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The Productivity Project

Proven Ways to Become More Awesome

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The Productivity Project

By: Chris Bailey
Narrated by: Chris Bailey
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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. 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.

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. The results were often surprising!

This audiobook is the result of Chris' 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 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.

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.

©2016 Chris Bailey (P)2016 Hachette Audio UK
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Loved the audio book, packed with so many ways to look at your behaviour and all simple no money involved ideas, drink water, sleep, write a list of three etc.. and he explains why with backed up evidence. 1 hour less sleep equals 2 hours less in productivity. Already recommended this book to people and so much better than habit books.

Better than habit books

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The book does an amazing job outlining & describing productivity & how one should pursue being more productivity in all aspects of life.If you value your time, these is so much crammed within these pages that will help you become more productive. I highly recommend it.

Reading this book has been a breath of fresh air.

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So many golden nuggets delivered in an easy style. I'll definitely revisit this as needed and it's modular composition means thats also efficient to do.

Great reference - so many learnings

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Every year or two I listen to this book again. Its changed the way I tackle my work and life really and every time I relisten I get new nuggets of advice. Excellent book.

Ive just finished listening for the 4th time

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Love the author's energy. What a wonderful nerd! Great content! An essential read for living in modern times. Easily the best book on productivity on the market.

incredible!

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