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afrinazerinnoor's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
1.5
It's all common sense. You already know of these strategies. This 40 page thing would've been more useful as ten or so bullet points.
This was my first self-help book. I didn’t find anything here useful at all. Different strategies work for different people. We shouldn't look for advice from people looking to make a living out of people's desperation. These people purposefully complicate things to sell you more and more books, courses, lectures and stuff. Try to understand what works for you. You don't need to waste any time on this
This was my first self-help book. I didn’t find anything here useful at all. Different strategies work for different people. We shouldn't look for advice from people looking to make a living out of people's desperation. These people purposefully complicate things to sell you more and more books, courses, lectures and stuff. Try to understand what works for you. You don't need to waste any time on this
isitcake's review against another edition
informative
fast-paced
4.0
Lots of great, practical advice packed into a short read. The advice is basically that
- Over-stimulation is what prevents you being productive and it's best to avoid being stimulated so that you can focus on being productive
- Do a 45-minute focused productive session first thing in the morning
- Your mind will trick you that going back to work will be easy, that you can do it later, or that you should enjoy yourself now and worry about it later.
- Reset your dopamine levels doing a 48-, 24-hour or partial detox where you give up drugs/alcohol, sugar & processed foods, social media, movies, video games, internet, etc. Anything that is endless scroll or overly stimulating.
- Go for walks, journal, meditate, read, or stretch to boost “here-and-now” neurotransmitters (endorphin, oxytocin, serotonin) that make you feel calmer and more present (the opposite of dopamine)
- Plan your day. Prioritize tasks by thinking about long-term goals, reverse engineering those into short-term goals, and the tasks needed to achieve those goals.
- Schedule 1 major task to work on each morning
coffeedrops's review against another edition
informative
fast-paced
2.5
A short and informative read that doesn't have as much useless information as most of the other similar kinds of books do. I'll soon try to implement the techniques mentioned in this book and see if they do any good. I'm sure it'll be a bit challenging to stick with it, especially at the start, but I'll try and give it my best shot.