Book Review: Why Conquer Procrastination is the Best Book for Achieving Your Goals

Stop waiting and start doing

Let’s face it, we all suffer from procrastination from time to time.

We all know what’s it’s like to make plans, create a to-do list, even set a date and time to get some important task or responsibility done, only to arrive at the moment, and put it off until ‘later.’

And we all know the defeating feeling that comes with putting something off that means a lot to us, only to never come back to it.

In the moment it may feel good to postpone doing something until you find a “better time,” but in the long-run, it can lead to feelings of guilt, lethargy, and low self-esteem.

I know how deeply procrastination can negatively impact your future outcomes. Back in 2016, I came up with the idea to start a blog, become a writer, and leave my stressful career, but I didn’t start seriously working on it until 2019.

Instead of consistently working on my dreams, I kept putting off both big and small tasks until before I knew it, almost three years had passed, and I was no closer to leaving my career, or becoming a writer.

It’s easy to get lost in the planning stages, and never move beyond your first few steps to see the end results of your effort.

Procrastination doesn’t have to be a permanent fixture in your life, and you don’t have to wait years to get started on your goals and dreams that mean so much to you.

By following a series of easy, yet effective techniques and strategies, Conquer Procrastination, Proven Strategies to Take Control of Your Life, shows you how to build the structure, confidence, and consistency you need to achieve your goals.

What Conquer Procrastination Gets Right that other Self-Improvement Books Get Wrong

Written by author, entrepreneur, blogger, and course creator Nadalie Bardo, Conquer Procrastination outlines a series of effective techniques for overcoming procrastination and gaining back control over your time and life.

Unlike other books, Conquer Procrastination skips over all the glorified self-improvement fluff, and provides straightforward and realistic strategies on how to build better habits, increase your productivity, and stay motivated.

Let’s be honest – we’ve all tried hacks, tips, and tricks for getting things done, and while the initial burst of motivation gets us through making our to-do lists, after a few days, we’re right back to where we started, telling ourselves, “I’ll get to it tomorrow.”

It can be frustrating, and downright counterproductive, when self-improvement books and articles only offer generic advice with a ‘one-size fits all’ solution.

We’re all different, have different hang-ups, and what may be causing you to put things off may be completely different from what’s holding someone else back.

This is what Conquer Procrastination gets right – it breaks down what type of procrastinator you are, and then gives you simple steps to troubleshoot your particular setbacks, so you can move out of the planning stages and into the productivity phase.

Nadalie also offers her readers a candid look into her own personal journey, and shares how letting procrastination get the better of her time and effort held her back from working on the things that truly mattered. The techniques she shares are not only built on years of personal experience, but also psychological research, and are the same strategies she used to quit her job, and build her own successful business.

Conquer Procrastination is personal, yet universal in its ideas and implementation and that’s what make her strategies so effective – as long as you apply them, you will see results.

The Dark Side of Procrastination

“Sadly, putting things off only feeds the fire of your insecurities because you’ve accepted those limitations without trying to prove them wrong.” -Nadalie Bardo

One of the most revealing reasons why we get stuck in the planning phase, is because procrastination oftentimes goes much deeper than a simple organizational or time-management issue.

For many of us, the reason why we put things off is a deeply personal and emotional issue.

Nadalie shares, “When you procrastinate, you’re not avoiding doing the task. Rather, you’re actually avoiding the feelings that the task provokes in you: stress, fatigue, anxiety, frustration, discomfort, boredom, being overwhelmed, or even being challenged in an undesired way.”

Conquer Procrastination dives deep into the psychology behind procrastination to help you uncover the why behind what’s holding you back from working on your goals.

Knowing why you avoid, or put certain things off, is one of the first steps in helping you to dismantle unproductive habits and stop self-sabotaging behavior.

Through a series of simple techniques that you can use every day, Nadalie shows you how to avoid both these personal and emotional pitfalls by building stronger habits, managing your time effectively, and incentivizing your efforts.

Remember, allowing procrastination to control your time, effort, and energy, will in the long-run cost you your self-esteem, your dreams, and even the life you envisioned for yourself.

Stop Waiting and Start Doing

“What would your life be like if you no longer put things off?” -Nadalie Bardo

Stop relying on motivation alone to build your dreams, and start relying on something much more reliable – you.

Don’t let procrastination get the better part of your time and future dreams. Check out how Conquering Procrastination can help you build effective strategies, form good habits, and achieve your goals. 

Conquer Procrastination is available to order now on Amazon.