Overcoming Procrastination Paperback – 24 Mar. 2000

A gem of a book, Short, sharp and to the point. It really helped me to understand the reasons why I was procrastinating and how to procrastinate much less.This book uses the basic principles of Rational Emotive Behaviour therapy, which was developed by Albert Ellis and is closely related to CBT. There is very little fluff in this book but it does contain many extremely helpful techniques and other practical advice.It identifies common reasons why people procrastinate and also how to overcome these excuses and rationalisations. There are also some helpful time management suggestions.It does require a little bit of work from the reader but everything is clearly explained and is fairly easy to do.

Yet to start reading this. Bought in 2016/17. Will start next week

good as long as you don't procrastinate too much then it's difficult to get through book. but I would say it's straight forward and not to long so a great book for procrastinators to read!

Dr. Windy Dryden proves an accomplished therapist in one more of his Overcoming common problems series. Concepts are explained in a clear manner and the fact that the book is just over 100 pages makes it an easy read. Would definitely recommend it to understand procrastination.

good reading

Sums me up to a tee.

This is a short book, so if you are the kind of person who gives up quite easily, it is perfect. I read in a couple of hours. The structure of the book is sound and clear: looking at the different reasons whay people proscratinate, steps to be taken, etc.My main problem is the language used in the book, not so much the terms used (because they are clear enough), but the structure of the sentences. I found myself re-reading sentences several times to just try and make sense of them. Unfortunately, I found it harder and harder to read as I went along: double negatives and extensive use of subordinate clauses made several paragraph unintelligible. Even though I read it in a few hours, I had to take a break because it was giving me headaches!I wish someone would edit Dr Dryden work to make it more accessible.