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

Just OK

Is there anything you would change about this book?

I think it would have been better if a professional reader had read it. It was painful to listen to this book.

Would you be willing to try another book from Neil Fiore? Why or why not?

Not if he reads it.

Any additional comments?

I did not get a lot out of this book, perhaps what I struggle with is not really procrastination.

Wow

Full of ideas, attitudes, and exercises you can immediately begin implementing to feel more excited and more productive in your work, your recreation, and your relationships

went right to the core of why I was not productive

went right to the core of why I was not productive and gave me new paradigms tools and solutions for approaching life, productivity and creativity. it is in my top two favorite productivity books along with gtd.

speed it up!!

I have never heard anyone read more slowly than this guy. he needs to take advice from the text and not procrastinate his verbalization of every word. listen at 1.5x the normal speed so you won't fall asleep!!

Where has this book been all my life?

This book should be at the top of anyone’s list to listen to. I am 43 years old and have been a solid procrastinator living the victim and authoritarian every minute of my day. Not only does this book help me, but it led me to a greater understanding how to talk to my children in a way that will help them grow up with a kinder inner voice.

I’m so glad I bought it so I can listen to the book over and over again.

Hands down best book I have ever experienced.

a must listen

I would rate this a 5 except that I had to speed up the listening speed so that I can listen to it otherwise the narrator talks too slow. the information provided however is excellent

Get ready to be motivated!!

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

I listen to such a range of books that it is hard to compare them in different categories. In the category of motivational books vs novels or auto-biographies etc---this one is excellent. I got great ideas for actually mapping out change vs just a pep talk.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Lots of examples and stories of how others resolved issues. There was discussion of why certain habits are hard to break and what people routinely do wrong despite good advice. Steps on how to break the cycle of failure or losing interest in the goal. Bite sized chunks of advice that were manageable.

What does Neil Fiore bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

unlike a novel or suspense story, this is information for personal growth so I would have been just as happy to read it vs listen to it. If you had a hard copy you might want to take notes and underline something. It does come with a pdf file so that helps.

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

JUST DO IT. Do something NOW. Even if the step you take is small, take a step. Don't look at how far away the finish line is. I just applied it to a language course I am taking and I like the results. You could apply it to anything though---smoking cessation, gambling, writing a book, getting your PhD, building a home----the tips suggested can be used for any task or project.

Any additional comments?

Not every suggestion was helpful to me but that doesn't matter. I only needed one or two that WORKED. Well worth the money.

genuinely useful advice

I actually overcame my procrastination and it feels like this could be a long-term or permanent solution. I had seen and tried similar techniques and advice in the past, but would eventually slide back into severe, chronic procrastination.

I feel this time will be different, because I now have a solid theory behind what causes the procrastination and why the techniques help. This made it possible to adjust them to my needs, and to focus on the parts that really apply to whatever my mindset or situation is. I went from a slump to a being super productive within the first few chapters.

Counterintuitive and brilliant

Counterintuitive way of ordering life to find joy and meaning, even when doing difficult tasks. His approach allows us to understand that self-care is the foundation for being better at everything we do – for ourselves and for others. His approach to non-guilt fun is on point.

Better off with reading Stephen Covey or Zig.

Common sense stuff and then he starts getting a bit new agie. I didn't learn anything new here. Good for the total beginner in time management, maybe a Highschool student.