The Now Habit

By: Neil Fiore Ph.D.

Narrated by: Neil Fiore Ph.D.

Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins

Publisher's summary

Here's the first comprehensive strategic system for overcoming the causes and eliminating the effects of procrastination.

Here are techniques to help any busy person get more things done more quickly, without the anxiety and stress brought on by delay and pressing deadlines.

If you are a professional, manager, student, entrepreneur, writer, or homemaker, this audiobook will help you achieve your goals more rapidly, whether they are large, complex challenges or the small, essential tasks of everyday life and work. If you now work effectively, even though you have too much to do and too little time, The Now Habit will show you how to prioritize your goals to allow more time for guilt-free play.

Step by step, Neil Fiore, Ph.D. reveals numerous tested strategies for ridding your life of procrastination:

• Use the symptoms of procrastination to trigger the cure
• Overcome the perfectionism and fear of failure that lie behind procrastination
• Benefit from making positive statements about work instead of sabotaging yourself with negative statements
• Make your worry work for you
• Use the "Unschedule" time-management techniques
• Accomplish more in less time through efficient "flow state" work styles
• Assist the procrastinators in your life in overcoming their problems

The Now Habit promises you the chance to truly enjoy guilt-free recreational time, knowing the work is really behind you.

Download the accompanying reference guide..

©2006 Neil Fiore, Ph.D. (P)2007 Gildan Media

I'm a chronic procrastinator.

Would you consider the audio edition of The Now Habit to be better than the print version?

For an ADD person like me, reading the book would probably bore me to hell.
I did buy the Japanese translation of the print version after listening to this audio edition to for re-reads.

What insight do you think you’ll apply from The Now Habit?

I got to understand the mechanism of procrastination through this book. It doesn't solve everything, but it gives you hope by your clear understanding of why you procrastinate in the first place. I already recommend this book to my close friends that suffer from procrastination like I do.

So much knowledge

You will actually learn techniques to change your habits. So glad I picked up this book and finished it. Even only a couple of chapters in I was able to start applying it to my day to day life.

Life changing!

This book has helped me significantly. It goes into the psychology and why and how to kick the habit of procrastination. This book is so valuable and full of great information. It was like a missing key. People were complaining about the narration but it did not bother me whatsoever. I just needed help! From start to finish it is loaded with insight and I would say my procrastination habit is being kicked to curb and I am at least 60% more productive since listening to this book. It really is that helpful. It also comes with a pdf that is helpful. You will receive many tools to cope with anxiety and how to change your faulty thinking in regards to work. I have read countless articles and watched YouTube video after YouTube video but this is the only thing that has actually helped. God bless Dr. Neil Fiore! I am very grateful!

the most important book you'll ever read

Where does The Now Habit rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

at the top

What other book might you compare The Now Habit to and why?

7 habits because they are both so well researched, excellently presented and infinitely useful

Very practical and applicable to your life

He does a great job of meeting you where you are and teaching applicable, bite size steps you can take to implement new habits.

Overall a helpful springboard

I was inspired by this book and have put some of the suggestions in place. It helped me understand myself and others who also procrastinate.
The narrating is not the best but can be forgiven since it's the author himself. I increased the speed of listening which helped.

great book

Have you tried David Allen's gtd but did you fell of the wagon because of procrastination? Then this is the book for you

This is a question about the materials included

The audiobook includes PDF files, but where can I access them?
I am using this venue because there’s no way to ask a question.

Life Changing Information

The narrator has a boring voice and tone but the information provided is amazing. I appreciate this book

Best procrastination book I have ever read

I picked up this audio book after hearing "The Now Habit" recommended on several productivity blogs whose authors I respect. This is the best book on productivity I have ever read. Fiore describes the psychological root causes for procrastination, and provides several very sensible and doable strategies for attacking the causes.

Some reviewers have complained about the quality of the narration. Personally I think the criticisms are exaggerated. The book is narrated by the author, Neil Fiore, and he has a nice reading voice. Yes, at the beginning of the book his reading is a slow and a bit tentative, and this was mildly distracting. However, by about 1/5 into it, Fiore hits his stride and after that it was a pleasure to listen to.

Fantastic. I will definately also be picking up the printed book.