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Working Hard, Hardly Working: How to achieve more, stress less and feel fulfilled
Grace Beverley
3.47 AVERAGE
207 reviews for:
Working Hard, Hardly Working: How to achieve more, stress less and feel fulfilled
Grace Beverley
3.47 AVERAGE
This was the most over-hyped book I have read in a long time. It's great if this provided you with helpful tips to implement in your own life, but for me, it was extremely repetitive and confusing to read.
This book is incredibly self-indulgent and comes from such a privileged place, which is acknowledged but the acknowledgment doesn't go far enough.
Beverley is an astoundingly successful businesswoman and clearly very intelligent but she isn't a natural author, and I'm surprised parts of this got past proof-reading stages.
And please, stop italicising every fifth word.
This book is incredibly self-indulgent and comes from such a privileged place, which is acknowledged but the acknowledgment doesn't go far enough.
Beverley is an astoundingly successful businesswoman and clearly very intelligent but she isn't a natural author, and I'm surprised parts of this got past proof-reading stages.
And please, stop italicising every fifth word.
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Whilst this book didn't say anything groundbreaking for me personally about productivity, it was nice to have all the advice in one place. What I did like was the mixed genre between self-help/autobiography/academic discourse about hustle culture. I was made to think about how working itself can be self-care and how to work more efficiently, and also how to recognise the difference between burn out and laziness. Grace is acutely aware of her own privileges so it didn't read hypocritically at all, some people are just set on hating every single thing she does. Overall I came away feeling motivated and I enjoy the reading list/podcast recommendations at the back.
It also got me thinking about goodreads and the role it plays in hustle culture. Do we participate in reading challenges for fun or to show our peers how many books we have read. Am I writing this review as a personal log about things I enjoyed, or to prove to my friends that in my spare time I read books about success?...
It also got me thinking about goodreads and the role it plays in hustle culture. Do we participate in reading challenges for fun or to show our peers how many books we have read. Am I writing this review as a personal log about things I enjoyed, or to prove to my friends that in my spare time I read books about success?...
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To avoid sounded big-headed, this book provides some very useful tips for those who are looking to get organised and get disciplined in the simplest way possible, which isn't entirely a bad thing! I found that a lot of the tips and organisation methods Grace outlined I already use and was aware of before I read this book, so I didn't exactly take away anything new. However, I liked that this book serves as a useful reminder of how to get back on track quickly, and also how to take productive time off from working - something a stressed and overwhelmed university student like myself can use every once in a while!
Quite pretentious and she definitely thinks she's the bees knees but this was genuinely helpful, go her
The book I wish my twenty one year-old self had read. Would have been really helpful when I entered full-time work and started navigating self-employment.
I found this book to be really useful for recommended productivity methods that can actually be applied in the real working world. My lifestyle and job is very different to that of Grace's and still found the majority of her writing very relatable. There are a couple of areas where the themes become a little vague and it lost my attention occasionally, but overall this is a great book for those struggling with working methods and productivity - would recommend.