Procrastination Books

It's free. (You can download both the book and - if you don't have a Kindle - a program to read it on your computer at Amazon.)

It's very short. (There's a lot of advertising material for other books attached at the end, though.)

It's about flinching from frightening task - but that was already obvious to you, wasn't it?

... and for all those reasons, I won't write anything more about it, because it'll probably be faster if you just skim it.

I got a lot out of this book:

"Your Own Worst Enemy: Breaking the Habit of Adult Underachievement"
by Kenneth W. Christian, Ph.D
You can find the book at bookstore or library with the ISBN code:
ISBN-10: 006098872X
ISBN-13: 978-0060988722

Don't let the name of the book scare you!
It's actually very encouraging and inspiring.

The book describes a lot of what procrastinators deal with.

The Procrastinator's Digest: A concise guide to solving the procrastination puzzle

by Timothy Pychyl

This is a very short, very inexpensive E-book (less than $3 on Amazon) written by the creator of the IProcrastinate Podcasts and the "Don't Delay" blog on Psychology Today.  CONCISE!   Dr. Pychyl summarizes the academic literature in a self-help, practical, non-academic writting style.  You can read this book in under an hour.  Worth every penny (and minute). 

It's been a while since I've signed on to PA. That was a mistake. As a means of returning to the fold I'll discuss what I think is an obvious facet of some peoples' procrastination: fixed mindset. It must have been mentioned somewhere on the site, but as I didn't find it in the articles or to a large extent in the forums I decided to cover it in more depth. 

http://michaelgr.com/2007/04/15/fixed-mindset-vs-growth-mindset-which-one-are-you/ 

It can be downloaded from a website of the same name, and according to the website of course is super-useful, but I could not find any independent reviews for it. Still 37$ is a lot for a student, especially if its not so great.

So I was looking for someone here with chronic procrastination who read it and tried the methods. Did they work, and if yes, was it hard to stick to them or could you integrate them easily into your schedule?

OK, so this is not exactly a procrastination book lol.  It is a children's fable, recommended for 9-12 year olds, so perfect for my level of maturity.   If you've never read it, or even if you read it as a child, I highly recommend it.   It's quite entertaining and thought provoking.   10-year Milo goes on a quest to save the Princesses Rhyme and Reason.   On the way he is distracted by all kinds of monsters, of which these are my favorites:

The Terrible Trivium, demon of petty tasks and worthless jobs, ogre of wasted effort, and monster of habit.

by Piers Steel.

Excellent, excellent, excellent!.  Very clever and witty author.  Entertaining to read and based on scientific, empirical data.  More importantly, half of the book is devoted to self-help.  I read the book cover-to-cover today (as a way of procrastinating, of course).  I'm really excited to try out the techniques.  Let's hope I don't put it off.

Procrastinators Anonymous is even cited in the book!  Get the book and see if Dr. Steel quotes your PA post (there are at least 2).

I've used this technique a lot lately and it has really helped!  It's a simple visualization thing, but the way this guy presents it is great.   I hesitate to share a youtube video because it's a trigger for some people, but I think this one is worth it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpS_cJP5nzs

http://dissolveprocrastination.com Has anyone tried this? It looks amazing but I'm broke and scared to spend the money even though there's a money-back guarantee if it doesn't work.