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4.16 AVERAGE
4.16 AVERAGE
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
I thought due to its quick popularity it would be another self help book with sensational but impractical suggestions. However I was wrong. Lots of great examples, references to psychology and research. It is written to advise not in the abstract but in practicality. You can expect actionable steps and to have your beliefs about willpower flipped upon its head.
informative
medium-paced
It is a helpful book, however my abhorrence of the word and ideas surrounding productivity had me arguing with it the whole time I read it. I will read it again sometimes i just need time with ideas to settle them into a way I can incorporate them into my life.
I feel like I should explain my dislike of the word productive. As a Virgo I am naturally a person who likes to get stuff done, I have a master list that i try to get all my to does appointments ect onto and i like to mark them off, I forget less things this way. I have been known to forget to pay rent. So habits which i fall into naturally anyways, we all do. Are in place, are they the most useful ones? sometimes, could I create better ones? Yes! So in that productivity is a good thing. What i strain against is making my personality and self worth all based on my Productiveness. Another words I am me both good and bad even if i do absolutely the bare minimum one day and i am me if I get a LOT done. Now the author is not saying necessarily that your worth is based on what you can produce but that is such a corporate and societal thought process that it becomes ingrained in us. Look at the amount of YouTube videos surrounding the It Girl aesthetics, and well any media actually. It all plays in Into the you are good if you are useful and you are bad if you are not. I feel that needs to be changed to something else.
I feel like I should explain my dislike of the word productive. As a Virgo I am naturally a person who likes to get stuff done, I have a master list that i try to get all my to does appointments ect onto and i like to mark them off, I forget less things this way. I have been known to forget to pay rent. So habits which i fall into naturally anyways, we all do. Are in place, are they the most useful ones? sometimes, could I create better ones? Yes! So in that productivity is a good thing. What i strain against is making my personality and self worth all based on my Productiveness. Another words I am me both good and bad even if i do absolutely the bare minimum one day and i am me if I get a LOT done. Now the author is not saying necessarily that your worth is based on what you can produce but that is such a corporate and societal thought process that it becomes ingrained in us. Look at the amount of YouTube videos surrounding the It Girl aesthetics, and well any media actually. It all plays in Into the you are good if you are useful and you are bad if you are not. I feel that needs to be changed to something else.
informative
reflective
medium-paced
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Content Warnings
Moderate: Medical content, War
Good but a little obvious
There is some great information in this book and some well-worded points that make you think. Overall, I do recommend it. However, a large portion did feel rather obvious to me and therefore felt a little boring. It was still worth it for those pieces of gold that helped change the way I think about myself and my goals. Just needed to push through the parts that weren't as captivating.
There is some great information in this book and some well-worded points that make you think. Overall, I do recommend it. However, a large portion did feel rather obvious to me and therefore felt a little boring. It was still worth it for those pieces of gold that helped change the way I think about myself and my goals. Just needed to push through the parts that weren't as captivating.
I can see why people love this book. I think the overall message is fantastic: don't focus on the end goal, and make little changes each day to improve yourself. Good habits result in big changes over time.
But at this point, I feel like I've read so many books on productivity and self-improvement, it all starts to sound the same. While his approach is different, it's clear that all of these books are built for the neurotypical brain.
This makes sense since it will cover the vast majority of people. But the thing is, most neurotypical people don't even need a book like this because good habits almost come naturally.
I've downloaded every habit-tracking app. Even the fun ones where every time you complete a habit, you feed a virtual pet or grow a garden. None of them work for me. If anything, using the app itself is just one more habit to complete. Notifications don't work. It's like I don't see them. Right now I have a reminder to write in my gratitude journal. That's not happening.
When I see 50 unread emails, I tell myself I'll read them later. I will do everything later. Later never comes. I don't do things I don't want to do in the moment - period.
But maybe productivity just isn't for me. And instead of blaming all these books, I should just accept it. I may be the problem.
But at this point, I feel like I've read so many books on productivity and self-improvement, it all starts to sound the same. While his approach is different, it's clear that all of these books are built for the neurotypical brain.
This makes sense since it will cover the vast majority of people. But the thing is, most neurotypical people don't even need a book like this because good habits almost come naturally.
I've downloaded every habit-tracking app. Even the fun ones where every time you complete a habit, you feed a virtual pet or grow a garden. None of them work for me. If anything, using the app itself is just one more habit to complete. Notifications don't work. It's like I don't see them. Right now I have a reminder to write in my gratitude journal. That's not happening.
When I see 50 unread emails, I tell myself I'll read them later. I will do everything later. Later never comes. I don't do things I don't want to do in the moment - period.
But maybe productivity just isn't for me. And instead of blaming all these books, I should just accept it. I may be the problem.
informative
informative
slow-paced
informative
inspiring
medium-paced