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Random ramblings on procrastination, no solutions offered, waste of money.
The book is written like the author did most of his writing in academic situations where he had to stretch 10 pages worth of thoughts into a 50 page paper. Excessively wordy, and uses footnotes simply to add his own thoughts. It's a philosophical treatise on psychology. Meaning he pontificates on his own thoughts or on his observations of other people, rather than accurately describing his own experiences and how he changed. I was looking for solutions on how to stop procrastinating, not somebody's random rambling on what factors cause somebody to procrastinate. Not even sure I will finish the book. It's a good example of why publishing companies screen manuscripts and why editors exist. It's a waste of the $8 I spent on the book. Maybe if it had been only $2 I wouldn't be so annoyed. I mean, who reads a book to get a footnote on the "central limit theorem" from statistics that takes up half a page.
April 2018 · Books · verified purchase
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