John Perry (1) (1943–)

Amusing, but not earth-shaking. I had already come to most of these realizations. I did like his comparison to left handers living in a right handed world with vertical and horizontal organizers. I am so much a left handed horizontal organizer that it's not funny. I use the floor for lack of enough horizontal space.
At two discs, very manageable.

Great diversion from doing other things! I am a habitual procrastinator and here I found validation, if not solutions. John Perry, a professor of philosophy has re-framed the concept into "structured procrastination" noting that procrastination doesn't allow people to do nothing, it just gives them an opportunity to do other things while avoiding the task they are putting off. Makes philosophical sense to me! Often driving the avoidance is the desire to do things perfectly. This rings true show more and also makes the task monumental - so many steps before one can even begin. Then where to begin? And where to find the time to do the job perfectly? Better read through my email first or go through this pile of papers on the counter....There is humor here and realistic reflection and the acknowledgment that an art form has its own timeline. show less

For great laughs and a mirror image of myself, I found this book startling. Stanford philosophy professor John Perry explained why procrastinators are those who actually get things done and why. I now feel better about myself. At least I'm not alone. In a constructive way, the author explains how individuals can deal with procrastination in order to move forward and lessen personal guilt. This is just such hilarious reading, I cannot help but recommend this book for everyone whether or not show more readers self identify as procrastinators. show less

I know it appears that it took me more than two years to read this book (started May of 2013) but after reading the opening chapter, I misplaced the book in our upstairs bedroom. I found it today while reorganizing my library and instead of continuing to move books up and down a flight of stairs, I chose to sit down and read this book, cover to cover. What a delight! It was highly amusing and good to give names to things I've been doing my whole life. What Perry refers to as "structured show more procrastination", I had already named "productive procrastination". What I did not know, is that I am a horizontally organized person rather than vertical as is with most structured procrastinators. Fun reading and it took serious discipline to not stop between chapters and google things I hadn't heard of before. Those were put on my to-do list for days when I want to avoid doing what I should be doing. show less