Review: Reading parts of this were like looking in a mirror sometimes...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 3, 2014
After I read the procrastination motivator section, I started laughing because I could see myself in several of the category types, depending on which area of my life you're talking about:When it came time to get a job out of college, I was always a bit of a "passive resister" who was determined to be my own boss from the start. Didn't pan out that way, but I believed there had to be better than what others in my family subjected themselves to, being miserable at a job they hated throughout the week until Friday afternoon rolled around and they could finally relax and have fun.I was definitely the "arousal" type (that's not what it looks like, by the way) when it came to finishing papers in college. Incidentally enough, those almost always scored well for me anyway despite my doing them at the last minute, for whatever reason...but boy was it stressful in the moment! I remember sitting in the library or at my dorm desk asking why I put myself through this again! Whereas the one time I did a first draft WAY in advance and could think straighter without the stress, I scored 98% or 99%. After a couple of revisions, the paper got 100%.And too often on my journey within the online business world, I'd display all the tendencies of a "waffler". I'd have so many ideas in my head I felt I couldn't choose just one to start with, so I'd either 1) end up going halfway and turn into a "maximizer" in the process because I'd agonize over my decision, or 2) do nothing at all.The way I've figured out how to start overcoming my procrastinating ways, though, is just doing the task in question for at least a few minutes, then go do something else more enjoyable to me, then come back to it a few minutes later, and repeat until the thing I've been avoiding is done.And I've done solution suggestion #9 several times to help refine my dream and exactly what I want the day-to-day and end goal to look like. It helps me gain clarity about what I really want to do. And Jane writes it in such an engaging fashion, even using quotes from famous people throughout the book that are really on point.So yeah, there's great advice and some solid suggestions and step-by-step instructions in this book if you have a hard time making decisions or taking action on the things you know you need to do.