The Productivity Project: Accomplishing More by Managing Your Time, Attention, and Energy

NEWSFLASH: Busyness and Productivity are not the same thing N.J. Terry Heard about this book on one of Tai Lopez's videos, and it is put together very well. You can read this book start to finish, or skim through (as I did) to find what is applicable to you. Even better, each section has a "Estimated Read Time" at the beginning so that you can gauge how long the chapter will take you, or if you only have a few minutes, you can skip to a chapter that matches your time.For me, the biggest take aways were the Rule of 3 (in which you organize your life to have 3 things on your To-Do list), brain dumping (where you right down. "Do it. Do it now." according to Amazon Customer. I would rate it higher if only it did the work for me of making me more productive, so I wouldn't have to do it myself. ;- )Other than that, the book is stellar. Chris's personal account of his own productivity experiments are very engaging, and the book is chock full of great tips, especially the six things one can do when experiencing procrastination.. Easy to Follow, Useful, and Many "Aha" Moments Darbi Griffin As a follower of Chris' blog posts/experiments, I looked forward to his book. The fact that Chris tests all the theories himself to ensure that they work is the big benefit here. The "Aging Booth" experiment was profound as I never really thought about how, when we put off things, we are leaning too heavily on our future selves. When Chris infers that you would not mistreat a stranger as much as you do your future self, it brought a sense of awareness that I had not really thought about before. And that is just one of the nuggets in this gem. If you w

In an eye-opening and thoroughly engaging read, Bailey offers a treasure trove of insights and over 25 best practices that will help you accomplish more..  The Productivity Project—and the lessons Chris learned—are the result of that year-long journey. After obtaining his business degree, he created a blog to chronicle a year-long series of productivity experiments he conducted on himself, where he also continued his research and interviews with some of the world’s foremost experts, from Charles Duhigg to David Allen. Among the counterintuitive insights Chris Bailey will teach you: ·         slowing down to work more deliberately; ·         shrinking or eliminating the unimportant; ·         the rule of three; ·         striving for imperfection; ·         scheduling less time for important tasks; &mi

It's practical Buddhism at its best!" — Marshall Goldsmith, bestselling author of Triggers, MOJO and What Got You Here Won’t Get You There"Chris doesn't just want you to be more productive. Read it, and you’ll not only get more done, you’ll feel better about it too."— Laura Vanderkam, author of I Know How She Does It"So often we get stuck just doing what we have always done, even if it's not really working. This book is a two-hour ticket to not only becoming more productive, but becoming genuinely happier." —Neil Pasricha, author of The Book of Awesome and The Happiness Equation. His dedication to the project and his intelligent conclusions, combined with his candor and articulateness, make this a fun, interesting, and useful read!" — David Allen, author of Getting Things Done"Chris Bail

To date, he has written hundreds of articles on the subject, and has garnered coverage in media as diverse as The New York Times, The Huffington Post, New York magazine, TED, Fast Company, and Lifehacker. . Chris Bailey, a graduate of Carleton University in Ottawa, wrote over 216,000 words on the subject of productivity on his blog, ayearofproductivity, during a year long productivity project where he conducted in