Comments on: Eat that frog but do NOT read the book

By: Varun

Varun — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:43:30 +0000

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By: Joyce

Joyce — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:01:48 +0000

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By: Varun

Varun — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:35:41 +0000

Hey Shantanu… I did get an invite. The invite is patiently
sitting in my inbox till I get to it Things have been crazy
(super-crazy!) lately… I will definitely register soon

By: Shantanu

Shantanu — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:43:27 +0000

Thanks Varun! … btw have you used goodreads[dot]com? i’m
beginning to use it and it’s a neat way to share & list books
we’ve read. it’s like allconsuming[dot]com but i like the feel of
goodreads better. check it out, i think i sent you an invite for
that.

By: Varun

Varun — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:49:49 +0000

Ha ha! Welcome back Shantanu… missed you. Professional
procrastinators… I hope my boss is not reading this

By: Shantanu

Shantanu — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:03:07 +0000

good review. I’ve read this book and picked up a couple things here
and there that were useful. but honestly, for professional
procrastinators like you and me Varun, these books don’t do a
thing! btw, i like how you say you’ve been trying to
“procrastinate less” rather than “not procrastinate” … !!

By: Varun

Varun — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:03:41 +0000

@Pavitra – Your comment is longer than most of my posts he he…

@JhQ – Have you ever eaten one (two?) ?

By: JhQ

JhQ — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:07:52 +0000

Frogs legs are a delicacy in France as well

By: Pavitra

Pavitra — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:04:01 +0000

Love the book review…you have a great style!

I think the one and only way to really deal with procastination is to just dive in. It’s to take a two minutes away from whatever your feeling – lazy, demotivated, bored etc and just tell yourself ‘it’s now or never, I’m just going to do this now’.

Procastination like everything else in life is a sublime habit…one gets used to the feeling of putting things off because the lazy, bored, demotivated feelings take over and we let them out of long drawn habit. The key is to realise it, stop oneself from being pulled down that road and simply discipline oneself into diving into the task. It gets easier with time.

I’ve been the queen of procastination for a long time…the ‘do or die’ syndrome is the only way to slowly clean yourself off the habit

My two cents!