"How many procrastinators does it take to finish a long quiz?"
Author Kerul Kassel describes herself as a recognized expert on procrastination, and I can relate! Because there is a large segment of the American population that also struggles daily with constantly putting off until tomorrow what can be done today, Kassel has a ready-made audience.
If you tend to beat yourself up because you are not as productive as you think you should be, then I recommend that you read Stop Procrastinating Now. And don't put it off, either.
Kassel's distinctive slant separates procrastinators into categories, for we are not all the same. There are the Unplanned Procrastinators, the Pushback Procrastinators, the Almost Anticrastinators, the Awakening Procrastinators, the Overwhelmed Procrastinators, and the Fabulous-At-Following-Through Anticrastinators.
Which kind are you? Well, you can find out just what type of procrastinator you are and what tendencies you display in the first chapter. Take Kassel's "Procrastinator Profile Quiz" with a pencil and paper or online at www.newleafsystems.com/one.php and receive your results via email.
Using Kassel's unique system, you will learn how to implement five anti-procrastination strategies. Strategy number one, "Embrace Your Imperfections and Stop Trying to Be Normal," counters the pressure to be perfect, which can paralyze us to the point where we'd rather do nothing than do something less than, well, perfectly. The healthier option is learning to be satisfied with who you are and striving to be better rather than striving for the impossible aim of perfection.
Strategy number two, "Drop Your Tired Old Goals—At Least for the Moment," challenges us to forget about our current goals—you know, the ones we've been trying to achieve for years—and open our eyes to new ways of seeing things and exploring what is really important to us.
Kassel's third strategy advises, "Hire a Hit Man to Kill You if You Don't Follow Through." Of course she does not mean that literally. What she means is "Make yourself accountable to someone else!"
If any of these ideas have piqued your interest, pick up a copy of Stop Procrastinating Now and read in more detail how to implement these strategies as well as numbers four and five.
For the majority of us, procrastination is a relatively minor irritant and may have caused us to pull all-nighters or led to minor embarrassments when company dropped in to less-than-spotless homes. But extreme procrastination can cost you a job, a relationship, or even financial security. If your procrastination falls at the latter end of the spectrum, run—don't walk—to get this book.
