Productivity books that save more time than they take to read
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- Опубликовано: 2 июл 2024
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Books are better than RUclips videos. I said it.
CHAPTERS:
00:00 intro
00:34 change how you DO productivity
02:39 change the way you form habits
06:06 change the way you think about time
09:22 change what you're being productive FOR
13:35 change the way you FEEL
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IN THIS VIDEO:*
Off the Clock: a.co/d/8k3M0aJ
Getting Things Done: a.co/d/aaoyZst
Feel Good Productivity: a.co/d/4JgIc3M
Real Self Care: a.co/d/7tS14eK
Atomic Habits: a.co/d/bbGBvb8
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ADHD mom who has read most of these weighing in - if you have time to read all of these, by all means do! But if you're doing triage, I'd say anyone neurodivergent may want to skip Off The Clock, I've been following Laura Vanderkam for over a decade and I find her pretty unsympthetic to my struggles.
I think I'm due for a re-read of GTD - in the past I've found David Allen's approach really overwhelming, but lots of ADHD people swear by this method.
I personally don't find Atomic Habits all that helpful either, but it's worth a read to understand how habit loops work if you're new to that topic. Real Self Care and Feel Good Productivity I haven't read yet but they are on my list - I bet they're going to be my favorites!
For anyone who likes this type of content - I highly recommend The Lazy Genius. Kendra's main outlet is a fantastic podcast, but she also has two books (with a. third coming out this year I'm very excited about) and a fun newsletter.
I took am an adult with ADD and your comments resonate with me.
I like Laura’s work for the most part but I personally found 168 Hours better for me than Off the Clock.
I also could not implement GTD regardless of how hard I tried. My brain just couldn’t “do” all the steps. I recently found an e-book & audio by Leo Babauta called Zen to Done (ZTD). He wrote what is basically a long essay for those who found GTD to be too much. He distilled GTD and reframed it into his version he calls Zen to Done (ZTD). I’m not saying that it’s “fix” but does seem more geared towards the neurodivergent brain.
I loved this! I have been reading Real Self Care and it is phenomenal. I keep thinking of giving it to my principal after I am done….. She is so amazing but so bad at boundaries with work. Does not help that our district is tearing down and rebuilding our school building next 3 years, we are moving our FOUR SECTION K-8 (720 students, 150 staff) to two buildings over a mile apart. The other schools who went through this had project managers, but nope they said no money for that and my poor principal had to both RUN A SCHOOL and PROJECT MANAGE THIS BUILDING MOVE AND REBUILDING PROJECT ALL YEAR. I love her but I know she has struggled. Thankfully at some point the secretaries in the office decided to gatekeep her calendar for her because she kept saying yes when people popped in unannounced. 😢
I remember hoping for more book recs the first time I heard you mention getting things done. So glad to see this video!! 🎉
Please take a look at Atul Gawande’s The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right. Even though I’ve always been a checklist-loving gal, reading the first chapter of this book literally gave me goosebumps! This is the book that reminded me that it isn’t enough to simply be productive- to get things done - but to get the right things done at the right time, working with the information we need to make informed decisions.
4000 Weeks by Oliver Burkeman. Life changing. Great video Rachelle, thanks for the suggestions. GTD changed my life as well.
This is geared towards writers: Around the Writer’s Block by Rosanne Bane. It looks at brain science to solve various kinds of writing/creative resistance you’re having in being productive. I found it fascinating and really helpful! 📝
I found 168 Hours by Laura Vanderkam to be more beneficial than Off the Clock.
I’ve read all of her books and am an overall fan, but I can see how she may not be everyone’s “cup of tea”. If not, then I’d recommend checking out Gretchen Rubin and Kendra Adachi both have lovely podcasts but are a bit skewed towards women. Gretchen has published several books, Better than Before is about habit change (and was more relatable to me than Atomic Habits). Kendra has published two with a third coming this year specifically about productivity. Of the two that are out now, The Lazy Genius Way is the one I recommend. It’s a gentle & forgiving approach to overwhelm and provides a good framework to keeping things simple- has a slight feel of Essentalism by Greg McKeown.
Love all your videos, and this one was great too. I just started the book E-Myth Revisited. Thanks
What a great video, thank you. I’m actually reading a book that has nearly the same title as the one by David Allen, but it’s by two German authors (but I read it in English). The subtitle says everything about it: 41 tools to start, stick with and finish things. It’s very practical and action orientated. Have a great and successful week.
I immediately borrowed Off the Clock on Libby. I'm an empty nester now and I feel as overwhelmed now as an empty nester with a full-time job as I did when I was working full time while going to college at night and running two kids around to activities and it simply not possible that's the case.
I said this at Tiago Forte's channel recently to someone who couldn't afford his course (I mean, who can?)
Create your own system based on your values. No one can teach you how to be productive. It's in the doing. Actual successful people work their ass off and so should you. Think Jocko Willink and people like that.
Stop reading books that only financially enrich others. Start creating art and literature and music and work your skills to make products that demonstrate your skills to financially enrich yours. I can guaran-damn-tee that none of these guys do what they're telling you to do. lol
Also, key is to be in good health to be able to think positively because "as a man thinks in his heart, so is he" as the saying goes.
And most productivity RUclipsrs (after much research) are grifters and fakes. Like Ali.
Could you please elaborate on your last point? In what way are people like Ali fake?
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I've seen a few videos that elaborate about the methods, and then there are some which are more opinion. My initial feeling about him were proved correct over the years, but it's not just him but all RUclipsrs.
RUclipsrs who make content and that's their main source of income have a vested interest in telling you what you want to hear. They find a niche, capitalize on it, build a "brand" around them and then market to unsuspecting ready audience. That's where the "courses" and collabs with other RUclipsrs make these guys millions.
When you peel away what they're offering, it's really nothing. They're idea of being productive is telling you how to be productive, but they produce nothing, while you who have a job and are actively pursuing your hobbies are the real productive ones. That's why productivity cannot be learned, it's a discipline like any other.
Ali was a doctor. He spent years building himself up on RUclips in the Studytube productivity space and then one day stopped to do RUclips full-time. To do what? To tell you how to be productive...but in the end, his audience is being sold a myth.
We (they) buy their books and they pocket the money, which in that time I could have developed recipes, written songs, written a chapter in a book. We're all called to creative, but we're getting our cues from people we don't know whose lives we don't know. What do they produce? I asked that of James Clear once. He wasn't amused.
Being a doctor is a vocation. That's admirable. Being a RUclipsr can be great if you're marketing your business but it's a tool, not an occupation. It's a hobby, too. I get it.
I mention Tiago Forte. Same formula, but there's a lot more honesty with Tiago's approach that I like. His videos are well produced, but the courses and ridiculous interviews are nothing more than ads.
And that's where we come to the "Planner community". I can never explain it to my family. I buy a planner and now all of a sudden I'm part of a community? lol I say this because this is what Planner tubers think they have to do to build their brand: buy stuff, offer affiliate codes, show off stuff, do the planner burnout videos and then "give ourselves grace". I've had the same three planers I've started the year with, so now when I go to see the same channels I love, they're just selling me things.
I'm trying to get out of debt, I don't need temptation. lol
Jealous much? 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@madnessofmymind Jealous of? I know this is RUclips, but is there an argument somewhere?
(usage of emojis doesn't really inspire that I'll get a response, but hey, we're all trying to keep it light, I get it.)
"Start creating art and literature and music and work your skills to make products that demonstrate your skills to financially enrich yours" - not one word in the sentence has anything to do with what I'm trying to do with my life.
I purchased off the clock from audible after your recommendation. Unfortunately as someone that doesn't have an A typical brain there was not a lot I could take from it. That was the first one from the list, I've purchased all of them either on audible or book form. I'm hoping the next one will have something applicable to my brain 😂
Personally I found 168 Hours by Laura Vanderkam more beneficial than Off the Clock.
I’ve been wanting this video for awhile! I’m so glad to have all the books compiled in one place for reference.
I checked my local library and atomic habits is crazy popular. All 25 copies are checked out and there are 58 holds 🤯😱
Great tips and suggestions in this video. Thank you! Particularly interested in checking out the book and channel by Ali Abdaal. I appreciate that you not only give suggestions of resources, but also share what you have used and how you have put these resources into practice. It is easy to get caught up in the consuming of material without putting it into action. If you haven't yet, check out the channel created by Dr Jeevan Fernando. Some of the things you discussed at the start of the video remind me of his research and suggestions.
Ali is phenomenal
There are a number of books that pre-date Clear and have far more science in them than him.
Care to share some?
Oh? I read The Power of Habit when it came out and the only worthwhile part is the last chapter (or is it actually the epilogue?) The rest of it is pointless anecdotes.
Are there others?
And they are called???
Hooked by Nir Eyal
Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin
Essential Zen Habits by Leo Babauta
In 2021 BJ Fogg published Tiny Habits
They all have a different feel and slightly different take on basically the same research. If like me, Atomic Habits didn’t resonate with you maybe one of these will.