The Art of Procrastination

A Guide to Effective Dawdling, Lollygagging, and Postponing, or, Getting Things Done by Putting Them Off

By: John Perry

Narrated by: Brian Holsopple

John Perry’s insights and laugh-out-loud humor bring to mind Thurber, Wodehouse, and Harry Frankfurt’s On Bullshit. This charming and accessible audio educates, entertains, and illuminates a universal subject. Procrastinators will be relieved to learn that you can actually accomplish quite a lot while procrastinating. In fact, the book itself is the result of Perry avoiding grading papers, refereeing academic proposals, and reviewing dissertation drafts. It also has a practical side, offering up advice that listeners can put to use. Who knew that placing "Learn Chinese" at the top of your to-do list would inspire you to get the less monumental tasks below it done?

Witty, wise, and beautifully written, The Art of Procrastination will make the perfect gift for the untold number of lollygaggers out there.

©2012 Original material © 2012 John Perry. Published by arrangement with Workman Publishing Company, Inc. (P)2012 (p) 2012 HighBridge Company

Amusing and helpful.

I wasn't sure if this would be dry and academic but it turned out to be quite the opposite. The narrator did a wonderful job, he was spot on with the comedic parts and this really made the whole listen fly by. I found the writer insightful and offering realistic advice. Lots of information so I will be listening a few times I expect.

Joking about procrastination

What did you like best about The Art of Procrastination? What did you like least?

I love the way Brian Holsopple reads the book. Very natural and adequate to the text.
If you are looking for a way to prove procrastination is not such a big deal, this is the book for you. But if you are interested in finding the roots, definition and possible tools to overcome a habit that can become truly destructive and make life really miserable, then don't choose this one.

So Enjoyable!

I loved this audiobook. The information presented is humorous, but practical. I loved the personal stories as they served to remind me, 'Hey! I'm not THAT bad!'. Even while dealing with procrastination in a funny way, Mr. Perry still managed to help you see how you can move your projects along and that you still might be doing productive things...maybe just not THE thing you need to do. It's a nice way to make you feel good about yourself when you're beating yourself up for not being as busy as you'd like to be.

The narrator did a great job and it was a pleasure to listen to him.

I will look for other works from both author and narrator.

feel better about your procrastination

this is a good book to validate you procrastination. It so points out the bad procrastination habbits as as well as the good ones.

Entertaining

A quick read that really only accomplished a good laugh while making me feel better about myself! I guess the first step is admitting you have a problem.....maybe one day I'll get around to finding a book that gets me to step two.