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The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles
Steven Pressfield
Grand Central Publishing, 2003
A must-have book for everyone!
I cannot rate this book highly enough. It is one to read over and over again. I stumbled upon a copy years ago and each time I pick it up, I learn something new. Many thanks to Steven Pressfield for writing this very valuable, uplifting, "meaning of life" book.
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The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play
Neil Fiore
Tarcher, 2007
The "unschedule" is the best day planner ever
Please stop beating yourself up long enough to read this book. I have gotten more done on languishing projects in less time and had much more fun in my life since applying the "Unschedule" instead of my former process that began with an impossible to-do list followed ...
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Upgrade Your Life: The Lifehacker Guide to Working Smarter, Faster, Better
Gina Trapani
Wiley, 2008
The second edition is just as good as the first...
I remember reading the first edition of Gina Trapani's Upgrade Your Life: The Lifehacker Guide to Working Smarter, Faster, Better and thinking how wonderful it was. Of course, when the second edition came out, I had to get that one too. And as with the first one, I ...
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One Year to an Organized Life: From Your Closets to Your Finances, the Week-by-Week Guide to Getting ...
Regina Leeds
Da Capo Press, 2007
Just what i needed!
This is a great book when you need a bit of help with the mess you are in... It breaks up the disorder into orderly projects, which are fun to do and easy to follow. And it gives you the very positive feeling about the house and the chores you have to do to make it ...
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Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time
Brian Tracy
Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2007
To the Point - The Way I Like It!
This book is not in-depth and does not waste time on figuring out all the psychological reasons why people don't get done what they want to get done...and that's what's so great about it! I read a little bit of this book everyday and it motivated me to stop wasting my ...
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Six Disciplines® Execution Revolution: Solving the One Business Problem That Makes Solving All Other Problems ...
Gary Harpst
Six Disciplines Publishing, 2008
Great Stories, But Be Careful
Harpst's great book should be tempered with book's like How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of "Intangibles" in Business and The Halo Effect: ... and the Eight Other Business Delusions That Deceive Managers. If we are careful to qualify how much can really be ...
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The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
Timothy Ferriss
Crown, 2007
Creating the Life You Want to Live
This is an amazing book where I rediscovered the fact that life is short and not doing what you love is a waste of precious time. That being said not all jobs are rewarding or satisfying, but the energy and your self expression you bring to that job makes all the ...
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Stephen R. Covey
Free Press, 2004
Simple yet profound!
I really enjoyed reading "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" by Stephen R Covey. Covey starts with the premise everyone is born with these traits and one has to practice and cultivate them.
My favorite chapter is "WIN/WIN". Covey's premise is there are 6 ...
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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
David Allen
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2002
Great book
I was very satisfied with this purchase, this book takes all the things you already know how to do (e.g., create lists, prioritize, organize), and compiles it into a system which is practical and very effective. I now realize that this is the key step I've been ...
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When Organizing Isn't Enough: SHED Your Stuff, Change Your Life
Julie Morgenstern
Fireside, 2008
Tons of practical advice
I read a lot of personal development books. There is more practical and useful advice in this book than in almost any book I have read. One area of advice I liked a lot is the Perfectionism Habit Breakers, a few of which are (1) Devise three approaches, minimim, ...
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Creating a Lean Culture: Tools to Sustain Lean Conversions
David Mann
Productivity Press, 2005
Great reference on real lean
This book fills an essential gap between Liker's Toyota Way and the many books on Lean Tools.
We intentionally didn't begin our lean transformation in our large service orgnization until we had this book because we saw the folly in trying to implement a bunch of ...
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Organizing from the Inside Out, second edition: The Foolproof System For Organizing Your Home, Your Office ...
Julie Morgenstern
Holt Paperbacks, 2004
A Refreshing Approach to Organizing
Julie Morgenstern's "Organizing from the Inside Out" is such a fantastic and valuable book. Her approach to organizing, as the title suggests, is whatever you are organizing -- your work/family schedule, your office, your kitchen, or your basement -- needs to reflect ...
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Mind Performance Hacks: Tips & Tools for Overclocking Your Brain (Hacks)
Ron Hale-Evans
O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2006
Valuable and entertaining
This is a valuable book that is also very entertaining.
The book is a compilation of seventy-five "hacks" designed to help us "overclock" our brains. Catchy! What it means is that the book is a collection of tips and techniques that speed and enhance our mental ...
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Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It: No Schedules, No Meetings, No Joke--the Simple Change That Can Make Your ...
Cali Ressler, Jody Thompson
Portfolio Hardcover, 2008
ROWE's are awesome!
I am a recent college graduate who has been a full time employee now for 11 months. I find that my experience in my office relates in an almost uncanny way to many of the testimonials from other employees appearing in this book.
In college I was free to complete my ...
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The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Success by Achieving More with Less
Richard Koch
Doubleday Business, 1999
Change the way you look at your life!!!!
After reading hundreds of business books.....80/20 is one of the five I recommend. The book is based on the Pareto principle also know as the 80-20 rule. While telling the tale of success in big and small business the reader begins to understand it isn't just a ...
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