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Personal Productivity Reading Path
Build the habits, mindsets, and systems to do your best work. These books will help you master time, attention, and focus.
Outcome: Master habits, time management, focus and personal effectiveness.
Books in this path (11)
1
Atomic Habits
James Clear, 2018
- Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. No single instance will transform your beliefs, but as the votes build up, so does the evidence of your new identity.
- You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.
2
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Steven R. Covey, 1989
- Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.
- Start with the end in mind.
3
Deep Work
Cal Newport, 2016
- DEEP WORK accomplishes two considerable tasks: One is putting out a wealth of concrete practices for the ambitious, without relying on gauzy cliches
4
Essentialism
Greg McKeown, 2014
- Being an Essentialist is about a disciplined way of thinking
- It means challenging the core assumption of 'We can have it all' and 'I have to do everything' and replacing it with the pursuit of 'the right thing, in the right way, at the right time'
5
The One Thing
Gary Keller, 2014
- The ONE Thing is the New York Times bestseller that delivers extraordinary results in every area of your life - work, personal, family, and spiritual
6
Getting Things Done
David Allen, 2015
- Getting Things Done offers help building the new mental skills needed in an age of multitasking and overload -- Sue Shellenbarger The Wall Street Journal
8
Four Thousand Weeks
Oliver Burkeman, 2022
- What you pay attention to will define, for you, what reality is.
- Mortality makes it impossible to ignore the absurdity of living solely for the future.
9
Mindset
Dr Carol Dweck, 2017
- Becoming is better than being. The fixed mindset does not allow people the luxury of becoming. They have to already be.
- No matter what your ability is, effort is what ignites that ability and turns it into accomplishment.
10
The Compound Effect
Darren Hardy, 2010
- This book reveals the core principles that drive success
- The Compound Effect contains the essence of what every superachiever needs to know, practice, and master to obtain extraordinary success
11
The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness
Morgan Housel, 2020
- Doing well with money has a little to do with how smart you are and a lot to do with how you behave.
- The hardest financial skill is getting the goalpost to stop moving.