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A type of book that is easy to digest, very relevant to read it if you're currently in Work From Home setting because of the pandemic.
The book is very practical and well attends the reader who needs a focused guide on productivity. The content quality varies a lot depeding on the author. In general, a very good compilation about the theme.
The book talks about how to manage your time and step to step it teaches you how to recognize your priorities.
Pretty helpful. I started on this hoping to get a handle on my email problem. Got a number of good advices (e.g., if you don't want email, start by not sending one, ignore til it breaks...). I put them into practice and it is actually working.
It’s a good book to collect recommendations and ideas of things to do if you like to improve your productivity.Good collection of articles for HBR
Useful introductions to a number of productivity techniques and solutions, but ultimately feels like an advertising exercise for prominent HBR authors' books and blogs.
Good advices, implemented some. Yet, I could have read a collection of articles online instead.
It's one of the greatest books on improving my productivity!
Lots of tips and tricks gathered into one book. The short-article style of the book made it very concise and easy to read.
This is not a coherent strategy but a collation of articles, which form a number of suggested fixes to improve productivity and focus. Read through a pick out any that appeal, try them, if they work, keep them, if not, ditch them.Not every fix will suit everyone, but there are enough here that there is bound to be something to help, be it effective to-do lists, getting those projects done, or taming your email.The short articles are easily digested in small bites, and if any help it is worth rea...
Good book if you are looking for basic tips to manage your work and life . Helps you build awareness on how to execute what is important instead of being all over the place. However the concepts get repeated and the book could have lesser chapters. The book also fails to provide any innovative hacks that deserve a wow. In summary a good basic book for prioritizing and executing your day at work.
Features the basics of time and effort management. A good primer if you are new to supervision/delegation or struggling to prioritize your work.
How the fuck did I end up buying another collection of blog posts? I'm sure in the olden days, publishing had a term for these random compilations of non-fiction and they were seen as a wonderful thing, but for me they're just the fetid piles of textual bullshit littering the Amazon plains into which the unwary traveller will step.That said, there was an article in there that stood out as excellent: "Who's Got the Monkey" by William Oncken Jr and Donald L. Wass. Google it and you'll find it onli...
This book has become a revelation for me. This is not a real book; it’s just a set of different Harvard Business Review articles about productivity, GTD, staying focused and etc. However, it’s a brilliant collection! Simple and understandable tips that you can begin practicing right now. Book without harangue, without unnecessary theories and discussions. This “HBR Guide” gives you a core of efficiency. If you get up on the way of GTD and productivity this book will be an excellent assistant for...
Some useful ideas and reminders. Was worth the read for me. But in other ways it’s a bit out of date. E.g.- some of the tech tools it recommends feel old or don’t exist anymore- it has a lot of tips for managing email overload, which isn’t a big problem in Slack-oriented companies- highlights importance of sleep, which i think has become more common knowledge in the past 10 yearsGood insights on- delegation- prioritizing key objectives- busting through procrastination - working in concentrated b...
Everybody is busy and busy is a good thing, right? It kind of demonstrates that you’re working, that you have a lot of things to do, that you’re moving things forward, that your work matters.But being busy doesn’t mean that you are doing the right things. You can be busy doing things that don’t move the needle, or you can get hung up on details that no one cares about.The ability to prioritize is a very important skill, to make sure that, when you’re busy, you’re focusing on the most important t...
A nice guide to begin time management. Besides involving business themes like e-mail management or division of labour, the book also contains information about developing good habits while stopping bad ones and learning prioritization. Some tips were developed by experts of the relevant area and one may easily continue on reading their books on time management. The book has also one of the most general topics of the “HBR Guide To” series in my opinion.
A good quick read and act as a refresher if you have already read many books or articles about management or productivity. I found some interesting stuff on delegating and setting goals. You might find something too, if you decide to read this.
A good reminder for anyone who constantly deviates from productivity plans. short, apt and actionable
I should have been working on my project. Haha. It was good but nothing new; just summaries of past articles and ideas that have probably run their course. I would suggest a deep dive into David Allen's Getting Things Done instead of this book.
