Show Notes for The Anti-Procrastination Habit

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Procrastination defined on dictionary.com
Books and blog referenced: Getting Things Done, Eat That Frog, The ONE Thing, Essentialism, Deep Work, Zen Habits, and James Clear
Links to SJ Scott’s blog and books: Develop Good Habits
Carol Dweck’s Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
Hillary Rettig – the author of The 7 Secrets of the Prolific: The Definitive Guide to Overcoming Procrastination, Perfectionism and Writer’s Block
Researchers from the University of Michigan conducted a study on the effects of allowing misinformation to linger in someone’s mind.
Willpower by Roy F. Baumeister and John Tierney
A study by Andersen et al. examined the decisions and actions of students
1999 experiment published in the Journal of Behavioral Decision Making
“Two Harvard Professors Reveal One Reason Our Brains Love to Procrastinate” – article by James Clear
One study done at Princeton University studied subjects’ brains while they made choices between immediate small rewards and larger rewards to be received at a later date.
In a study done at Carnegie Melon University, it was revealed that people lack motivation when they find little value in the projected outcome of their work.
David Allen’s Getting Things Done
A survey conducted by Career Builder found that one in five employers believe that their workers spend fewer than five hours each day being productive.
Tools that block distracting websites: SelfControl or Freedom
“short slivers of time” – discussed by Suzanne Perez Tobias
Gary Keller’s “The ONE Thing”
The 25–5 Rule – a concept that from the Live Your Legend site
Barrie Davenport’s list of value words
Set up a bat house in our garden (an article on WellnessMama.com explains the benefits).
Evernote is a cross-platform tool that allows you to take notes, capture ideas, and organize this information into a file structure that’s based on your personal needs.
Todoist is the perfect tool for creating and managing project lists.
The Todoist blog provides a quick-start guide
My guide to Todoist. (once a short eBook.Lots of good info on Todoist here)
Use a calendar where you can schedule your day into 30- to 60-minute increments. You have two options here: (1) Buy a weekly calendar. (2) Use an online calendar, like Google Calendar.
Cal Newport’s Deep Work
The Top Five Regrets of the Dying by Bronnie Ware
Eat That Frog! by Brian Tracy
Stephen Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
“Mini habits” is a term coined by my friend Stephen Guise, which appears in the book of the same name.
Habit Stacking: 127 Small Changes to Improve Your Health, Wealth, and Happiness
The Pomodoro Technique is a popular time-blocking system, created in the 1980s by Francesco Cirillo, that has been embraced by entrepreneurs and work-efficiency experts.
Pomodoro Technique apps: Team Viz (a program that syncs between your computer and mobile phone), Pomodoro Timer (PC users), Pomodoro (Mac users), and Pomodoro (Android users)
How I Use the Pomodoro Technique
Five steps to success as outlined by Leo Babauta in an article titled “Discomfort Zone: How to Master the Universe”.
A golden nugget from Leo Babauta’s article “Building Awareness of the Procrastination Urge” is that one of the simplest ways to beat procrastination is to build what he calls the awareness habit.
Sign up on Coach.me to track the awareness habit.
In a blog article titled “How to Stop Procrastinating and Boost Your Willpower by Using ‘Temptation Bundling,’” James Clear talks about a concept called temptation bundling, which comes from the work of Katy Milkman.
Beeminder – is a habit-building app on steroids. Instead of relying on self-reporting to track your habits, Beeminder syncs with a variety of apps (like Gmail, Fitbit, and RescueTime) to make sure you follow through with your commitments.
Coach.me – another great app for maintaining and sticking to new habits.
Write down your current commitments and any activities you’d like to do in the next year. Put this list in an app like Evernote or journal that’s nearby always.
Here’s an overview of habit stacking in the article “13 Steps to Building a Habit Stacking Routine,” which appears on my blog.

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