The Art of Laziness: Overcome Procrastination & Improve Your Productivity

by Library Mindset

Do you constantly feel unmotivated to work on your dreams?If the answer is yes, then this book is for you. Laziness stops us from enjoying the little time we have. It doesn't help you accomplish your goals. It stops you from starting anything new. It makes your life miserable.This book will teach to overcome lazinesshow to stop procrastinationhow to improve your productivity

Genres: Self Help, Productivity, Nonfiction, Personal Development, Psychology, Personal Growth, Business

139 pages, Paperback

Published December 3, 2023

Reviews

[Laurie Benner · Rating 1 out of 5]

Lazily written.

[tasya *:.｡. .｡.:*･゜ﾟ･* · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some people may think that this book was written "lazily," but if you look at it from another perspective, this book uses basic words (not technical and advanced) and often contains repetitive words, which makes the core message more striking. I personally believe, simple words can also convey meaning effectively.

[Melanie Blanchette · Rating 2 out of 5]

I saw a review that just said “Lazily written.” And I think that stuck with me more than anything in the book itself. There were a few good passages, but this book did a better job at making me feel guilty rather than motivated. There were few original messages and repetition of itself at times. I considered 2.5-3 star for a bit, probably because I read it quickly, but after I sat and thought for a minute, I was happy with my original choice of 2.

[Wes Bozarth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great message, poor editing

All the messages in this book are ones I wish 19 year old me had heard. This book will serve me as a tool for reflection in the future. My only negative is that the editing of this book was lacking. Parts of it read as if it didn’t even go through editing.

Everyone should read this book. Just be ready to have those moments where you have to reread and guess at what the author meant.

[Corrie · Rating 2 out of 5]

The book made some good points but execution was poor and frankly for lack of a better term lazy. The entire book read like a junior high school report.

[Anamcara(Kai's Version) · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love how easy this book was to read. Straight to the point with meaningful and thought provoking points. I also really enjoyed the little stories in between that drove the point across. Definitely something I would read again when I feel unmotivated or like I need a nudge to get a task done. The book also teaches you that certain things aren't as hard to do as we think and that excuses are made only to make us feel better for procrastination! I recommend this book if you've found yourself procrastinating or just looking for motivation to get out of the coach and get stuff done!

[Marc · Rating 2 out of 5]

It reads like AI wrote it. It has good quotes in it, but since it feels like it is information pulled from all over the internet, it's not personal. Who wants a computer telling them what to do?

Otherwise, the advice is sound, and it's a good quick read. Take the information and use it to find better informative books our there.

[Karys · Rating 3 out of 5]

I agree with a lot of the critiques but I still kinda liked this one. Less than 100 pages so it gets to the point without faffing about. It felt like a successful older sibling was giving me no BS life advice. Also, I had never heard of a Momento Mori Calendar before. That's metal af. I'm making one immediately.

[ele (taylor’s version) · Rating 5 out of 5]

A book to read. It changes the way you live your life. Very well written and I really liked the quotes. A truly wonderful book!

[Anusha Narasimhan · Rating 3 out of 5]

A lazy read that can be skimmed quickly to gain some insight. If you're in a phase where you're procrastinating and finding it difficult to do anything productive, this is a good book to get you out of it. It is mostly common sense, but sometimes its good to be reminded of such things when you really need them.

[Reading_ Tamishly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Useful and quite a good short self help book on productivity and procrastination.

[parvaneh]

had some good quotes (although from questionable people) but overall way to short and lazily written.

[Liz · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is great.
It literally saved my current status of chaos, multi-tasking, and focusing on the wrong goals. I love that the author goes straight to the point. The message is short and concise. The structure is the best because the chapters are long enough to understand the idea and even put it into practice. I recommend this book for anyone who has problems with procrastination or starting a lot of things, and not being able to finish them. This will change your life.

[Jess Bickerton · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book has strong ideas and I love the no BS approach. It puts the responsibility on the reader and gives the reader permission to take control. Some parts weren’t very well written though, a few grammar/spelling mistakes and in some places felt a little rushed. But still a great read to get you motivated to change

[Tanner Lashinsky · Rating 4 out of 5]

Decent read.

More about hearing a perspective, lots of reviews focus on how most of this book is “fluff” while I agree, you don’t need to take 100% away. Find one thing that’s alternative to your typical perspective, walk away with that and you have gained.

More than one thing taken away with me from this book.

[Andrew Kline · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ya it was fine. Some good rules and suggestions to help get you going but nothing about it is profound. I also felt it was poorly written. Every analogy was about a farm? Just not great. Just felt like a random collection of motivational passages, not a well thought out book. Good for what it was.

[Ananya ⋆⭒˚｡⋆(less active due to exams) · Rating 4 out of 5]

I already knew many things written in the book, so I felt like this book was a reminder for me. There are very good techniques and tips in the second part of the book.
It was a nice and short read.

[moroccan oil · Rating 3 out of 5]

Inspiring book, I do however feel like it could’ve been written a lot better. A bunch of distracting mistakes that took some value and power away from the book.

[Christine · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was my first book of the year
I saw it in a Instagram post of books that you should read in 2024 and thought why not let’s branch out. There are some great quotes and then just some repetitive words that could have been condensed. They threw in a few studies to back one phrase and honestly this book really wasn’t selling for me. I keep hoping to feel something. I can see what they’re trying to do but it didn’t have to go in a book. It felt a little high school paper and I won’t lie, a little lazily written. A article online could have done it. But I enjoyed the quotes so I’ll give them that. I’m pretty generous with my ratings, but maybe for someone who was not told they’re lazy or can’t recognize it in their pattern - I’ll leave an extra star for the hope that you’ll be impacted by these repetitive words of encouragement that a good friend should have already told you.

[Valerie · Rating 3 out of 5]

The biggest risk is not taking any risk. Time is running out. Start living.

[Eman · Rating 3 out of 5]

“if you don’t know what port you sail to, no wind is favorable”

[Kimberly · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’m not generally a self help book person, but I’m participating in the 75 hard challenge, requires reading self help books.

I don’t think I per se, learned anything from this book, but it did justify some feelings that I have toward myself and helped to open my eyes to notice that it’s a more common feeling and that I’m not alone in it.

I did enjoy the quotes that were provided and some of the “solutions”, although they are easier said (or read in this case) than done, but I understand the concept and principle they’re trying to make.

[Marisa · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF at 40%.
2 hours of just bullying their audience. If you’re the type of person that needs harsh words to inspire you, go for it. It just keeps saying “lazy people are horrible and it’s all your fault your life sucks” over and over in different ways. This is not how I find my motivation.

[Avinash Sai · Rating 3 out of 5]

A book that has immense potential but falls flat because of lack of depth to content.

[Bethan · Rating 3 out of 5]

ironically was reading this to procrastinate revision

[Liko · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ironic how lazily it is written

[Ryan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I follow this Instagram feed and find the quotes and book recommendations to be quite good. This book is fine. Charged with how to overcome laziness, I am not sure I get the title. Written with brevity and combining concepts one might expect. The first half reads like a continuous series of prompts. Platitudes that make sense but feel a bit shallow. The second half is a series of lists and tactics that need more time to investigate and research. The author(s) would have served the reader better with more description following each principle or tactic listed. I listened to this book so it was even more challenging to absorb each topic quickly.

Would like the author to be more focused in their books going forward. Give more air time to the collected principles so the reader can absorb their meaning and explore their potential.

[Sydney Hill · Rating 2 out of 5]

Lazily written. I understand the idea of “simple yet effective” however I felt like it was similar to a college student trying to hit their word limit and saying the same sentence slightly different every time.

I, of course, had some take aways in the idea that “it is time to live life, not let it pass you by” mindset. However, the book suggests we always function with a sense of “urgency” or else we will miss out on life - and this seems aggressive when some times you need to stop and smell the roses.

A lot of these ideas are good reminders. But, the writing is just poor quality.

[Abdullah · Rating 4 out of 5]

simple book on how to avoid procrastination

I learned alot of new techniques to avoid procrastination such as the 20-80 rule, avoiding perfection in unimportant things. I liked the the dots sheet where each dot represents a month, the the sheet have enough dots for 80 years. If you looked at this sheet that you can appreciate the shortness of life.

I recommend this book to everyone who is a procrastinator

[Kelcey Duerson · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book had some good points and perspectives, but was written poorly and sloppy. There were a few times I knew what the author was trying to say, but what was written was the direct opposite. Some good direction for your thoughts, but read with caution.