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A review by bmadisonw
The Productivity Project: Accomplishing More by Managing Your Time, Attention, and Energy by Chris Bailey
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.