Since it was first published almost fifteen years ago, David Allen’s Getting Things Done has become one of the most influential business books of its era, and the ultimate book on personal organization. “GTD” is now shorthand for an entire way of approaching professional and personal tasks, and has spawned an entire culture of websites, organizational tools, seminars, and offshoots.
For years, I thought my problem was that I didn’t try hard enough. So I started getting up earlier. I drank enough energy drinks to kill a horse. I ate more superfoods. Nothing worked. Then, while leading a thirty-day online course, I learned something surprising: The most effective exercises didn’t add pressure, they took the pressure off. The strategies in this book are counterintuitive and might feel like cheating. But they’re based on studies conducted by a university researcher with hundreds of participants.
Most organizations and individuals work in the context of annual goals and plans; a twelve-month execution cycle. Instead, The 12 Week Year avoids the pitfalls and low productivity of annualized thinking. This book redefines your “year” to be 12 weeks long. In 12 weeks, there just isn’t enough time to get complacent, and urgency increases and intensifies.
Since 2015, Extreme Ownership has revolutionized leadership development and set a new standard. Required reading for many of the most successful organizations, it details the mindset and principles that enable SEAL units to accomplish the most difficult combat missions. It demonstrates how to apply them to any team or organization, in any leadership environment.
There is a huge difference between knowing something and understanding. There is an even wider gap between understanding and doing. Highly successful people never get it all finished in any given day; however, they always get the most important things completed. Selk and Bartow offer the 8 fundamentals of doing what is most important.
Little, everyday decisions will either take you to the life you desire or to disaster by default. Darren Hardy, publisher of Success Magazine, presents The Compound Effect, a distillation of the fundamental principles that have guided the most phenomenal achievements in business, relationships, and beyond.
Do you feel frustrated because you can’t seem to finish every item on your daily to-do lists? If so, it’s not your fault. Millions of people are using to-do lists that set them up for failure. In the To-Do List Formula, Damon Zahariades shares an approach designed to help you organize, manage, and address every task and responsibility on your plate in a timely fashion.
BJ FOGG is here to change your life—and revolutionize how we think about human behavior. Based on twenty years of research and Fogg’s experience coaching more than 40,000 people, Tiny Habits cracks the code of habit formation. With breakthrough discoveries in every chapter, you’ll learn the simplest proven ways to transform your life. Fogg shows you how to feel good about your successes instead of bad about your failures.
Out of all books Paul recommends, this is his favorite! Since the founding of Paul Cameron’s recruiting firm DriveStaff, Inc., in June of 2002, continuing on to SpeedUpMyJobSearch.com in May of 2014, every single employee has been (and still is) required to read this book before their first day, on which, there is a quiz on this book to ensure they actually did read it! Do you want to know about OUR culture? Read this book.
First introduced decades ago by the U.S. Air Force, checklists have enabled pilots to fly aircraft of mind-boggling sophistication. Now innovative checklists are being adopted in hospitals, classrooms, and in the Job Search Management program of SpeedUpMyJobSearch.com! By ensuring the right things get done, the right order, consistently, excellence will follow.
Originally published in 1937, and selling more than 60 million copies worldwide, Hill’s Think and Grow Rich studied the work and lives of some of the most successful people of the Industrial Era including Ford, Wrigley, Eastman, Rockefeller, and Edison, among others, and identified the characteristics of what launched these individuals into greatness.
Learn the power of design thinking to help you achieve goals you never thought possible. Achievement can be learned. It’s a muscle, and once you learn how to flex it, you’ll be able to meet life’s challenges and fulfill your goals.
From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, Richard H. Thaler, and Cass R. Sunstein: a revelatory look at how we make decisions. Every day we make choices—about what to buy or eat, about financial investments or our children’s health and education, even about the causes we champion or the planet itself. Unfortunately, we often choose poorly. Nudge is about how we make these choices and how we can make better ones.
The former Google executive, editorial director of Twitter and self-described introvert offers networking advice for anyone who has ever cancelled a coffee date due to social anxiety—about how to nurture a vibrant circle of reliable contacts without leaving your comfort zone.
Smarter Faster Better by Charles Duhigg At the core of Smarter Faster Better are eight key productivity concepts—from motivation and goal setting to focus and decision making—that explain why some people and companies get so much done. Drawing on the latest findings…
In The Power of Habit, award-winning business reporter Charles Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed. Distilling vast amounts of information into engrossing narratives that take us from the boardrooms of Procter & Gamble to the sidelines of the NFL to the front lines of the civil rights movement, Duhigg presents a whole new understanding of human nature and its potential.
