Personal Development Productivity

Mathematics is full of better ways of thinking, and with more than 2,000 years of knowledge to draw on, Oxford mathematician Marcus du Sautoy interrogates his passion for shortcuts in this fresh and fascinating guide. After all, shortcuts have enabled so much of human progress, whether in constructing the first cities around the Euphrates 5,000 years ago, using calculus to determine the scale of the universe or today’s algorithms that help us find a new life partner.

This book is a comprehensive guide to motivation aimed at helping individuals cultivate and maintain motivation in their personal and professional lives. The book covers a wide range of topics, including the definition of motivation, the psychological theories behind motivation, the process of discovering one's "why," and the various strategies for overcoming obstacles such as procrastination and self-doubt. The book also explores the science of habit formation, the role that positive habits can play in supporting motivation, and the importance of building a positive mindset and setting ...

An award-winning journalist, avid reader and new mom, Karma Brown dreamed of writing her first novel. But between diapers and tight deadlines, how could she? For Brown, the answer to this problem was to rise earlier every day and use that time to write. In The 4% Fix, Karma Brown reveals the latest research about time management and goal-setting and shares strategies that have worked for her as well as for others. How will you use this one hour—only 4% of your day—to change your life?

Las mañanas son la clave para tomar el control de tus horarios. Si las usas sabiamente, podrás construir hábitos que te permitan llevar una vida más feliz y más productiva. Sobre la base de anécdotas de la vida real e investigación científica que muestra por qué las primeras horas del día son tan importantes, Laura Vanderkam revela cómo las personas exitosas usan las mañanas para realizar las cosas que, a menudo, son imposibles de hacer más tarde en el día.

Mornings are a madcap time for many of us. We wake up in a haze - often after hitting snooze a few times. Then we rush around to get ready and out the door so we can officially start the day. Before we know it, hours have slipped by without us accomplishing anything beyond downing a cup of coffee, dashing off a few emails, and dishing with our coworkers around the water cooler. By the time the workday wraps up, we're so exhausted and defeated that any motivation to accomplish something in the evening has vanished.

Find out how to get organized, navigate technologies like portable communication devices and e-mail, run a no-nonsense meeting, juggle all the players in the new global business environment, and carve out more time to do what you really want to do. We all struggle to balance work life and personal life; this audiobook will help you work more quickly and efficiently, freeing time for you to fulfill your other duties as a parent, a spouse, or a friend.

According to the data published by the American Psychological Association, 20 percent of adult Americans are chronic procrastinators. That is higher than the number of people diagnosed with any mental or physical health issue. The good news is that improving productivity and bringing procrastination under control are well-researched topics. With some effort, you can follow the path to procrastinate less and produce more.

Do you feel like time is never enough? Do you find yourself often working overtime but still being unable to complete your daily tasks? Do you feel overwhelmed by the chaos of your life? We live in a workaholic world where everyone of us is pushed to the limit, everyone is required to always do more, and more is never enough. If you focus on mere amount of work instead of its effectiveness, you are creating with your own hands the stressful and self-destructive environment you are experiencing now. If that is the way you feel then, don't blame the world, but your mindset.

UNLOCK THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF THE WEEKLY REVIEW Saturday Success: Reflect, Revise, Rise - Your Weekly Success Review is a powerful compass designed to transform your approach to weekly reflection and personal development. This book offers a comprehensive guide to implementing the Weekly Review method, a powerful tool for personal and professional growth. Inside this book, you'll discover: • Learn how to effectively reflect on your experiences, identify patterns, and extract valuable insights from both successes and setbacks. • Discover strategies for setting ambitious yet ...

You see, achieving your goals doesn’t have to be difficult - even if you’ve tried and failed before. In fact, it’s easier than you think. A study by Duckworth and Martin Seligman in 2004 demonstrated that self-discipline is a better indicator of success than IQ. And best of all, self-discipline is a learn-able skill, which means you can achieve success without having a unique talent or an exceptionally high IQ.

Imagine if you could list and sell more homes and still have time to read, exercise, sleep, and spend time with your family! The only productivity guide based on solid research and interviews with real estate moguls, billionaires, millionaires, entrepreneurs, Olympic athletes, and successful business executives.

Most people confuse procrastination with laziness, but they are quite different. Laziness is an inactive process while procrastination is an active process. Procrastination involves choosing to do something less important instead of the crucial project while laziness is inactivity, inability to act or unwillingness to take action. Most procrastinators lead a busy life. They are always engaged in easy and enjoyable tasks as opposed to seemingly tough jobs that are more important or rewarding.

Con técnicas, ejercicios y ejemplos concretos, este libro te invita a buscar un equilibrio entre todos los aspectos de tu existencia. Martina Rua y Pablo Martín Fernández, especialistas en productividad, proponen hackear tu vida con herramientas novedosas para adueñarte de tu tiempo y disfrutar más de todo lo que te hace feliz. Queremos poder hacer lo que nos gusta, pero nuestras múltiples obligaciones parecen impedirlo. La revolución industrial prometió que las máquinas traerían consigo jornadas laborales de menos horas y más tiempo para el ocio.

Neurological research definitively and repeatedly concludes that there is a bottleneck in our cognitive function - when we do more than one thing at a time, we become less efficient and more error-prone. Our systems get overloaded and we crash. In fact, we are actually wired to monotask - to give dedicated focus to one task at a time.

They scream out at us all day: digital distractions, other people's urgent demand for “five minutes” that's never five minutes, the meetings that you shouldn't be in, the pointless email chains, the reports you write that don't get read. We get a dopamine hit from ticking these tasks off a list. It's got us hooked on crazy busyness. But all we are doing is scratching off a layer of fake work on top of the real valuable work. The Crazy Busy Cure is full of intensely practical tips to save people from this addiction and become productive again.

You’re about to discover how to start your morning with a routine similar to the morning routines of some of the most successful people on earth. This audiobook promises to train you and give you an insight into why most successful people are successful based on what they do after waking up in the morning.

Time is a very precious nonrenewable resource, and this is what you'll hear from people who know the value of it. They say that the more you rush, the faster the time gets, and the more you wait, the slower it gets. The truth is that time will remain the same whether you rush or not. It really depends on the way you manage yourself. That is why self-management is key. It helps you become more organized, punctual, and a more effective person.

Night after night chefs and their crews are able to multitask and produce in a way that puts deskbound workers to shame. In Work Clean, Dan Charnas uncovers their secret: mise-en-place - the organizational system that transforms the lives of its practitioners through focus and self-discipline.

Need some inspiration to get productive? Steve Pavlina is a true visionary, and his vast array of outstanding productivity based articles are the solution to get your gears moving. This book will teach you how to set edgy goals in order to discover deep motivation. Learn how to break free from harmful addictions, love your idiot zone, make sense of infinite possibilities, and so much more in this long compilation of Steve Pavlina's best writing. Stop procrastinating today. Not tomorrow, today.

Ever promised yourself you'd tackle that to-do list, only to find yourself two hours later knee-deep in cat videos wondering where it all went wrong? Chris Allen's delightfully candid and inspiring audiobook, The Productivity Method, is here to rescue your workday (and sanity) from the clutches of procrastination.