Solving the Procrastination Puzzle

The author bills this book as both a concise assessment of current research on procrastination and a useful guide to create meaningful change in your daily routine. Stating that "less is more," the author moves through a variety of intriguing ideas but does not sufficiently explain many of the psychological concepts. Sometimes less is just less, and most readers would benefit from a more detailed description of various psychological concepts related to procrastination (such as when he machine-guns about seven personality types related to procrastination with little explanation) and anecdotes that illustrate how they work in reality. The book ends with an intriguing chapter on electronics, the Internet, and social media and how research indicates these represent our biggest distraction and actually interrupt our learning process and aid procrastination. It's unfortunate that he doesn't spend more time discussing this.

Still, I don't regret reading this book and you can take away some important ideas about "implementation intents" and some mantras such as "Just get started" that will change how you think about your daily routine. A good read for those interested in behavioral psychology and who want a crash course in procrastination, but don't expect anything too in depth here.