Doing It Now

By Edwin C. Bliss

Book Overview

Why waste one more moment when you can DO IT NOW? Procrastination is the number one obstacle to success. It's also the obstacle most easily surmounted, as Edwin Bliss demonstrates in this foolproof antidote to inaction.

The author of Getting Things Done demolishes every excuse, distraction, and fear as he takes you through the 12 simple steps to self-mastery from the first step--turning your attitude around, the final reward--accomplishment, you'll acquire all the savvy and strategies you'll need to make every day count.

You'll learn to:
--Relax, or energize, fatigue away...and discover your second, third and fourth winds.
--Understand the reasons, from the subtle to the absurd, why you postpone important business.
--Develop a sure-fire, 5-minute game plan that will snowball into success.
--Refine your skills along the way with simple exercises designed to turn distasteful tasks into successful achievements.

On the job, around the house, in your relationships and for your own personal development and pleasure, now is the time to stop postponing your plans and start turning them into achievements

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1982102292
• ISBN13: 9781982102296
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Scribner Book Company
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Practical how to overcome procrastination

Like the course by the same name, this book is so simple to follow. Unlike some procrastination books that I have read, Doing It Now gets to the heart of the problem and offers solutions. For instance, much of procrastination is fear of failure, fear of success and poor self-worth. The book points out that most important, life-changing tasks are like bitter medicine. Basically, you have to do them. I liked the different procrastination-busting techniques like the salami technique (break the big project task down into small bite-sized tasks), Journaling (write down your progress), the 5-minute rule (do anything for 5 minutes to warm you up), the unpopular task first/last, small rewards (my favorite) and self analysis. I have used the techniques to get me through university. (Which was quite a task for a guy in his 40's who got Cs in high school.) I even used the techniques to finish reading behaviorism text books and boring academic books on over-coming procrastination. The book is not a free ride. It still takes a bit of work, but it does get you on the right track. Highly recommended. Doug Setter Author of Stomach Flattening and One Less Victim

A KEY COMPONENT IN TAKING CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE

With this book, Edwin Bliss has gotten to the heart of understanding and having victory over procrastination. I see it as a key factor in one taking control over his own life. The importance of this topic cannot be underestimated, for without focussed and consistent action towards one's goal and dreams, they will not come true. Moreover, Bliss has crafted an extremely practical set of tools- ones that anyone can immediately put to use and begin reaping benefits. Two practical books to read in conjuction with this one are David Schwartz's "The Magic of Thinking Big", and Anthony Robbin's "Awaken the Giant Within". Don't be put off by Robin's infomercial approach (you don't have to spend $100's on his programs to tap his brain). Robbins really has captured a great number of priceless nuggets. Jose Silva's work on mind control has also made some highly valuable contributions, particularly in his triad foundation of understanding and generating desire, belief and expectation, even without all his work at the subconcious level. These all build to make one powerful program for positive change.