[10068]

Yo,

So I'm sure if you haven't though it yourself, someone close to you has... "It's December Already?!" or "I just wish I had more time..." or the Pink Floyd song Time, or the similar lyric(s) from Take The Long Road Home (Supertramp), or "Time Flies" etc. etc.

I know there's books out there, many years ago my father had one called How To Have a 48-Hour Day.

What are the gems of this .. uhh... 'genre' that are actually good, and actually get the job done? No speculations please, I want to hear from someone who's Been There Done That and never looked back.

Thanks!!!

 

[chesebert]

7 habits of highly effective people

no book can help you if you are inherently lazy, like me

 

[Kirosia]

Operations management textbook?

 

[10068]

Quote:

Originally Posted by chesebert /img/forum/go_quote.gif 7 habits of highly effective people no book can help you if you are inherently lazy, like me

I always figured this book was a crazy fad or something, like Scientology (ugh). It's not, then?

EDIT: Uh, let's not talk about Scientology at all after this post. The whole No Religion thing yknow

 

[juniperlater]

I liked Leo Babauta's book, The Power of Less. He is also the author of the blog ZenHabits.net

 

[LeftyGorilla]

Most successful (healthy, financially stable, quality gf, good relationships with family) lazy person I know swears by The 4-Hour Workweek and Timothy Ferriss

 

[chesebert]

Quote:

Originally Posted by LeftyGorilla /img/forum/go_quote.gif Most successful (healthy, financially stable, quality gf, good relationships with family) lazy person I know swears by The 4-Hour Workweek and Timothy Ferriss

what are you thought on this book?

 

[keyid]

Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time
by Brian Tracy = reading list for working at google.

 

[Uncle Erik]

I don't know of any specific books, but I stopped watching television in December 1999 following a dispute with the cable company. Long story short, I paid them what they wanted then had them turn it off.

I went through about a month of withdrawal, then productivity went way up. I had an incredible amount of free time to do all the things I had meant to "get around to."

The past six years have been mired in my job a lot, but I'll be looking for a new one soon to get back to a 40 hour week.

Still, I haveno plans to start watching again - there's too much else to do.

 

[chesebert]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Uncle Erik /img/forum/go_quote.gif I don't know of any specific books, but I stopped watching television in December 1999 following a dispute with the cable company. Long story short, I paid them what they wanted then had them turn it off. I went through about a month of withdrawal, then productivity went way up. I had an incredible amount of free time to do all the things I had meant to "get around to." The past six years have been mired in my job a lot, but I'll be looking for a new one soon to get back to a 40 hour week. Still, I haveno plans to start watching again - there's too much else to do.

my, where can you find an attorney job working only 40hr week? going solo? part-time?

 

[limpidglitch]

Procrastinator's Creed

Just do exactly the opposite of what it says.

 

[MomijiTMO]

This thread is definitely one I need to follow.

 

[catachresis]

I just don't buy into all of this self-help book nonsense. Last October, I spent over $300.00 on books about saving money and budgeting while I was searching for the best pair of IEMs in North America and trying to get an authoritative understanding of the effectiveness and comfort-levels of performance wool socks. I tried thirty brands and 53 "models," and, let me tell you, the Dahlgren Alpaca Mens Hiking Socks, double-plied with real Alpaca fur are beauts! But those budgeting books are all a load of baloney, if you ask me. I'm way in the red with my credit cards. I'm considering selling a kidney. But whatever happens, I'll be wearing those Dahlgren Alpaca Mens Hiking Socks--on the trail or on the operating table, they're the SchizzZ!

 

[keyid]

if your on the computer alot, trying to get work done; a good tool is a self timer. I use one for google desktop called Simple Timer, you can drag out couple mins and it counts down, upon 0 gives you a message. You always think some task will take certain amount of time and you chart your day/week on that estimation. The timer can help you figure out how long a task really takes for future reference for estimation and also figuring out why it took longer than expected.