Your behavior at the moment is who you are becoming in the future.
7. RESISTANCE:
- The truth about hard things is that the resistance is strongest in the initial few moments.
- The stronger the resistance, the smaller the action step is needed to overcome the inertia. Sometimes it was something as simple as typing a search term into Google.
- Most resistance we encounter is always in the beginning, the “getting going� of the process. We make plans to begin someday, but every day becomes a someday that never happens until a commitment is made to go all in, to win.
- 80% of the hard work for doing hard things is always in the beginning. The resistance doesn’t come from doing the task but from thinking about doing the task.
- Not deciding is still deciding—you’re deciding to do nothing and leave the outcome to chance!
- You build momentum and break the resistance by time blocking the event. This is a clearly defined time block when you work on a specific goal. Your time block is specifically targeting one action task.
- The more important the choice is, the harder it will be for you to choose. The greater the consequences of deciding on a plan action, the harder it will be for you to complete your decision.
- One way to help yourself resist the desire to engage in impulsive behaviors, such as procrastination, is to add a brief delay before you indulge yourself.
8. FEAR:
- Skilled at setting up my own failure.
- The only guarantee we have is that by feeding the fear and NOT taking direct action, failure is inevitable.
- Fear leads to inaction and paralysis analysis. Most of this fear was wired into bad habits that supported fear.
- The greatest disappointment is not in failing from trying; it is failure by default for doing nothing and allowing fear to govern the course of your life.
- The problem starts when perfectionists aim for unattainable flawlessness, which causes them to procrastinate by giving them a seemingly valid excuse for unnecessary delays.
9. EXCUSES:
- Every excuse damages self-esteem, lowers self-confidence and makes it easier for more excuses to move in.
- By piling up the excuses, you put up barriers to your progress.
- Open loops keep you wired to the past. They keep you under constant stress and strain as the guilt of all these incompletes weighs heavily on your subconscious.
10. SELF-TALK
- How you live your life comes down to how you manage your mind.
- Your self-talk is a string of language you have been telling yourself over and over and over again. You’ve performed this repetition to the point that negative self-talk becomes your mind. You literally begin to believe over time, “This is who I am.�
- The only thing blocking you is your decision to do it. The next step is to make it a priority. You have a choice, to do it now or later.
ACTIONS:
- Make a cohesive action list of all the things that make you uncomfortable.
- Keep a journal of your small wins. Every day you can make a note of the small tasks you completed.
- Do the one thing that makes all the difference in your day, your week, and your business. Do the most important thing each day first thing in the morning. Get it done in the first hour.
- The truth is in your progress. Track what you’re doing on your calendar. Block it into your scheduler. Set up notifications to remind you that today is the day you committed to getting “that thing� done.
- Breaking it down into bite-sized chunks is manageable. People get stuck when they try to do too much too soon. This leads to multi-tasking, and multitasking leads to zero progress made.
June 15, 2021
Don’t procrastinate! Get and read this book now!
The author has captured just about every characteristic one can imagine in this masterpiece. It covers personal life, business, and career oriented blockers that everyone has experienced. I wish I had a book like this in college, where I wrote a paper on this topic - the night before it was due! I had similar early career and life experiences so wrote to learn about it. But this book will help you address these issues.
The author delves into how behavior matters and provides strategies and process to take these head on to minimize or eliminate the distractions that cause delays and procrastination. From how you live your daily life to how successful you are in your chosen career, the author has included methodologies to help guide the reader down the right path.
Consider your mindset, how you learn, how you can benefit from failures, how to deal with fears, how to eliminate various distractions and the guidelines to implement action plans.
It’s important to note that the author uses all personal experiences as he has lived with these issues and found the ways to work through and around them. These personal experiences will resonate with just about everyone in my opinion!
In summary, this book will help almost everyone in some way. Don’t procrastinate any longer and get and read this book!
The author has captured just about every characteristic one can imagine in this masterpiece. It covers personal life, business, and career oriented blockers that everyone has experienced. I wish I had a book like this in college, where I wrote a paper on this topic - the night before it was due! I had similar early career and life experiences so wrote to learn about it. But this book will help you address these issues.
The author delves into how behavior matters and provides strategies and process to take these head on to minimize or eliminate the distractions that cause delays and procrastination. From how you live your daily life to how successful you are in your chosen career, the author has included methodologies to help guide the reader down the right path.
Consider your mindset, how you learn, how you can benefit from failures, how to deal with fears, how to eliminate various distractions and the guidelines to implement action plans.
It’s important to note that the author uses all personal experiences as he has lived with these issues and found the ways to work through and around them. These personal experiences will resonate with just about everyone in my opinion!
In summary, this book will help almost everyone in some way. Don’t procrastinate any longer and get and read this book!
July 14, 2022
This book was written with a sales pitch kind of feel. I found myself wondering why since I'd already purchased the book, what else was Scott Allan trying to sell me on? The answer is of course, his other books, but also I honestly think he sold me on his steps and his process for breaking his procrastination habit. I typically think self-help books can be a bit goofy at times, and this book was no exception, yet at the end of reading this book, I had caught up on my long overdue laundry, gotten a week ahead on my goals for grad school, and cleaned up a "junk room" that had been taunting me for months. Overall, I'm super impressed by this book.
January 21, 2023
This book just wasn't for me. With it being a new year I was looking for some motivation. I will give credit where credit is due, there were several good points and tips made through out this book, however felt like many things were repeated and made the book longer then needed. It's also centered around procrastination and that's not something I find myself struggling with the way it's defined here
August 8, 2024
This is a good recipe for people deal better with their lives, but to be honest, it is a very American-way of doing things. Especially because it does not consider the importance of work-life balance, the actual burnout that people might have and just assumes that everyone enjoys living in our current neoliberal capitalist society. But then again, it is a very American-style book, so if you live in America or have an American boss, that might work?
March 24, 2025
Do the Hard Things First is the Perfect Guide for Living
The creative side of me—the guy always dreaming up new ideas—means tenacity isn’t always my strong suit. Procrastination tends to be my default. Why? Because I want to get it perfect. But delaying to get it just right often means cutting it close—or missing the deadline altogether.
With the right systems and hacks, though, I can inch my way from procrastination to precrastination. And there may be no better book to help with that shift than this one.
What I love about Do the Hard Things First is that Scott Allan has lived it. He’s struggled like the rest of us—and found practical habits that actually work. Not just for him, but for you and me too.
I couldn’t be happier with this book. Don’t procrastinate any longer. Read it—and more importantly, put it into action.
The creative side of me—the guy always dreaming up new ideas—means tenacity isn’t always my strong suit. Procrastination tends to be my default. Why? Because I want to get it perfect. But delaying to get it just right often means cutting it close—or missing the deadline altogether.
With the right systems and hacks, though, I can inch my way from procrastination to precrastination. And there may be no better book to help with that shift than this one.
What I love about Do the Hard Things First is that Scott Allan has lived it. He’s struggled like the rest of us—and found practical habits that actually work. Not just for him, but for you and me too.
I couldn’t be happier with this book. Don’t procrastinate any longer. Read it—and more importantly, put it into action.
February 9, 2023
You want to clean up your room but you delay it again and again. But when you have your Physics exam tomorrow, suddenly you dont study when you need to but then end up sparkling up your room !!
Delaying, postponing or doing something irrelevant when you should do the much needed work is something we all end up doing.
But sometimes doing it more than we can handle takes a toll on us and others lives by affecting us negatively and a mountain of work remains pending.
This book comes really handy to tackle such situations. It's like an effective anti-procrastinating plan for you by changing the way you look at things and handle them just by changing your overall mindset.
Its again a very motivating read.
In Do the Hard Things First, you’ll discover how to:
✔Control self-defeating distractions and manage Shiny Object Syndrome.
✔Identify key constraints holding you back and take massive action for optimal results.
✔Avoid doing random tasks and time block your critical work.
✔Identify negative coping mechanisms and develop a great work ethic.
✔Implement daily exercises for making better choices and building greater confidence in decision-making.
✔Structure your priorities by single-focusing on what matters most
✔Train your brain to master attention by interrupting sudden “impulse snaps�
✔Take responsibility for your life and forgive yourself for procrastination behavior
Definitely go for this mind blowing book whose advices and tips one can use very effectively in life.
Delaying, postponing or doing something irrelevant when you should do the much needed work is something we all end up doing.
But sometimes doing it more than we can handle takes a toll on us and others lives by affecting us negatively and a mountain of work remains pending.
This book comes really handy to tackle such situations. It's like an effective anti-procrastinating plan for you by changing the way you look at things and handle them just by changing your overall mindset.
Its again a very motivating read.
In Do the Hard Things First, you’ll discover how to:
✔Control self-defeating distractions and manage Shiny Object Syndrome.
✔Identify key constraints holding you back and take massive action for optimal results.
✔Avoid doing random tasks and time block your critical work.
✔Identify negative coping mechanisms and develop a great work ethic.
✔Implement daily exercises for making better choices and building greater confidence in decision-making.
✔Structure your priorities by single-focusing on what matters most
✔Train your brain to master attention by interrupting sudden “impulse snaps�
✔Take responsibility for your life and forgive yourself for procrastination behavior
Definitely go for this mind blowing book whose advices and tips one can use very effectively in life.
June 20, 2021
Finally! Got my poor productivity answer and a plan to fix it!
I’d always been massively productive until about 10 years ago. I decided it was due to the heavy work responsibilities and the kids� busy age. But as the kids left home, I was faced with the reality that those things were just convenient excuses to avoid what really needed to be accomplished. Productive me was a procrastinator.
Do the Hard Things First is a huge relief for me - now I see my issue clearly and have a step-by-step plan to move forward instead of sideways or back. Scott Allan’s book is easy to read but provides definitive steps I can follow to accomplish my REAL goals. One of his beat books yet!
I’d always been massively productive until about 10 years ago. I decided it was due to the heavy work responsibilities and the kids� busy age. But as the kids left home, I was faced with the reality that those things were just convenient excuses to avoid what really needed to be accomplished. Productive me was a procrastinator.
Do the Hard Things First is a huge relief for me - now I see my issue clearly and have a step-by-step plan to move forward instead of sideways or back. Scott Allan’s book is easy to read but provides definitive steps I can follow to accomplish my REAL goals. One of his beat books yet!
July 30, 2023
Was ist das?
Überblick und Selbstdisziplin statt Chaos und Überforderung: Wir kennen es alle: Die Steuererklärung ist fällig und der Chef wartet auf den Bericht, doch plötzlich muss ganz dringend das Bad geputzt werden. So stapeln sich die unerledigten Aufgaben, die To-do-Liste im Kopf wird immer länger und zum Energiefresser. Denn die unschöne Angewohnheit, die schwierigsten To-dos als Letztes anzugehen � oder überhaupt nicht � führt zu Stress, Überforderung und Schuldgefühlen. Doch Prokrastination ist keine Charaktereigenschaft, sondern eine antrainierte Verhaltensweise, die sich umlernen lässt. Scott Allan hat ein Repertoire an 22 neuen Strategien zusammengestellt, mit denen Sie lernen, sich auf die wichtigsten Aufgaben des Tages zu konzentrieren und das Beste aus sich herauszuholen. Und das nicht erst morgen, sondern jetzt.
Wie sieht es aus?
Bei dem Buch handelt es sich um eine Paperback-Ausgabe mit Pappeinband. Das Buch hat fast das A5-Format und ist etwa 2cm dick. Der Einband ist in schlichtem Schwarz mit gelber Highlight-Schrift und weißer Grundschrift gehalten. Die Aufmachung ist dezent und ansprechend. Im Innenbereich ist die Gestaltung sehr clean und übersichtlich. Es ist ein reines Textbuch mit durchschnittlicher Papierdicke, was etwa für Markierungen nur bedingt geeignet ist, da diese durchdrücken.
Was erwartet einen?
Scott Allan ist im amerikanischen Raum als großer Mindset-Autor bekannt und hat schon sehr viele Titel herausgebracht. In diesem Buch geht es um das böse „Prokrastinieren�, wo alles auf einmal interessanter ist als die eigentliche Arbeit, vor der man sich drückt. Das Buch ist in mehrere Abschnitte unterteilt, wo Abschnitt 1 generell das Thema aufgreift, warum Angst und Ausreden die Grundproblematik sind. In Abschnitt 2 geht es um die 22 eigentlichen Schritte, die dabei helfen sollen, diesen Kreislauf zu durchbrechen. Jeder Schritt - oder vielleicht sollte man es eher Impuls nennen � hat hierfür seinen eigenen paar (meist 3-4) Seiten. In Abschnitt 3 geht es um negatives Verhalten und wie man dies überwinden kann, während Abschnitt 4 noch einmal auf verschiedene Bereiche im Leben Bezug nimmt. Der Kern des Buches liegt jedoch auf Abschnitt 2.
Mein Fazit
Ich bin generell ein sehr großer Fan von Motivations- und Mindsetbüchern und habe daher auch bereits einige gelesen. Ich muss gestehen, dass ich den Autor vorher nicht kannte, was aber vielleicht auch daran liegen könnte, dass er durch Kurse und Workshops bekannt ist � ein Thema, was ich grundsätzlich nicht so mag. Der Autor hat keinen psychologischen Hintergrund, sondern teilt vielmehr Lebenserfahrung. Entsprechend liest sich aber auch sein Buch: Es ist regelrecht ein Vortrag, der versuchen soll, zu motivieren. Mit vielen Beispielen, ganz viel „auch ich habe mal…� und dem Versuch, dass der Leser seine eigenen Stolpersteine erkennt, müht sich der Autor meiner Meinung nach sehr ab. Die Art, wie der Autor zum Leser spricht, wirkte für mich aufgesetzt und zu gewollt. Das Buch ist entlarvend, aber nicht belehrend, was grundsätzlich gut ist. Gleichzeitig aber fühlte ich mich beim Lesen auf unterschwellige Weise unter Druck gesetzt. Es ist wahnsinnig schwer zu erklären, wieso. Aber da war irgendetwas zwischen den Zeilen, was mich statt zu motivieren irgendwie eher abgeschreckt hat.
Der Kern des Buches mit den 22 Schritten ist durchaus gut gelungen, aber gleichzeitig auch nicht die nagelneue Raketenwissenschaft. Viele Punkte kennt man (vielleicht zumindest in abgewandelter Form) und viele Sachen klingen in der Theorie gut, aber sind für mich dann irgendwie heiße Luft. Ablenkungen vermeiden, einfach loslegen, in den Kalender als „Verpflichtung� eintragen, eine Liste erstellen oder auch der Punkt, Sachen zu delegieren, sind nette Ansätze, aber irgendwie nicht das, was ich mir erhofft habe. Insgesamt hat mir das Buch einfach zu wenig gegeben, auch wenn sicher der ein oder andere gute Punkt enthalten sind.
[Diese Rezension basiert auf einem Rezensionsexemplar, was mir freundlicherweise von dem Verlag zur Verfügung gestellt wurde. Meine Meinung wurde hierdurch nicht beeinflusst.]
September 12, 2023
Auf Deutsch bei Goldmann erschienen
Alle mal die Hände hoch, die Dinge immer so lange aufschieben, bis sie ein riesiges, beängstigendes Ding sind!
🙋🏻♀�
Ja, da zähle ich mich definitiv dazu. Unsere Gesundheit ist ein so komplexes System, bei dem sich die einzelnen Bereiche gegenseitig bedingen. Da ist es manchmal schwer Auslöser und Symptom voneinander zu entscheiden. Was in meinem Fall auf jeden Fall einen großen negativen Beitrag leistet ist fehlende Struktur und damit fehlende Kontrolle in meinem Leben. Damit, wichtige Dinge vor mir herzuschieben, habe ich schon ganz früh begonnen. Ich hab noch im Ohr, wie ich als Jugendliche dafür geschimpft wurde. Mir wurde gesagt, ich kann nicht immer erwarten, dass mir alles zufliegt. Doch genau das Gefühl hatte ich damals. Spoiler: Es ist natürlich nicht so. In keinem Bereich des Lebens. Es ist sogar so schlimm, dass, wenn man 0% gibt, man nicht bei 0% bleibt, sondern sich ein Ungleichgewicht ins Minus ergibt. Du bleibst nicht gesund, wenn du nicht aktiv etwas für deine Gesundheit tust. Du kommst nicht voran, wenn du nicht aktiv vorangehst. Wenn du nicht handelst. Ich sage immer zu meinem Freund: Keine Ahnung, irgendwie fühle ich mich immer wie blockiert. Das kennt er nicht, ist seine Antwort. Mittlerweile weiß ich auch warum. Ich habe es mir angewöhnt, Dinge aufzuschieben und zwar so lange, bis es wehtut. Den Bogen von der Gewohnheit des Aufschiebens zu diesem Gefühl von Blockade zu schlagen war schwer. Und dann war auf einmal alles klar. Die negativen Konsequenzen des Aufschiebens spüre ich jeden Tag. Es ist kein Scherz, wenn ich sage, das Buch hat mir die Augen geöffnet und zwar definitiv auf eine therapeutische Weise. Natürlich braucht es eine Weile, bis man neue Gewohnheiten etabliert und alte ablegt, daher ist das Buch in dem Sinne nicht fertiggelesen. Es bietet nämlich neben dem Hintergrundwissen zum Thema einige sinnvolle Strategien für den Alltag, die man gut integrieren und etablieren kann. Das ist natürlich ein Haufen Arbeit, aber es lohnt sich. Ich empfehle das Buch wirklich ganz dringend jedem, der gerne mal etwa vor sich herschiebt (und glaubt er hätte es eigentlich im Griff) und denen, die glauben es nicht zu tun. Denn zum Großteil merkt man gar nicht, dass man das tut. Vielleicht schafft man ja auch die vielen kleinen Aufgaben des Alltags mit links, hat sich aber noch nie mit der (finanziellen) Absicherung der Zukunft beschäftigt oder weiß eigentlich gar nicht so wirklich, wohin man im Leben eigentlich möchte. Ja, auch ich glaube, dass Druck meist mehr Druck verursacht, aber gar keine Lösung ist eben auch keine. Liebe das Buch sehr und kann es euch nur ans Herz legen!
Alle mal die Hände hoch, die Dinge immer so lange aufschieben, bis sie ein riesiges, beängstigendes Ding sind!
🙋🏻♀�
Ja, da zähle ich mich definitiv dazu. Unsere Gesundheit ist ein so komplexes System, bei dem sich die einzelnen Bereiche gegenseitig bedingen. Da ist es manchmal schwer Auslöser und Symptom voneinander zu entscheiden. Was in meinem Fall auf jeden Fall einen großen negativen Beitrag leistet ist fehlende Struktur und damit fehlende Kontrolle in meinem Leben. Damit, wichtige Dinge vor mir herzuschieben, habe ich schon ganz früh begonnen. Ich hab noch im Ohr, wie ich als Jugendliche dafür geschimpft wurde. Mir wurde gesagt, ich kann nicht immer erwarten, dass mir alles zufliegt. Doch genau das Gefühl hatte ich damals. Spoiler: Es ist natürlich nicht so. In keinem Bereich des Lebens. Es ist sogar so schlimm, dass, wenn man 0% gibt, man nicht bei 0% bleibt, sondern sich ein Ungleichgewicht ins Minus ergibt. Du bleibst nicht gesund, wenn du nicht aktiv etwas für deine Gesundheit tust. Du kommst nicht voran, wenn du nicht aktiv vorangehst. Wenn du nicht handelst. Ich sage immer zu meinem Freund: Keine Ahnung, irgendwie fühle ich mich immer wie blockiert. Das kennt er nicht, ist seine Antwort. Mittlerweile weiß ich auch warum. Ich habe es mir angewöhnt, Dinge aufzuschieben und zwar so lange, bis es wehtut. Den Bogen von der Gewohnheit des Aufschiebens zu diesem Gefühl von Blockade zu schlagen war schwer. Und dann war auf einmal alles klar. Die negativen Konsequenzen des Aufschiebens spüre ich jeden Tag. Es ist kein Scherz, wenn ich sage, das Buch hat mir die Augen geöffnet und zwar definitiv auf eine therapeutische Weise. Natürlich braucht es eine Weile, bis man neue Gewohnheiten etabliert und alte ablegt, daher ist das Buch in dem Sinne nicht fertiggelesen. Es bietet nämlich neben dem Hintergrundwissen zum Thema einige sinnvolle Strategien für den Alltag, die man gut integrieren und etablieren kann. Das ist natürlich ein Haufen Arbeit, aber es lohnt sich. Ich empfehle das Buch wirklich ganz dringend jedem, der gerne mal etwa vor sich herschiebt (und glaubt er hätte es eigentlich im Griff) und denen, die glauben es nicht zu tun. Denn zum Großteil merkt man gar nicht, dass man das tut. Vielleicht schafft man ja auch die vielen kleinen Aufgaben des Alltags mit links, hat sich aber noch nie mit der (finanziellen) Absicherung der Zukunft beschäftigt oder weiß eigentlich gar nicht so wirklich, wohin man im Leben eigentlich möchte. Ja, auch ich glaube, dass Druck meist mehr Druck verursacht, aber gar keine Lösung ist eben auch keine. Liebe das Buch sehr und kann es euch nur ans Herz legen!
September 9, 2022
Doing the hard things first is a book that will help you beat procrastination🥱 and make you more productive😎. The book is divided into 4 parts
1st Part tells us why we procrastinate sharing a psychological point of view, mostly because of the 5 fears we have and how we can deal with procrastination.
2nd Part lists out practical steps that will help you do the hard things first💪.
3rd Part will help you break your negative behaviour😤.
The last part tells how we can do the hard things every single day that can help us become more efficient and productive.
𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞
I am amazed by the depth and detail that has been given to the topics in the first part🫠.
The book is super relatable, while reading the book I had a lot of “This is so me� and “Yeah, I do this� moments which made me feel that this book actually addresses the exact pain points which are faced by people.
On top of that, the author has given a personal touch to this book by sharing lots of procrastination struggles he himself faced in his life.
The book might feel quite unsettling because it throws truth bombs at your face which might be discomforting (truth is often discomforting👻)
The most beautiful part of the book is that at the end of every chapter the author has mentioned an implementation strategy which reinforces you to take ownership of your life and implement things that you have just read.🫣
Without implementation, you would go nowhere in life.
I found this book very practical with great storytelling, I didn’t get bored even for a second and therefore I would definitely rate it very highly. I am damn sure, I will read this book multiple times.
If you are someone who is struggling with the procrastination habit and are trying to be productive, this is the right book for you.
𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤
A superb guide to becoming productive and beating procrastination.
Recommending this book to people who are struggling with procrastination
1st Part tells us why we procrastinate sharing a psychological point of view, mostly because of the 5 fears we have and how we can deal with procrastination.
2nd Part lists out practical steps that will help you do the hard things first💪.
3rd Part will help you break your negative behaviour😤.
The last part tells how we can do the hard things every single day that can help us become more efficient and productive.
𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞
I am amazed by the depth and detail that has been given to the topics in the first part🫠.
The book is super relatable, while reading the book I had a lot of “This is so me� and “Yeah, I do this� moments which made me feel that this book actually addresses the exact pain points which are faced by people.
On top of that, the author has given a personal touch to this book by sharing lots of procrastination struggles he himself faced in his life.
The book might feel quite unsettling because it throws truth bombs at your face which might be discomforting (truth is often discomforting👻)
The most beautiful part of the book is that at the end of every chapter the author has mentioned an implementation strategy which reinforces you to take ownership of your life and implement things that you have just read.🫣
Without implementation, you would go nowhere in life.
I found this book very practical with great storytelling, I didn’t get bored even for a second and therefore I would definitely rate it very highly. I am damn sure, I will read this book multiple times.
If you are someone who is struggling with the procrastination habit and are trying to be productive, this is the right book for you.
𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤
A superb guide to becoming productive and beating procrastination.
Recommending this book to people who are struggling with procrastination
August 13, 2023
Mit "Do the hard thing first" habe ich mir ein Sachbuch erhofft, welches mir ab und zu bei meinem Prokrastranieren helfen wird. Denn dieses Buch beschäftigt sich mit diesem Thema.
Wir kennen es alle: Die Steuererklärung ist fällig und der Chef wartet auf den Bericht, doch plötzlich muss ganz dringend das Bad geputzt werden. So stapeln sich die unerledigten Aufgaben, die To-do-Liste im Kopf wird immer länger und zum Energiefresser. Denn die unschöne Angewohnheit, die schwierigsten To-dos als Letztes anzugehen � oder überhaupt nicht � führt zu Stress, Überforderung und Schuldgefühlen. Doch Prokrastination ist keine Charaktereigenschaft, sondern eine antrainierte Verhaltensweise, die sich umlernen lässt. Scott Allan hat ein Repertoire an 22 neuen Strategien zusammengestellt, mit denen Sie lernen, sich auf die wichtigsten Aufgaben des Tages zu konzentrieren und das Beste aus sich herauszuholen. Und das nicht erst morgen, sondern jetzt.
Das Sachbuch hat mir insgesamt ganz gut gefallen, auch wenn man eher weniger neues erfährt. Für Einsteiger in dieses Genre oder die Thematik ist das Buch genau richtig. Man bekommt auf knapp 250 Seiten die wichtigsten Informationen an die Hand gereicht, sodass man über die Thematik einen guten Überblick bekommt. Dabei geht aber der Autor nicht in die Tiefe, sondern schneidet Aspekte nur an. Mir hat es auf jeden Fall gereicht, um mein Wissen noch einmal zu erfrischen. Die dazugehörigen Praxisübungen zu den Theorieteilen waren erfrischend und nicht zu anstrengend.
An vielen Stellen stellt der Autor einen Bezug zu anderen bekannten Büchern aus diesem Genre her. Folglich kann man sagen, dass falls sich jemand für dieses Thema interessiert, kann sich mit den anderen Büchern auch beschäftigen.
Am Schreibstil habe ich nichts auszusetzen. Das Buch liest sich flüssig. Ich kam gut durch!
Fazit: Ein gutes Sachbuch, welches mein Wissen zu dem Thema auffrischen konnte. Ich hatte viel Lesespaß!
Wir kennen es alle: Die Steuererklärung ist fällig und der Chef wartet auf den Bericht, doch plötzlich muss ganz dringend das Bad geputzt werden. So stapeln sich die unerledigten Aufgaben, die To-do-Liste im Kopf wird immer länger und zum Energiefresser. Denn die unschöne Angewohnheit, die schwierigsten To-dos als Letztes anzugehen � oder überhaupt nicht � führt zu Stress, Überforderung und Schuldgefühlen. Doch Prokrastination ist keine Charaktereigenschaft, sondern eine antrainierte Verhaltensweise, die sich umlernen lässt. Scott Allan hat ein Repertoire an 22 neuen Strategien zusammengestellt, mit denen Sie lernen, sich auf die wichtigsten Aufgaben des Tages zu konzentrieren und das Beste aus sich herauszuholen. Und das nicht erst morgen, sondern jetzt.
Das Sachbuch hat mir insgesamt ganz gut gefallen, auch wenn man eher weniger neues erfährt. Für Einsteiger in dieses Genre oder die Thematik ist das Buch genau richtig. Man bekommt auf knapp 250 Seiten die wichtigsten Informationen an die Hand gereicht, sodass man über die Thematik einen guten Überblick bekommt. Dabei geht aber der Autor nicht in die Tiefe, sondern schneidet Aspekte nur an. Mir hat es auf jeden Fall gereicht, um mein Wissen noch einmal zu erfrischen. Die dazugehörigen Praxisübungen zu den Theorieteilen waren erfrischend und nicht zu anstrengend.
An vielen Stellen stellt der Autor einen Bezug zu anderen bekannten Büchern aus diesem Genre her. Folglich kann man sagen, dass falls sich jemand für dieses Thema interessiert, kann sich mit den anderen Büchern auch beschäftigen.
Am Schreibstil habe ich nichts auszusetzen. Das Buch liest sich flüssig. Ich kam gut durch!
Fazit: Ein gutes Sachbuch, welches mein Wissen zu dem Thema auffrischen konnte. Ich hatte viel Lesespaß!
September 9, 2022
Valuable content, still not very practical. I dont think that author is actually doing the stuff himself that he says he does. I at least cannot live carrying a notebook around every day, writing the most important tasks every morning, adding my toughts and feelings to that and adding million different things to my daily routine. Also, telling yourself you'll 'start running 5 minutes everyday' or 'doing 5 pushups everyday and then next week taking it up to 10' to improve your health, (not to mention I consider this wrong on many levels) or just stop eating snacks and sugars and bread and do cardio 4 times a week DOES NOT JUST WORK IN REAL LIFE, UNLESS YOU ARE A WALKING SOULLESS ROBOT WHO MASTERED POWER OF WILL AND CONSISTENCY.
The book though IS worth reading and I do recommend checking it out.
-PROCRASTINATORS ARE GREAT VISIONARES- THEY LOVE TO FANTASIZE ABOUT THE BEAUTIFUL MANSION THEY WILL ONCE HAVE BUILT, BUT WHAT THEY NEED TO BE ARE GRITTY COSTRUCTION WORKERS, WHO METHODICALLY LAY ONE BRICK AFTER ANOTHER, DAY AFTER DAY, WITHOUT GIVING UP, UNTIL A HOUSE IS BUILT.
-HAVING DECIDED TO ACHIEVE A TASK, ACHIEVE IT AT ALL COSTS
THERE IS NOTHING SO FATAL TO CHARACTER AS A HALF FINISHED TASK
-THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FAILURE AND SUCCESS IS ABILITY TO TAKE ACTION
-Embrace the hard times. Push through resistance. Beat you lazy mind and train it to do as you say. You are in command of your own mind, do not let it command you.
-Disconnect from everything long enough to see if it feeds your soul or if it’s a distraction.
What's deeply connected will always remain.
so
there is a lot of educational, valuable content, but the practical part just doesn't work for me; maybe it also isn't meant to because I guess everybody should figure out their own way to put this knowledge into practice; so yeah, goodluck, bye :)
The book though IS worth reading and I do recommend checking it out.
-PROCRASTINATORS ARE GREAT VISIONARES- THEY LOVE TO FANTASIZE ABOUT THE BEAUTIFUL MANSION THEY WILL ONCE HAVE BUILT, BUT WHAT THEY NEED TO BE ARE GRITTY COSTRUCTION WORKERS, WHO METHODICALLY LAY ONE BRICK AFTER ANOTHER, DAY AFTER DAY, WITHOUT GIVING UP, UNTIL A HOUSE IS BUILT.
-HAVING DECIDED TO ACHIEVE A TASK, ACHIEVE IT AT ALL COSTS
THERE IS NOTHING SO FATAL TO CHARACTER AS A HALF FINISHED TASK
-THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FAILURE AND SUCCESS IS ABILITY TO TAKE ACTION
-Embrace the hard times. Push through resistance. Beat you lazy mind and train it to do as you say. You are in command of your own mind, do not let it command you.
-Disconnect from everything long enough to see if it feeds your soul or if it’s a distraction.
What's deeply connected will always remain.
so
there is a lot of educational, valuable content, but the practical part just doesn't work for me; maybe it also isn't meant to because I guess everybody should figure out their own way to put this knowledge into practice; so yeah, goodluck, bye :)
June 29, 2022
📚 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝗯𝗶𝘁. 𝗗𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁.
We all have a habit of avoiding hard tasks. How to break this habit�
This book helps you how to break the habit of procrastination and get the work done.
The author Scott Allan has published 15 books to date. This shows he knows how to fully utilise his time. He shares his best strategies that have worked for him over the years to stop procrastination.
The book provides a system to reduce and control the behavior of delaying. The information provided in the book is logical and eye-opening. Everything is explained in detail, also explaining the science behind it. It clearly explains how you can implement these strategies and implementing them with discipline can really bring a drastic change in your life.
You’ll learn:
🔺 Understanding the 5 fears associated with task avoidance: Fear of Commitment, Failure, Unknown, Decision making and Criticism.
🔺 Strategies for procrastination recovery.
🔺 Understanding why we procrastinate. Ten reasons we delay doing the work.
🔺 Breaking negative behavior.
🔺 Three core areas to apply these strategies.
🔺 How to do hard things to improve your health, workspaces, personal finance and personal relationships.
The author connects well with the reader. I felt like a mentor guiding and encouraging me to do the things I should do. He also shares his own experiences relevant to the topics. It makes it more engaging. It is one of the most practical and thorough books I have read on this topic.
We all have a habit of avoiding hard tasks. How to break this habit�
This book helps you how to break the habit of procrastination and get the work done.
The author Scott Allan has published 15 books to date. This shows he knows how to fully utilise his time. He shares his best strategies that have worked for him over the years to stop procrastination.
The book provides a system to reduce and control the behavior of delaying. The information provided in the book is logical and eye-opening. Everything is explained in detail, also explaining the science behind it. It clearly explains how you can implement these strategies and implementing them with discipline can really bring a drastic change in your life.
You’ll learn:
🔺 Understanding the 5 fears associated with task avoidance: Fear of Commitment, Failure, Unknown, Decision making and Criticism.
🔺 Strategies for procrastination recovery.
🔺 Understanding why we procrastinate. Ten reasons we delay doing the work.
🔺 Breaking negative behavior.
🔺 Three core areas to apply these strategies.
🔺 How to do hard things to improve your health, workspaces, personal finance and personal relationships.
The author connects well with the reader. I felt like a mentor guiding and encouraging me to do the things I should do. He also shares his own experiences relevant to the topics. It makes it more engaging. It is one of the most practical and thorough books I have read on this topic.
September 28, 2022
𝗜𝘁 is a 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 book full of 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 and to 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
There are many books available on the subject of 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 but this book has 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 to 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿. Its 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗲𝘁 are differen from other books. It is based on 𝗵𝗼𝘄 to 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗿 procrastination and 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 the 𝗵𝗮𝗯𝗶𝘁 of 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 .The 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿'𝘀 𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗽𝗵𝘆 of 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗲 and 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 has different meanings which we can 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 to our own 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀.
The 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 is 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 into 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀, each part having its own value.
The 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 deals with 𝟱 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 which are 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝘂𝗻𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻, 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁, 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 and 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗺 or 𝗻𝗲𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸.
In the 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 the author has written 𝟮𝟮 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽𝘀 to do the 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁.
The 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 is about 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗿 and in the 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 he has written 𝗵𝗼𝘄 to 𝗱𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗱𝗮𝘆.
🍁𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿'𝘀 𝗠𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 🍁
𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 only 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 are 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗱 to 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 it 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻. Don't let procrastination win you over, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 are 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 for 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 things 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 and it 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 with 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 to be the 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 of 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗱𝗮𝘆.
🍁 𝗠𝘆 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝘄 🍁
@scottallanauthor has 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 over 𝟭𝟱+ 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 on 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 and self help 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗿𝗲 and I am 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 with his work. 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 are the one who 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 to 𝘄𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗿 wanted to overcome Procastination then this book is for you as the author has said that 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 is 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗲 is 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹. This is a practical guide, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁.
There are many books available on the subject of 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 but this book has 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 to 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿. Its 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗲𝘁 are differen from other books. It is based on 𝗵𝗼𝘄 to 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗿 procrastination and 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 the 𝗵𝗮𝗯𝗶𝘁 of 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 .The 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿'𝘀 𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗽𝗵𝘆 of 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗲 and 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 has different meanings which we can 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 to our own 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀.
The 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 is 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 into 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀, each part having its own value.
The 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 deals with 𝟱 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 which are 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝘂𝗻𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻, 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁, 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 and 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗺 or 𝗻𝗲𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸.
In the 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 the author has written 𝟮𝟮 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽𝘀 to do the 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁.
The 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 is about 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗿 and in the 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 he has written 𝗵𝗼𝘄 to 𝗱𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗱𝗮𝘆.
🍁𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿'𝘀 𝗠𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 🍁
𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 only 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 are 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗱 to 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 it 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻. Don't let procrastination win you over, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 are 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 for 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 things 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 and it 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 with 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 to be the 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 of 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗱𝗮𝘆.
🍁 𝗠𝘆 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝘄 🍁
@scottallanauthor has 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 over 𝟭𝟱+ 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 on 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 and self help 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗿𝗲 and I am 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 with his work. 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 are the one who 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 to 𝘄𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗿 wanted to overcome Procastination then this book is for you as the author has said that 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 is 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗲 is 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹. This is a practical guide, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁.
July 19, 2022
PROCRASTINATION is not laziness, It is a fear.
Fear of delaying with hard things, either that task is unpleasant or boaring.
Do the Hard Things First is structured to save your time, increase mental energy, and teach you to think from a mindset built with confidence. You'll learn how to focus in on critical priorities and become the best version of yourself in both your work and in life.
This book is divided into four Different part.
Part I : Breaking fear, Minimising Excuses and the science of dealing Gratification.
Part II : Practical steps of doing hard things first.
Part III : Breaking negative behaviours
Part IV : Do hard things everyday.
In Do the Hard Things First, you'll discover how to:
⭐Build up a list of small wins so you can defeat
anxiety and overwhelm.
⭐Break your fear of taking action by removing self limiting obstacles.
� Construct your environment to remove clutter and
eliminate decision fatigue.
⭐Prioritize your tasks by focusing on doing one thing per day.
⭐Train your brain to master attention by interrupting sudden "impulse snaps.
If you're struggling with procrastination then you must read this book.
Don't let your PROCRASTINATION win!
Fear of delaying with hard things, either that task is unpleasant or boaring.
Do the Hard Things First is structured to save your time, increase mental energy, and teach you to think from a mindset built with confidence. You'll learn how to focus in on critical priorities and become the best version of yourself in both your work and in life.
This book is divided into four Different part.
Part I : Breaking fear, Minimising Excuses and the science of dealing Gratification.
Part II : Practical steps of doing hard things first.
Part III : Breaking negative behaviours
Part IV : Do hard things everyday.
In Do the Hard Things First, you'll discover how to:
⭐Build up a list of small wins so you can defeat
anxiety and overwhelm.
⭐Break your fear of taking action by removing self limiting obstacles.
� Construct your environment to remove clutter and
eliminate decision fatigue.
⭐Prioritize your tasks by focusing on doing one thing per day.
⭐Train your brain to master attention by interrupting sudden "impulse snaps.
If you're struggling with procrastination then you must read this book.
Don't let your PROCRASTINATION win!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 6, 2022
Do the hard things first' is a practical guide that will help you win over procrastination and will help you boost your overall productivity. The author provide systematic approach and constructive strategies to beat procrastination.
This book is set out in four parts and explains everything about procrastination. In this book you will learn about :
👉🏻 The psychological mechanism behind procrastination.
👉🏻 Dealing with your fears that are obstructing you from taking action
👉🏻 Strategies for beating procrastination.
👉🏻 The ways to train yourself to do the Hard things first.
👉🏻 Prioritising your tasks and eliminate decision fatigue.
This book offers great insights on overcoming procrastination. The chapters are easily digestible, with actionable tips.I would strongly recommend this book to all the people who are struggling with procrastination and wants to improve productivity.
This book is set out in four parts and explains everything about procrastination. In this book you will learn about :
👉🏻 The psychological mechanism behind procrastination.
👉🏻 Dealing with your fears that are obstructing you from taking action
👉🏻 Strategies for beating procrastination.
👉🏻 The ways to train yourself to do the Hard things first.
👉🏻 Prioritising your tasks and eliminate decision fatigue.
This book offers great insights on overcoming procrastination. The chapters are easily digestible, with actionable tips.I would strongly recommend this book to all the people who are struggling with procrastination and wants to improve productivity.
July 9, 2022
Procrastination, I believe, is something most of us struggle with on a daily basis. It always seems so easy to push back all the work in your schedule and watch that extra episode or play that extra game. However, in the long run, all that pending work comes back to you in a more daunting form.
If being a procrastinator comes naturally to you, then this is a book I would definitely recommend to you. Laid down in simple Layman’s style, this book is an easy guide for anyone who wants to take charge in life and come out of the vicious cycle of procrastination. The author not only tackles the professional aspect but also takes into consideration the personal, emotional, and social aspects of it as well.
However, I think that even though the steps suggested by the author are practical, some of them may be a bit time taking. With all of our busy lives, it may prove to be a bit overwhelming at times. Aside from this, I found this book quite informative and useful.
If being a procrastinator comes naturally to you, then this is a book I would definitely recommend to you. Laid down in simple Layman’s style, this book is an easy guide for anyone who wants to take charge in life and come out of the vicious cycle of procrastination. The author not only tackles the professional aspect but also takes into consideration the personal, emotional, and social aspects of it as well.
However, I think that even though the steps suggested by the author are practical, some of them may be a bit time taking. With all of our busy lives, it may prove to be a bit overwhelming at times. Aside from this, I found this book quite informative and useful.
January 2, 2023
I received this book as a gift and read it largely as out of a sense of obligation rather than out of enjoyment for the content.
The book can largely be summarized as a series of mildly coherent blog posts addressing procrastination and productivity bound together into a book. The author generally does not present original ideas but rather heavily summarizes the work of other mainstream authors. Each segment is quite superficial and assertions are generally made as “common sense� rather than relying upon cited research.
There are significant editing issues with the print version of the book. There are many typos, spelling errors, and some very odd typesetting issues. Font size seems to be chosen arbitrarily from one paragraph to another.
Overall I can’t recommend this book to anyone except those looking for a starting point on techniques to address procrastination. Even then I would probably recommend the reader to begin with the work of James Clear.
The book can largely be summarized as a series of mildly coherent blog posts addressing procrastination and productivity bound together into a book. The author generally does not present original ideas but rather heavily summarizes the work of other mainstream authors. Each segment is quite superficial and assertions are generally made as “common sense� rather than relying upon cited research.
There are significant editing issues with the print version of the book. There are many typos, spelling errors, and some very odd typesetting issues. Font size seems to be chosen arbitrarily from one paragraph to another.
Overall I can’t recommend this book to anyone except those looking for a starting point on techniques to address procrastination. Even then I would probably recommend the reader to begin with the work of James Clear.
December 28, 2024
It is a compelling self-help book designed to help readers confront and overcome procrastination by addressing its root causes. It dives into the fears that often hold us back—commitment, the unknown, discomfort, decision-making, and criticism—offering actionable strategies to break free from these mental roadblocks.
The book stands out with its practical approach, and introduces tools like prioritized to-do lists, time blocking, accountability partnerships, and visualization techniques, providing a comprehensive system to foster productive habits including automation, delegation, bottleneck analysis, and periodic reviews.
Use of personal anecdotes, and quotes and insights from experts to illustrate concepts are right on point. Whether you're struggling with procrastination or seeking a framework for personal growth, it is a practical and motivational read that equips you with the tools to face challenges in life head-on.
The book stands out with its practical approach, and introduces tools like prioritized to-do lists, time blocking, accountability partnerships, and visualization techniques, providing a comprehensive system to foster productive habits including automation, delegation, bottleneck analysis, and periodic reviews.
Use of personal anecdotes, and quotes and insights from experts to illustrate concepts are right on point. Whether you're struggling with procrastination or seeking a framework for personal growth, it is a practical and motivational read that equips you with the tools to face challenges in life head-on.
December 6, 2024
A lot of word vomit about procrastination and how it’s affecting us in the long run. I do get it, but I don’t want to read it a million more times in the book where it’s paraphrased differently. I initially thought that the book had some decent tips and quotes, which I even bookmarked but as I got to the mid section of the book, I was getting extremely impatient. Personally, there’s really nothing to take away from this book for me, which is such a shame.
I read the first couple of chapters religiously, started skimming and skipping in the middle and eventually closed the book shut without completing it.
I read the Kindle edition of the book and it was terrible. Quotes weren’t closed, varying font sizes, no formatting on headings, etc gave me a really bad reading experience. I wouldn’t recommend people getting the Kindle version.
I read the first couple of chapters religiously, started skimming and skipping in the middle and eventually closed the book shut without completing it.
I read the Kindle edition of the book and it was terrible. Quotes weren’t closed, varying font sizes, no formatting on headings, etc gave me a really bad reading experience. I wouldn’t recommend people getting the Kindle version.
February 17, 2025
Ok, first off—my biggest complaint as a writer and editor was holy cow there are so many typos! Made it hard to get through without being distracted. Did the author not get this book edited? Like. Seriously bro?
Onto the actual content� There is nothing proprietary here. The author is summarizing the procrastination methods and findings of others, through paraphrasing and quoting basically. Still a good entry-level book into procrastination, giving you all the higher level details and strategies rather than diving into the weeds. It definitely motivated me and got me up off the couch and more aware that I was procrastinating when I’d tell myself before I was doing something else. I think I have been doing more of the hard things first in the recent weeks because of this book so I do still recommend it. I think I’d like to just read something now that is more in depth on the subject.
Onto the actual content� There is nothing proprietary here. The author is summarizing the procrastination methods and findings of others, through paraphrasing and quoting basically. Still a good entry-level book into procrastination, giving you all the higher level details and strategies rather than diving into the weeds. It definitely motivated me and got me up off the couch and more aware that I was procrastinating when I’d tell myself before I was doing something else. I think I have been doing more of the hard things first in the recent weeks because of this book so I do still recommend it. I think I’d like to just read something now that is more in depth on the subject.
January 18, 2023
Overcoming Procrastination
I'd like to think of myself as a planner, a go getter. I enjoy a good to-do list, daily writing in my calendar, and planning events months in advance. However, reading this book I did find some examples that pertain to me. I will forever hate doing laundry, and will put off doing taxes because it stresses me out. I've read ALOT of books (including self love and mindset type books) and this was by far the hardest to get into. I felt like it was all over the place, bouncing from one topic to another and back again. If you are a hard core procrastinator this book might shed some light on some habits to help.
I'd like to think of myself as a planner, a go getter. I enjoy a good to-do list, daily writing in my calendar, and planning events months in advance. However, reading this book I did find some examples that pertain to me. I will forever hate doing laundry, and will put off doing taxes because it stresses me out. I've read ALOT of books (including self love and mindset type books) and this was by far the hardest to get into. I felt like it was all over the place, bouncing from one topic to another and back again. If you are a hard core procrastinator this book might shed some light on some habits to help.
October 21, 2023
If this is your first book on habit building or addressing your self-procrastination issue, that’s great - you’re addressing some major intrinsic matters! However, if you’re seasoned in these books and have read prior books like “The Power of Habit� by Charles Duhigg, you’ll be well-pressed to find that this book contains a mish-mash of general ideas that you’ve already familiarized yourself with. Not only that, but the topics don’t go into thorough detail beyond an initial definition. So if you’re looking to simply scratch the surface, this book is fine for that.
October 31, 2023
I learned a lot from Scott's book, especially from the success stories of others and his step-by-step process for reversing bad habits and cultivating unbreakable self-discipline. I was particularly impressed by his insights into the psychology of habit formation and his practical tools for breaking bad habits and building good ones. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to improve their life, regardless of their current goals or challenges. Whether you want to stop smoking, lose weight, or simply be more productive, Scott's book can help you achieve your goals.
June 7, 2024
Life-changing lessons I learned from this book " Do The Hard Things First " By @scottallanauthor 📖
📌 This book is a game-changer for anyone who struggles with procrastination. I learned how to:
1. Tackle small wins to build momentum and crush anxiety.
2. Break through fear and finally take action on my goals.
3. Declutter my environment for laser focus (no more decision fatigue!).
4. Commit to getting things done (goodbye, procrastination!).
5. Prioritize ruthlessly and focus on what matters most.
Happy reading... 😀
📌 Get your copy of "Do the Hard Things First" today!
📌 This book is a game-changer for anyone who struggles with procrastination. I learned how to:
1. Tackle small wins to build momentum and crush anxiety.
2. Break through fear and finally take action on my goals.
3. Declutter my environment for laser focus (no more decision fatigue!).
4. Commit to getting things done (goodbye, procrastination!).
5. Prioritize ruthlessly and focus on what matters most.
Happy reading... 😀
📌 Get your copy of "Do the Hard Things First" today!
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