The Art of Procrastination

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

De: John Perry

Narrado por: 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.

Hilariously practical and insightful

I actually couldn't help but laugh out loud - at the office - and Perry's entertaining yet functional way of dissecting the spirit of procrastination - and the major trend in the modern corporate and political environments.

I immediately recommended this book to my teammembers and leaders. It probably wont cure you of your procrastination (not possible) - but at least you'll have a much clearer view through yours and others' self-deception.

Good listen, A lot of Information I've heard befor

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I likely would not recommend. It was good, but not groundbreaking.

If you’ve listened to books by John Perry before, how does this one compare?

I have not listened to John Perry in the past

Which scene was your favorite?

I liked the practical, advice on how to combat procrastination better than the detail on why progcastination happens.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

This audio book did not elicit an extreme reaction one way or the other.

Doing everything except what you should

What did you love best about The Art of Procrastination?

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.

You may not want to put off listening

Self help? Philosophy? Whatever.
Seriously, I did put off listening to this for a while. I can't remember why. It was a "dinner" book (my boyfriend and I listen to books - with many interruptions for discussion - instead of watching TV), and we may have been listening to something else.
Anyway... This is an unabridged short listen. It made me feel better about being a procrastinater, and also gave tips about how to get around that inclination.
It was okay, but it was inexpensive enough to pay for it outright rather than use a credit.
:-)

So Hilarious and So True!

Being a procrastinator myself, I could so totally relate to this book. I laughed out loud on several occasions. I read parts to my husband (who is also a procrastinator) and he laughed equally as hard.

I think what made this book hit the mark was that the author wasn't trying to help you with steps to stop procrastinatation. He just made fun of himself and pointed to the many examples and rationalizations that we procrastinators have down to a fine science. God it was funny! A real bright spot!