Book Review: The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play

This book review is part of a series that covers the topic of Habits. Habits are recurrent, often unconscious patterns of behavior that are acquired through frequent repetition. The section is dedicated to resources on both positive and negative habits and how to live with your habits. Dan Robey is the Official Guide to Habits.nnThe Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play, by Neil A. Fiore, is a valuable resource for people interested in Habits, and it is available through Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.nnFrom Barnes & NoblenA comprehensive strategy for overcoming the causes and eliminating the effects of procrastination. Learn how to overcome perfectionism & fear of failure, benefit from a positive attitude, make your worry work for you, use Unschedule time-management techniques, accomplish more in less time through efficient work styles, more. nnFrom the PublishernOriginally published by Tarcher in 1988, The Now Habit has sold more than 58,000 copies, and is as relevant as ever! Author Neil Fiore offers the first comprehensive strategy to overcome the causes of procrastination and to eliminate its deleterious effects. His techniques will help any busy person get more things done more quickly, without the anxiety and stress brought on by failure to meet the workplace's pressing deadlines. This revised, redesigned edition includes a new introduction and a section that provides strategies to understand and deal with the complex role technology plays in procrastination today. nnAbout the AuthornNeil Fiore, Ph.D., guides managers, executives, and their employees to new levels of peak performance. From his experience as a lieutenant with the 101st Airborne Division, a manager with Johnson & Johnson, a statistical analyst for Shell Oil, and a psychologist and career counselor at the University of California, Berkeley, Fiore brings practical tools for life and work to his seminar participants. He holds a doctorate in psychology and a B.S. degree in economics.