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Getting Things Done by David Allen
4.0
informative inspiring medium-paced

Useful book on making productivity easier by changing the way you organise tasks and information. You don't have to change everything all at once, you can just implement a few useful things. For me, I'm going to work on getting rid of all the old emails in my inbox and taking time to break down problems into smaller tasks. Through listening to this book, I realised that my inbox is full because I don't make decisions about how to handle the emails. Knowing this allows me to work on the problem. I'm also going to experiment with having separate task lists for things I have to do now (this week) or later, so that my overview isn't cluttered with things I don't have to think about now or that I can't even do because I'm waiting for something or someone.

If you've never read any books on productivity, I think this would be a good starting point. The only thing I don't like about it, is that it can be a bit repetitive, but that's because it's set up so you don't have to read the whole book, but can read specific chapters that appeal to you.