Start Now. Get Perfect Later by Moore, Rob -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Contents Section 1: Introduction

1 You are not a procrastinator, but… 2 What are indecisiveness & procrastination? 3 Why do you procrastinate? You’re not sure? 4 You are not alone 5 The hidden benefits of procrastination 6 Your work is not your worth

Section 2: Why do ducks need to be in rows?

7 The pain & paradox of perfection 8 Pre-crastination 9 Active procrastination 10 ‘Don’t put off until tomorrow… 11 Task jumping 12 The myth of BIG decisions 13 What you worry about rarely comes about 14 Don’t dwell on the past… 15 What other people think of you… 16 The void & the unknown 17 Part of me this, part of me that 18 What if you don’t decide to decide? Part 1.

Section 3: Banish overwhelm & Start Now

19 There are no bad decisions 20 Overwhelm me, I love it 21 The paradox of choice 22 Diminish the importance, remove the permanence 23 Don’t fake it till you make it, do this instead… 24 Think BIG, start small 25 Let go to grow 26 Your decision muscle

Section 4: To do, or not to do?

27 What is decisiveness? 28 What NOT to do 29 Busy, productive or efficient? 30 ‘To leverage’ lists 31 It’s not what you do, it’s when you do it 32 The Pomodoro Technique

Section 5: Who’s the easiest person to lie to…?

33 Latent resourcefulness 34 Gaming, tricking & second-guessing yourself 35 Environment & isolation 36 Fire yourself 37 If you want something done… 38 Carrot & stick 39 FOMO

Section 6: Research (75%). Test. Review. Tweak. Repeat. (Scale.)

6.1: Research 40 Intuition vs. information 41 De-risk the downside 42 ‘What’s the worst that could (really) happen?’ …& other good quality questions 43 Pros & cons 44 Opportunity cost decision making 6.2: Test 45 (How to) Start Now. Get Perfect Later. 46 Experience, but not too much 47 Change your mind 48 The law of proportional decision making 49 Crowdsource it 6.3: Review. Tweak. Repeat. (Scale.)

Section 7: How to make faster, better, harder decisions

50 Rest & play (without guilt) 51 Clear-outs & cleanses 52 Getting in flow (with least effort) 53 Vision & values 54 Manage your inner bas-tard 55 Making really hard decisions

Section 8: Commitments

56 Strengths, weaknesses & mistakes 57 Stick to your word 58 (How to) Do what you know 59 Make that decision right 60 Do the right thing, right 61 Problem solvers rule the world

Section 9: Conclusion

62 Investing time (not wasting it) 63 What if you don’t decide to decide? Part 2.

Glossary Foreword Appendix: Routine = Results Copyright