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lhollis's review against another edition
3.0
Enjoyed the book, but a lot of information. He did have a lot of try this action items at the end of each chapter. I would have benefited from reading it instead of listening to it.
delightsofdecay's review against another edition
1.0
Wanna get drunk real fast? Take a shot every time he says “work smarter not harder”. Obviously this book is geared towards men because of the annoying Mila Kunis is so hot comments and slut shaming people who take people home from bars. What do either of those have to do with productivity? Don’t know. Weird bro talk I don’t understand. I only read half of the book until I got fed up. Most interesting thing I learned was that people didn’t use clocks until the late 19th century.
bmadisonw's review against another edition
informative
fast-paced
2.0
If you've never read a self-help or productivity book of any kind, this might be an okay introduction to many different improvement strategies, but if, like me, you frequent this genre of book, this one won't offer you anything original. The author primarily recounts his experience of one year spent applying all of these methods in his own life and his personal experience with each, sprinkled here and there with a few statistics. His anecdotes sometimes cause a cringe--especially if you're listening to the audiobook--as he jokes about topics like his attraction to Mila Kunis. The tone and target audience come across as skewing male, and the differences in psychological challenges associated with multitasking and productivity between genders is not addressed or considered.
Each chapter starts with a summary of the key takeaway, which is an extremely helpful way to understand what to pay attention to as you read or listen to the book. He also offers a few useful exercises to invite readers to apply the strategies he describes immediately. Many, however, will quickly discourage readers due to the amount of time required to complete them. These methodologies are obviously fun and simple to the author, but the average person will likely fail to implement almost any of them based on the descriptions provided in this book.
Overall, The Productivity Project suffers for having a broad but shallow focus that appeals only to those people who do not struggle to get organized or are just starting on their journey of improving productivity.
Each chapter starts with a summary of the key takeaway, which is an extremely helpful way to understand what to pay attention to as you read or listen to the book. He also offers a few useful exercises to invite readers to apply the strategies he describes immediately. Many, however, will quickly discourage readers due to the amount of time required to complete them. These methodologies are obviously fun and simple to the author, but the average person will likely fail to implement almost any of them based on the descriptions provided in this book.
Overall, The Productivity Project suffers for having a broad but shallow focus that appeals only to those people who do not struggle to get organized or are just starting on their journey of improving productivity.
borna's review against another edition
4.0
A clear summary of some ideas regarding productivity. A good approach to the subject. And, honestly, a nice read to re-prioritize.
liana_bakradze's review against another edition
3.0
3/5 (enjoyed)
Very healthy productivity advice. Nothing entirely new for me, but enjoyed reading this, useful as a reminder what's important.
Very healthy productivity advice. Nothing entirely new for me, but enjoyed reading this, useful as a reminder what's important.
evenshadow's review against another edition
1.0
I have never found an author's personality more revolting than Bailey's. Sure, he has a few good tips here and there, but it didn't make up for the fact that he started writing this book his first year out of college, never having had a full-time, permanent, big-boy job. He's just some rich white asshole who had enough money to tour Europe and take a year off from working to do nothing but write a book and some blog posts. Of course he's productive, it's easy to be productive when nothing bad ever happens to you and you have time to take a week off to meditate all day! He's delusional about how office life actually works- or life at all, really.
Ick. I feel disgusted knowing I gave money to this creep (indirectly). I need to go shower.
Ick. I feel disgusted knowing I gave money to this creep (indirectly). I need to go shower.
renee_listens's review against another edition
5.0
Great audiobook; learned a few great tips. Enjoyed the listen.
caszriel's review against another edition
4.0
This book has definitely kept me sane during lockdown and having the (unusual) freedom to try out a lot of the end of chapter challenges has been amazing. I think this book stands out for me because the author tells you about his personal experiences with the experiments and techniques rather than just saying “trust me, it’ll work”. There’s a really clear layout, it’s consistent and easy to read, and a lot of the chapters end with little challenges which shifts you from reading to acting. To anyone who is interested in becoming more productive (and willing to put in the work), I highly recommend The Productivity Project.
shmelomelo's review against another edition
3.0
Not horrible, not great.
I enjoyed the chapters about how to tackle procrastination but other than that did not gain much from this book.
The writing left me wanting as his voice sounds rather naive and green. The unnecessary bragging and endless retelling of the same stories/projects (also the self references in the book) were tiresome and grating and not efficient at all. A quarter in, I stopped reading it carefully and just skipped to the only relevant points in the text. The challenges and the reading time estimates were a nice touch, though.
I enjoyed the chapters about how to tackle procrastination but other than that did not gain much from this book.
The writing left me wanting as his voice sounds rather naive and green. The unnecessary bragging and endless retelling of the same stories/projects (also the self references in the book) were tiresome and grating and not efficient at all. A quarter in, I stopped reading it carefully and just skipped to the only relevant points in the text. The challenges and the reading time estimates were a nice touch, though.