# The Now Habit by Neil Fiore

5 Hacker News commenters recommended The Now Habit by Neil Fiore and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a practical guide to procrastination, offering frameworks for understanding mental blocks and concrete strategies to try.

## Why people recommend it

- Frameworks for understanding mental blocks (1 comments): "It provides frameworks to understand why you have such mental blocks and more concrete strategies to try." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46483181))
- Practical manual on overcoming procrastination (1 comments): "Neil Fiore's excellent book The Now Habit, which is a practical manual on overcoming procrastination." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47729113))
- Strong benefit to mental health (1 comments): "I use that one and have found it provides a massive benefit to mental health" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47729138))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie](https://hackerapproved.com/p/how-to-win-friends-and-influence-people.md): 67 recommend
- [Atomic Habits by James Clear](https://hackerapproved.com/p/atomic-habits.md): 20 recommend
- [The Easy Way to Stop Smoking by Allen Carr](https://hackerapproved.com/p/easy-way-to-stop-smoking.md): 9 recommend
- [Feeling Good by David Burns](https://hackerapproved.com/p/feeling-good.md): 8 recommend
- [The Art of Money Getting by P.T. Barnum](https://hackerapproved.com/p/art-of-money-getting.md): 8 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1585425524?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9781585425525) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "The Now Habit by Neil Fiore", https://hackerapproved.com/p/now-habit/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).