Productivity

Feel Good Productivity - Ali Abdaal

Ali Abdaal

Is productivity about grinding and hustle? Is there something else that can help you get your important tasks done? In this book Ali Abdaal looks at the field of Positive Psychology to see how it can

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The PARA Method

Tiago Forte

I haven't enjoyed Forte's work thus far, but it was this book that made me realize why. I've been reading them as books about knowledg, but that's not what Forte is writing about. He's dealing with a

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I Didn't Do The Thing Today - Madeline Dore

Madeline Dore

Madeline Dore takes a hard look at the poisonous productivity culture that has permeated our lives and gives readers tools to reject it. No you don't need to find the best morning routine on YouTube,

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Four Thousand Weeks - Oliver Burkeman

Oliver Burkeman

Four Thousand Weeks is a productivity book less about cranking out more tasks every week and more about making you take stock of the things you're doing so that you don't waste your time with meaning

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A World Without Email - Cal Newport

Cal Newport

Despite being a Newport fan, I’m not sure that this is required reading in the productivity genre. Newport does have some good ideas that you may be able to implement to cut your email workflow, but

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Designing Your Life - Bill Burnett and Dave Evans

Dave Evans, Bill Burnett

If you're looking for a bunch of exercises to help design your life, this is a decent book.

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Barking Up The Wrong Tree - Eric Barker

Eric Barker

Eric Barker is going to be the new guru that saves us from all the other gurus that purport to know how to achieve success, by turning to science to tell us what matters in our quest for success.

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The Case Against Education - Bryan Caplan

Bryan Caplan

Bryan Caplan argues that education much past early high school is mainly to signal to employers that you'll sit and listen like a good replaceable robot. Unless you're going to teach, when was the la

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How to Do Nothing

Jenny Odell

Jenny Odell spends the first half of this book looking at how to disengage from the attention economy and the second half trying to give us the tools to engage with something worthwhile in our live.

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So Good They Can't Ignore You - Cal Newport

Cal Newport

This is Cal Newport's investigation of what it takes to be so good at your job, that you can't be ignored. Unlike many online personalities, he doesn't tell you to follow your passion, in fact he fee

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