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The productivity project : accomplishing more by managing your time, attention, and energy better / Chris Bailey.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Crown Business, [2016]Edition: First editionDescription: viii, 292 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781101904039 (hardback)
  • 1101904038 (hardback)
Subject(s):
Contents:
A new definition of productivity -- Part one: Laying the groundwork. Where to start ; Not all tasks are created equal ; Three daily tasks ; Ready for prime time -- Part two: Wasting time. Cozying up to ugly tasks ; Meet yourself ... from the future ; Why the Internet ls killing your productivity -- Part three: The end of time management. The time economy ; Working less ; Energy enlightenment ; Cleaning house -- Part four: The zen of productivity. The zen of productivity ; Shrinking the unimportant ; Removing the unimportant -- Part five: Quiet your mind. Emptying your brain ; Rising up ; Making room -- Part six: The attention muscle. Becoming more deliberate ; Attention hijackers ; The art of doing one thing ; The meditation chapter -- Part seven: Taking productivity to the next level. Refueling ; Drinking for energy ; The exercise pill ; Sleeping your way to productivity -- Part eight: The final step. The final step -- Afterword: One year later.
Summary: "Chris Bailey has been fascinated with the subject of productivity since he was a teenager. While pursuing his business degree in college, he researched every paper and read every book available on the topic. After graduation, he embarked on a year long productivity project, interviewing many of the world's foremost gurus in the field, from Charles Duhigg to David Allen, while conducting a series of productivity experiments on himself, from getting by on little sleep, to waking up at 5:30 every morning for a month, from avoiding caffeine and sugar to working 90 hours a week, and monitoring the impact of each experiment on his productivity. He created a blog at the beginning of the project, with exactly zero followers. But as people heard about his project, and read his blog, his traffic grew exponentially, so that by the end of the year he had over 250,000 unique visitors a month. This book and the lessons and insights Chris discovered is the result of that year long journey. Among the many counterintuitive insights Chris writes about in the book are removing or shrinking the unimportant;the rule of three; striving for imperfection; scheduling less time for important tasks; the 20 second rule to distract yourself from distractions, and the concept of productive procrastination. He offers over 30 best practices that will help every one of us to accomplish more"-- Provided by publisher.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 650.1 B154 Available 33111008441178
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A fresh, personal, and entertaining exploration of a topic that concerns all of us: how to be more productive at work and in every facet of our lives.

Chris Bailey turned down lucrative job offers to pursue a lifelong dream--to spend a year performing a deep dive experiment into the pursuit of productivity, a subject he had been enamored with since he was a teenager. 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 experiments that he tackled: Bailey went several weeks with getting by on little to no sleep; he cut out caffeine and sugar; he lived in total isolation for 10 days; he used his smartphone for just an hour a day for three months; he gained ten pounds of muscle mass; he stretched his work week to 90 hours; a late riser, he got up at 5:30 every morning for three months--all the while monitoring the impact of his experiments on the quality and quantity of his work.

The Productivity Project --and the lessons Chris learned--are the result of that year-long journey. 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;
· the 20 second rule to distract yourself from the inevitable distractions;
· and the concept of productive procrastination.
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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Chris Bailey has been fascinated with the subject of productivity since he was a teenager. While pursuing his business degree in college, he researched every paper and read every book available on the topic. After graduation, he embarked on a year long productivity project, interviewing many of the world's foremost gurus in the field, from Charles Duhigg to David Allen, while conducting a series of productivity experiments on himself, from getting by on little sleep, to waking up at 5:30 every morning for a month, from avoiding caffeine and sugar to working 90 hours a week, and monitoring the impact of each experiment on his productivity. He created a blog at the beginning of the project, with exactly zero followers. But as people heard about his project, and read his blog, his traffic grew exponentially, so that by the end of the year he had over 250,000 unique visitors a month. This book and the lessons and insights Chris discovered is the result of that year long journey. Among the many counterintuitive insights Chris writes about in the book are removing or shrinking the unimportant;the rule of three; striving for imperfection; scheduling less time for important tasks; the 20 second rule to distract yourself from distractions, and the concept of productive procrastination. He offers over 30 best practices that will help every one of us to accomplish more"-- Provided by publisher.

A new definition of productivity -- Part one: Laying the groundwork. Where to start ; Not all tasks are created equal ; Three daily tasks ; Ready for prime time -- Part two: Wasting time. Cozying up to ugly tasks ; Meet yourself ... from the future ; Why the Internet ls killing your productivity -- Part three: The end of time management. The time economy ; Working less ; Energy enlightenment ; Cleaning house -- Part four: The zen of productivity. The zen of productivity ; Shrinking the unimportant ; Removing the unimportant -- Part five: Quiet your mind. Emptying your brain ; Rising up ; Making room -- Part six: The attention muscle. Becoming more deliberate ; Attention hijackers ; The art of doing one thing ; The meditation chapter -- Part seven: Taking productivity to the next level. Refueling ; Drinking for energy ; The exercise pill ; Sleeping your way to productivity -- Part eight: The final step. The final step -- Afterword: One year later.

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