The Productivity Project by Chris Bailey

The Productivity Project is well-written, fun, practical and useful all at the same time. (Shawn Achor, positive psychology researcher and New York Times bestselling author of THE HAPPINESS ADVANTAGE) This book helps you cut through all the productivity advice out there to find and test what really works for you. So often we get stuck just doing what we have always done, even if it's not really working. Read it, and you'll not only get more done, you'll feel better about it too. (Seth Godin, author of LINCHPIN)Ĭhris has written the ultimate guidebook for setting your life on fire. And, the truth is, it will, in just a few days. Here's a book that promises, in the title, to pay for itself. 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)Ĭhris Bailey might be the most productive man you'd ever hope to meet. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title.Ĭhris Bailey has tackled the daunting task of personally experimenting with any and every technique you can imagine that could positively affect your productivity. In this accessible and fun guide, Chris Bailey offers over 30 tried-and-tested best practices that will help everyone to accomplish more - and become more awesome. Among the many counterintuitive insights Chris discovered that had the biggest impact on his productivity were striving for imperfection scheduling less time for important tasks the 20 second rule to distract yourself from distractions and the concept of productive procrastination. This book is the result of Chris's year-long journey, distilling the lessons he learned into a few core truths about how we get things done (or, indeed, don't). Among the experiments that he undertook are: going several weeks on little to no sleep cutting out caffeine and sugar taking a daily siesta living in total isolation for 10 days stretching his workweek to 90 hours and getting up at 5:30 every morning, all the while monitoring the impact of his experiments on the quality and quantity of his work. After graduating college, Chris Bailey decided to dedicate a whole year to doing just that - experimenting with as many of the techniques as he could, and finding the things that work.

Nearly all of us want to be more productive, but finding the method that works for you among the hundreds and hundreds of different tips, tricks and hacks can be a daunting prospect. 'A fun, interesting, and useful read!' David Allen, bestselling author of Getting Things Done

The Productivity Project by Chris Bailey