Get It Done: From Procrastination to Creative Genius in 15 Minutes a Day Author: Visit Amazon's Sam Bennett Page | Language: English | ISBN:
1608682102 | Format: EPUB
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“An instant classic, essential reading for anyone who wants to make a ruckus.”
— Seth Godin, author of The Icarus Deception
“Sam Bennett is refreshing in her positivity and achieves something rare — a how-to book that is funny and entertaining to read, and makes you feel good! Now, if you’ll excuse me, I must go write an Oscar-winning screenplay. Or clean my room. One of the two — I’ll figure it out.”
— Rachel Dratch, actor, Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock
“As someone who is both organized and an artist, I can supremely recommend this innovative, effective, wildly enjoyable book. You will easily ‘get it done’ with your focused genius and all that you’ll learn and experience in these pages and in your life.”
— SARK, artist and author of Glad No Matter What
“If you need help getting things done (and who doesn’t?) this book, written with love and passion, will help you.”
— Ed O’Neill, actor, Modern Family and Married with Children
“Calling all artists! Are procrastination and perfectionism getting in the way of your sharing your creative gifts with the world? Through small, doable steps, Get It Done will help you make your big ideas real.”
— Jennifer Lee, author of The Right-Brain Business Plan
About the Author
Sam Bennett is the creator of the Organized Artist Company. In addition to her multifaceted writing and performance work, she specializes in personal branding, career strategies, and small-business marketing. She grew up in Chicago and now lives in a tiny beach town outside Los Angeles.
Keegan-Michael Key, a cocreator of Key & Peele, lives in Los Angeles.
- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: New World Library (February 11, 2014)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1608682102
- ISBN-13: 978-1608682102
- Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
- Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Get it Done: From Procrastination to Creative Genius in 15 Minutes a Day
Author: Sam Bennett
This book is a treasure. A fun, quick and easy read, it is hard for me to put it down. Bennett describes procrastinators accurately and also defines why they procrastinate. She suggests we (yes, I'm a prime example) don't really care about the project, or it hasn't been the right time for a certain project, or we are a little scared to start, or we can't make ourselves do it. Sound familiar?
Bennett then goes into how to choose a project. Procrastinators usually have more than one project lined up, she states. She then describes exercises that help the procrastinator choose which project to keep, which to discard, which to put off for later. Just doing this is helpful and freeing.
She lists exercises which are extremely helpful.
To start with, he has us ask ourselves five questions:
1. Do you think you will learn from working on this project?
2. Will completing this project make a difference in your life?
3. Will completing the project make a difference in the world?
4. Does your soul ache to work on it?
5. Ten years from now, will it matter whether or not you have done it?
These questions will help us choose "front runner" projects.
With each chapter suggestions are given to help the procrastinator whittle down the number of projects and figure out which are most important, which we really want to work on and what we can do to make the projects more appealing. For instance, just giving our project a new exciting and enticing name can help renew our interest.
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