Linked to perfectionism, I think the Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) plays an deterring role in half-arsing things. By reading a book from cover to cover, you have a

Linked to perfectionism, I think the Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) plays an deterring role in half-arsing things. By reading a book from cover to cover, you have access to all the information available. By skipping chapters, you risk missing important information that (you think) could change your life. To counter this fear, it's a good exercise to express your expectations about the book and to judge what it can bring to you: is it really life-changing ? Or would you just want it to be ? In my opinion, it demands greater reading/evaluation skills to be able to skip pages to extract the most data, and a good resistance to FOMO.