desertcart.com: Addiction, Procrastination, and Laziness: A Proactive Guide to the Psychology of Motivation (Audible Audio Edition): Roman Gelperin, Paul Brion, Roman Gelperin: Books Review: Great for Understanding the First Principles of Motivation - Excellent book and concepts. This is wayyy better than the many books I've read on habit-forming and such. It is also concise with no fluff or unnecessary language. I think a better job could be done at organizing the points made in the book. For example, as I was writing my notes in a separate doc I realized that the methods for consequence motivation are actually quite early on and the methods for lowering activation energy are scattered throughout the book. Additionally, more detail into how to leverage discomfort or pleasure in certain situations would be helpful. For example, when I brush my teeth and floss, a previously unpleasurable task, I like to pause and really become more aware of how great my breath and teeth feel. That way I have a pleasurable moment to think about the next time I need to accomplish that task. You don't delve too much into turning pleasurable tasks into less pleasurable ones and unpleasurable tasks into more pleasurable ones but I think that is the hidden strength in this book. My favorite example he used was the leveraging any small discomforts while lying in bed to motivate you out of it. Very powerful. More examples like that would be great!! Amazing job on this book! Review: Still Working On It, But This Helps - I liked the book, and although I am not entirely sure yet that it will work for me, it gave me some insight as to what goes on with addiction, procrastination and laziness. I was addicted to cigarettes for 13 years and gave them up 40 years ago. On the third try, I was finally successful using a similar program to this with a slow reduction of nicotine. Going 'cold turkey' has never worked for me, but slow change has. Today, I battle with overweight and lack of motivation from too many years of diet failure. I have some other bad habits, like staying up late, and knowing that it is bad just doesn't help me stop doing it. I have a lot of interests in life and I feel the pull of them distracting me from my goals all of the time. What this book did for me was that it helped me to see how the pleasurable things I enjoy were pulling me away from those goals, and the unpleasant things required for accomplishing my goals were so unpleasant in my mind that they were keeping me from doing them. So, I made a list of my goals and a list of the 14 psychological weapons and strategies in this book, and I applied each one to the 4 goals I listed. While I'm finding that I am making progress on the 1st goal, the last 3 haven't gone so well yet, and that being because my goals and life, in general, are very time consuming. I thought I would divide my time up each day into 4 time slots for the 4 goals, but it never seems to work out. However, being able to look over each of the 14 strategies before I start working on one of the goals seems to be helpful. I thought that maybe I'll have to work on only one goal until I've mastered it or formed a new habit. When I quit smoking, I was entirely focused on that one problem, how much I hated it, and had to get rid of it. The problem with diet and exercise is that it takes up even more of my time to focus on and is complicated by arthritis, now that I'm older. I also run out of gas sooner than I did when I was young. Focusing on just one thing makes everything else in my life (like my housework) fall apart, so the problem now becomes a matter of balance. Now, I've given myself a 5th goal, that of having balance in my life. Yeah, I really needed this book. I just hope I have enough years left to make it work.
A**N
Great for Understanding the First Principles of Motivation
Excellent book and concepts. This is wayyy better than the many books I've read on habit-forming and such. It is also concise with no fluff or unnecessary language. I think a better job could be done at organizing the points made in the book. For example, as I was writing my notes in a separate doc I realized that the methods for consequence motivation are actually quite early on and the methods for lowering activation energy are scattered throughout the book. Additionally, more detail into how to leverage discomfort or pleasure in certain situations would be helpful. For example, when I brush my teeth and floss, a previously unpleasurable task, I like to pause and really become more aware of how great my breath and teeth feel. That way I have a pleasurable moment to think about the next time I need to accomplish that task. You don't delve too much into turning pleasurable tasks into less pleasurable ones and unpleasurable tasks into more pleasurable ones but I think that is the hidden strength in this book. My favorite example he used was the leveraging any small discomforts while lying in bed to motivate you out of it. Very powerful. More examples like that would be great!! Amazing job on this book!
L**.
Still Working On It, But This Helps
I liked the book, and although I am not entirely sure yet that it will work for me, it gave me some insight as to what goes on with addiction, procrastination and laziness. I was addicted to cigarettes for 13 years and gave them up 40 years ago. On the third try, I was finally successful using a similar program to this with a slow reduction of nicotine. Going 'cold turkey' has never worked for me, but slow change has. Today, I battle with overweight and lack of motivation from too many years of diet failure. I have some other bad habits, like staying up late, and knowing that it is bad just doesn't help me stop doing it. I have a lot of interests in life and I feel the pull of them distracting me from my goals all of the time. What this book did for me was that it helped me to see how the pleasurable things I enjoy were pulling me away from those goals, and the unpleasant things required for accomplishing my goals were so unpleasant in my mind that they were keeping me from doing them. So, I made a list of my goals and a list of the 14 psychological weapons and strategies in this book, and I applied each one to the 4 goals I listed. While I'm finding that I am making progress on the 1st goal, the last 3 haven't gone so well yet, and that being because my goals and life, in general, are very time consuming. I thought I would divide my time up each day into 4 time slots for the 4 goals, but it never seems to work out. However, being able to look over each of the 14 strategies before I start working on one of the goals seems to be helpful. I thought that maybe I'll have to work on only one goal until I've mastered it or formed a new habit. When I quit smoking, I was entirely focused on that one problem, how much I hated it, and had to get rid of it. The problem with diet and exercise is that it takes up even more of my time to focus on and is complicated by arthritis, now that I'm older. I also run out of gas sooner than I did when I was young. Focusing on just one thing makes everything else in my life (like my housework) fall apart, so the problem now becomes a matter of balance. Now, I've given myself a 5th goal, that of having balance in my life. Yeah, I really needed this book. I just hope I have enough years left to make it work.
C**T
He is on to something here
Enjoyable read...I immediately wanted to find out more about this guy after a few pages. You can tell this guy is a thinker...and seems to know by experience what it feels like to own and live with these human qualities of addiction, procrastination and laziness. No shaming or blaming here. I am not into gaming at all, but have close observation of some guys who are, and it gave me a kind insight the why and the draw of what their obsession with them...and explained in a way that makes the obsessee chuckle and say..."yes, that is it exactly, that's me". It is not a typical self help book...it is a sharing of experience and observation , spelled out in a step by step matter of this theory of his on why we do what we do. and once understood, change is possible if one wants it. He is smart and quick and sharp...and reduces the "why" of what we do to a couple of basic simple concepts that can easily be used as tools. The book builds this then this then this...so I suggest reading chapters a couple of times before going on to the next. He is on to a bottom line explanation so simple , makes you wonder why it is not talked about more.
A**N
Not the best... Not the worst...
If I could only read one self help book, this one would NOT be it. It's not bad per se, there are just better books. If you need a short, easy, read then maybe this book is for you. Easy read. Nothing a good Goal Setting or Self Improvement book wouldn't already tell you. Make the activity as enjoyable as possible by making it easy to start (or make if more difficult if you're trying to quit) through distractions like music, reminders like post it notes, and social pressures like telling or inviting a friend to help with a goal. In the end you can't circumvent freedom of choice, so if all the tricks and tips don't work there's nothing else to be done... I disagree that anger is alleviate by revenge, which he emphasizes multiple times. I also don't believe that most religious people are motivated our of a fear/anxiety of a vengeful god that will send them to an eternity of damnation and hell. Maybe some, but I don't believe as many as he implies. This is what drove it from 4 stars down to 3 stars for me.
E**K
Sehr logisch nachvollziehbar aber in schwerem Englisch mit vielen Fachwörtern geschrieben. Ein online Dictionary hilft um den Inhalt vollständig zu verstehen. Dieses Buch hat meine Sicht auf alltägliche Entscheidungen verändert und lässt mich nun rationaler Entscheiden.
A**Z
Life changer ; i really did not understand my procrastination problem. I went to doctors, psychiatrist etc and never worked. This book changed that , for real and forever !! i’ve improved a lot my productive live in every aspect
K**M
I'd rate 4.5 stars. Describes very good practical techniques that one can employ if able to think rationally about task at hand. Would love to know how can anxiety about work be dealt emotionally to either increase drive or reverse anxiety to fear more about not doing the task than taking on it.
A**I
It's a great life changing book, if you can get through it, it's somewhat a tough read. I would prefer more visual examples (im more of a visual learner). People who need it most, those dealing with Addiction/laziness/procrastination won't have a way to get through the book. It will make them mad. Having some understanding of the content prior to starting the book, I thoroughly enjoyed it. It gave me a deeper more concrete understanding. I'm looking forward to rereading and taking practical condensed notes of the information that I can refer to quickly to remind myself of the content.
J**O
Se trata de un excelente libro, bien fundamentado y claro. El planteamiento es de gran ayuda. Trata los aspectos fundamentales que recoge el título. Una magnífica obra de sencilla presentación.
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