Time for Time Management: Ten Books To
Supercharge Your Productivity
It often feels like we’re more pressed for time than ever. As digital tools blur the line of personal and professional lives and to-do lists grow by the day, the weight of these tasks grows and even the smallest jobs can seem insurmountable.
The good news is that everyone can access greater productivity. By making the right conceptual shifts in your approach to productivity combines with good time management habits you can become a more effective person. Read on for the best books about productivity and time management – these books should be at the top of your to-do list.
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1. The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller
1. The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller
1. The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller
2. The One Minute To-Do List: Quickly Get Your Chaos Completely Under Control by Michael Linenberger
2. The One Minute To-Do List: Quickly Get Your Chaos Completely Under Control by Michael Linenberger
3. Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time by Brian Tracy
3. Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time by Brian Tracy
4. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen Covey
4. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen Covey
5. Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen
5. Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen
6. How to Stop Procrastinating: A Simple Guide to Mastering Difficult Tasks and Breaking the Procrastination Habit by SJ Scott
6. How to Stop Procrastinating: A Simple Guide to Mastering Difficult Tasks and Breaking the Procrastination Habit by SJ Scott
That inescapable zone of procrastination is an enormous barrier to productivity and once you understand the mechanisms for its energy-sapping appearance you’ll be on a road to greater success. Scott identifies procrastination as a cluster of habits and makes these explicit to help you escape them. The book is a fantastic blend of cutting-edge research and personal, relatable anecdotes. The combination is an actionable recipe for success.
7. 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done by Peter Bregman
7. 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done by Peter Bregman
8. Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work by Chip and Dan Heath
8. Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work by Chip and Dan Heath
Chip and Dan Heath utilize the latest psychology and behavioural science in this book which explores how your choices might be holding you back. As humans, we’re all led by implicit biases and cultural assumptions, and this invisible hand can guide us through life unless we apply critical tools to overcome it. This book is about ridding yourself of these biases and making choices that are right for you.
9. Zen To Done: The Ultimate Simple Productivity System by Leo Babauta
9. Zen To Done: The Ultimate Simple Productivity System by Leo Babauta
10. Smarter Faster Better: The Transformative Power of Real Productivity by Charles Duhigg
10. Smarter Faster Better: The Transformative Power of Real Productivity by Charles Duhigg
In Smarter Faster Better, Charles Duhigg takes on the daunting task of making efficiency more efficient. By exploring the science behind productivity, Duhigg offers actionable steps towards overcoming procrastination. Led by a psychological approach, the author demonstrates that the road to productivity requires conceptual shifts and that changes to habit will naturally follow from this step. If you want to understand how the way you think impacts what you achieve, this book reveals all.
Wrapping Up
Wrapping Up
Time management is a skill just like any other. By making a few conceptual shifts in your approach to tasks you can see your productivity soar. These books introduce you to the most effective ways to get things done. Stop procrastinating and pick up a book today!
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Author's Bio
Katherine Rundell is a productivity writer at Academic Writing Services and Ukwritings.com. She is a productivity consultant for a number of businesses and has personally witnessed the revolutionary effect of transformed time management, both in her professional life and personal life as a mother of three teen-aged kids. She is also a proofreader at Essayroo.com.
