books about: productivity     books:       When Organizing Isn't Enough: SHED Your Stuff, Change Your Life11 reviews Julie Morgenstern Fireside, 2008 Shedding Stuff and Getting a Life Not one to like self-help books, I was VERY skeptical and am here to say this is a fantastic book. Getting ready for a move, I have been trying to clear out junk and it wasn't until I read this book that I could really begin to clean out the house. Morgenstern point is not to have a sterile, barren home or life but rather to free up your life by getting rid of the irrelevant with some pointed ...             Upgrade Your Life: The Lifehacker Guide to Working Smarter, Faster, Better14 reviews Gina Trapani Wiley, 2008 The second edition is just as good as the first... I remember reading the first edition of Gina Trapani's Upgrade Your Life: The Lifehacker Guide to Working Smarter, Faster, Better and thinking how wonderful it was. Of course, when the second edition came out, I had to get that one too. And as with the first one, I have all sorts of post-it notes scattered throughout the book for reference and "go back and try this" notes. Well worth the time ...             Six Disciplines® Execution Revolution: Solving the One Business Problem That Makes Solving All Other Problems ...10 reviews Gary Harpst Six Disciplines Publishing, 2008 Planning and Execution While the ultimate message put forth in this book is about executing your plans and how to go about that, it is very much based on what needs to be done first - and that is Planning, Goal-Setting. Without this foundation in place first, any actions in business will be haphazard, directionless and misguided. Six Principles Execution Revolution is an excellent business source that offers some ...             Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time107 reviews Brian Tracy Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2007 Eat that Frog Don't look at the title - but the author! This is an excellent book with tips on how to be more productive and stop procrastinating!             The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play92 reviews Neil Fiore Tarcher, 2007 The "unschedule" is the best day planner ever Please stop beating yourself up long enough to read this book. I have gotten more done on languishing projects in less time and had much more fun in my life since applying the "Unschedule" instead of my former process that began with an impossible to-do list followed by a day of procrastination and an evening of regret and guilt (sound like fun?). This is a new way of thinking about planning your ...             Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity454 reviews David Allen Penguin (Non-Classics), 2002 I'm finally able to get things done Work: Anything that exists in your world that you look at and 'wish' was different from current reality. In that case, most of what we see around us could be considered work; in today's world, it seems to be work that necessitates knowledge. How much we know, and how we apply that information is the cutting edge between high productivity and burn-out. Real advice for real "knowledge workers." Do ...             The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles131 reviews Steven Pressfield Grand Central Publishing, 2003 A must-have book for everyone! I cannot rate this book highly enough. It is one to read over and over again. I stumbled upon a copy years ago and each time I pick it up, I learn something new. Many thanks to Steven Pressfield for writing this very valuable, uplifting, "meaning of life" book.             The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People802 reviews Stephen R. Covey Free Press, 2004 very inspiring We had Covey training at my elementary school before school started. We were asked to read Stephen Covey's son's book 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens because it was an easy read before school started. Well, I HAD to read the original book by Stephen because it would give me so much more information! It has been very inspiring and I can't believe it has been around so long and still so ...             Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It: No Schedules, No Meetings, No Joke--the Simple Change That Can Make Your ...23 reviews Cali Ressler, Jody Thompson Portfolio Hardcover, 2008 The Ideas to Help Start a Revolution at Work I've seen a number of reviews that say, in a nutshell, "The book doesn't tell me HOW to do this". This book was not meant to tell you how -- it was meant to get you thinking, talking, sharing and collaborating with your co-workers and management to take action in your workplace. The authors are giving you ideas; it is up to you to get the dialog flowing with co-workers and management. ROWE is ...             The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich744 reviews Timothy Ferriss Crown, 2007 effective Worthwhile read. He's figured out a great system for being really effective in small amounts of time. A lot of his tips for eliminating wastes of time have worked well for me. On the flip side, the author is a little bit of an egoist a-hole with a value system where he thinks mostly of himself. He puts you on confidence-building exercises such as staring down people when you walk by them and ...             The Craftsman8 reviews Richard Sennett Yale University Press, 2008 Signifigance of Craft This is not your standard craft book. It is an insiteful analysis of craft as a social and human phenomenon. It explores all aspects of craft from the role of the hand to the historical divergence of craft and art.             Organizing from the Inside Out, second edition: The Foolproof System For Organizing Your Home, Your Office ...168 reviews Julie Morgenstern Holt Paperbacks, 2004 A Refreshing Approach to Organizing Julie Morgenstern's "Organizing from the Inside Out" is such a fantastic and valuable book. Her approach to organizing, as the title suggests, is whatever you are organizing -- your work/family schedule, your office, your kitchen, or your basement -- needs to reflect you: what's important to you, who you are and your value and logic system. I found it so refreshing and exciting how the focus in ...             Making It All Work: Winning at the Game of Work and Business of Life David Allen Viking Adult, 2008 The long-awaited follow-up to the New York Times bestseller Getting Things Done . David Allen’s Getting Things Done hit a nerve and ignited a movement with businesses, students, soccer moms, and techies all the way from Silicon Valley to Europe and Asia. Now, David Allen leads the world on a new path to achieve focus, control, and perspective. Throw out everything you know about productivity-- Making It All Work will make life and work ...             Understanding A3 Thinking: A Critical Component of Toyota's PDCA Management System5 reviews Durward K. Sobek II., Art Smalley Productivity Press, 2008 Excellent Summary of A3 Thinking I finally got my copy of this book in the mail last week. I guess it is sold out and hard to obtain at any site. I'm glad to finally have mine. Given some of the comments above I'm guessing there was either a delay at the publishers or they simply did not anticipate all the demand. I did finally get mine however... Regardless I am please to note that this book is an excellent summary of A3 ...             The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Success by Achieving More with Less75 reviews Richard Koch Doubleday Business, 1999 Great Book top 20% of books I've ever read. This is a great book. Totally changed how I see my business. It seems that I have always known of the 80/20 rule, but now I can see how to really use it in my life and business. I've only read "Part One" of the book, but already I am forever changed and so is my business. I'm so impressed that I am planning to buy the $80 audio program from Nightingale Conant because I really want to ...             Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work and Life44 reviews David Allen Penguin (Non-Classics), 2004 Productivity and Self Discovery David Allen's "Ready for Everything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work & Life" is excellent! As the companion book following his widely popular "Getting Things Done", it is a great addition to enhance personal productivity. I found myself revisiting the book time and again to get back on track whenever I felt overwhelmed. It inspired me to look with clarity and I discovered that it is entirely ...             One Year to an Organized Life: From Your Closets to Your Finances, the Week-by-Week Guide to Getting ...15 reviews Regina Leeds Da Capo Press, 2007 Just what i needed! This is a great book when you need a bit of help with the mess you are in... It breaks up the disorder into orderly projects, which are fun to do and easy to follow. And it gives you the very positive feeling about the house and the chores you have to do to make it your home.             Creating a Lean Culture: Tools to Sustain Lean Conversions11 reviews David Mann Productivity Press, 2005 Great reference on real lean This book fills an essential gap between Liker's Toyota Way and the many books on Lean Tools. We intentionally didn't begin our lean transformation in our large service orgnization until we had this book because we saw the folly in trying to implement a bunch of lean tools without the necessary management system. We have visited some Tier 1 Toyota suppliers and Kaizen really means ...             SharePoint 2007 User's Guide: Learning Microsoft's Collaboration and Productivity Platform15 reviews Seth Bates, Tony Smith Apress, 2007 Excellent book for various skill-level users. This book is easy to use both as a learning tool and a reference tool. The many examples provided give good background on the context of the desired function, and explicit, step-by-step instructions. The book has lots of "usage" suggestions.             The Balanced Scorecard: Translating Strategy into Action53 reviews Robert S. Kaplan, David P. Norton Harvard Business School Press, 1996 Effective Strategic Management Tool The book is a classic that has revolutionalised the way executives view their organizations, be it a for profit or not-for-profit entity. The Balanced Scorecard, an approach to strategic management that was developed by Robert S Kaplan and David P Norton, is a concept for measuring a company's activities in terms of its vision and strategies, to provide managers with a comprehensive view of the ...              search for books collaboration, completely, component, conversions, craftsman, disciplines, effective, execution, foolproof, guilt-free, lifehacker, management, microsoft, organized, organizing, overcoming, principle, principles, procrastinating, procrastination, productivity, revolution, schedules, scorecard, sharepoint, strategic, stress-free, translating, understanding, week-by-week books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen VHS: This Land Is Our Land - Live: The Pop-Folk Years, Vol 2 home  impressum - about us