A fresh, personal, and entertaining exploration of a topic that
concerns all of us: how to be more productive at work and in every facet
of our lives.
Chris Bailey turned down lucrative job offers to pursue a lifelong
dream--to spend a year performing a deep dive experiment into the
pursuit of productivity, a subject he had been enamored with since he
was a teenager. After obtaining his business degree, he created a blog
to chronicle a year-long series of productivity experiments he conducted
on himself, where he also continued his research and interviews with
some of the world's foremost experts, from Charles Duhigg to David
Allen. Among the experiments that he tackled: Bailey went several weeks
with getting by on little to no sleep; he cut out caffeine and sugar; he
lived in total isolation for 10 days; he used his smartphone for just an
hour a day for three months; he gained ten pounds of muscle mass; he
stretched his work week to 90 hours; a late riser, he got up at 5:30
every morning for three months--all the while monitoring the impact of
his experiments on the quality and quantity of his work.
The Productivity Project--and the lessons Chris learned--are the
result of that year-long journey. Among the counterintuitive insights
Chris Bailey will teach you:
- slowing down to work more deliberately;
- shrinking or eliminating the unimportant;
- the rule of three;
- striving for imperfection;
- scheduling less time for important tasks;
- the 20 second rule to distract yourself from the inevitable
distractions;
- and the concept of productive procrastination.
In an eye-opening and thoroughly engaging read, Bailey offers a treasure
trove of insights and over 25 best practices that will help you
accomplish more.
