The Art of Procrastination: A Guide to Effective Dawdling, Lollygagging, and Postponing, or, Getting Things Done by Putting Them Off

I never write reviews but this is one of the most entertaining books I've heard (and writing a review is a nice way to avoid doing other things :); I LOVE Perry's sense of humor and self-effacing honesty. This is a great read/listen.... I also suspect it will be incredibly helpful (still listening to the book).

My 3rd grade teacher wrote on my report card I was a procrastinator - John Perry finally made that okay for me. Thank you Mr. Perry. I am proud to be a "Structured Procrastinator".

I can not think of one. The author is an accomplished professional. He is realistic and takes a humorous approach to solving by normalizing what for many has been a life long struggle.

He slips in a few helpful hits and good ideas. I have already signed up for LazyMeter.com. I do wish they would change their name - but I love their simple approach and visual graphs that shows you really aren't lazy - which is after all the whole idea.

Great voice, lovely pace and humor.

Structured Procrastinators Unite and Create a Horizontal Filing System!

It was a wonderful book. I have already recommended it to several others.

I would like it to be helpful with information on how to stop procrastination. this is not a tool for dealing with procrastination. however if you feel you need to hear semi-entertaining stories of procrastinators to identify with - this is the right book for that.

I was a bit annoyed at the ending. i was surprise to hear that this book is actually a more of a feel good book for procrastinators than a tool for deling with it. I don't remember seeing this declared before or I probably wouldn't buy it.I gave this 3 stars because although I didn't find what I was looking for, it will be a good book for those who are looking for light reading. no need for brain power or changing to much really, light entertaining kind of book. I suppose some will enjoy this.

yes, he was ok i think

not really. as I mentioned I would probably not buy the first one to begin with if i knew its real content. unfortunately.

My brother once said, "Did you ever notice how everything is more interesting when you have homework looming? Even bad TV?" Well this short book discusses why that is. It will get you thinking about your procrastinating and when you are likely to do it.
You know better. Still you persist.
I found this discussion of putting-things-off humorous, honest and real. It does not make lists of helpful tools so you can cure your bad habit. Instead the author just assumes that you procrastinate and will continue to do so. And the discussion goes from there. For some reason that works for changing my habits more than those hokey "you should" books. This book is as long as a movie. Once started, I didn't procrastinate. I listened to the entire book in one evening. It was fun and thought provoking and I think helpful.

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.