Personal Productivity Secrets, Maura Nevel Thomas
Personal Productivity Secrets, Maura Nevel Thomas
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Personal Productivity Secrets
Do what you never thought possible with your time and attention...and regain control of your life

Author: Maura Nevel Thomas

Narrator: Maura Nevel Thomas

Unabridged: 8 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 04/23/2013

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Learn tried-and-tested methods for optimal personal productivity!
Ever find yourself more than a bit overwhelmed by the constant influx of e-mail and reminders as well as the ever-present calendars, to-do lists, miscellaneous paper, and sticky notes? Add to that, myriad devices that were originally intended to make us more efficient, but in reality, only end up forcing us to juggle even more. Our brains aren't wired for all this, but we can learn to be productive. Personal Productivity Secrets gives you everything you need to know to be organized, in control, and to get things done:

Understand how your brain absorbs, organizes, and filters the daily deluge of information, and learn to trick your brain into being more productive
Appreciate the difference between "Time Management" and "Attention Management" and create workflow processes that help you defend your attention
Create a plan for navigating endless technology options, and implement tools that will keep you productive, focused and in control
Personal Productivity Secrets reveals updated and vital information for achieving your significant results, and being as productive as you can be in a fast-paced, technology-driven society.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Laurent

--- Update, one year after I first wrote this review --- I moved this book from 5 (amazing read) stars to 3 stars (kind of nice). Motivational speakers and time management gurus are like New Year: they bring their load of inspiration for change, and this inspiration has a short life expectancy. After......more

Goodreads review by Monica

Maura Nevel Thomas gives clear ideas for attention management strategies which does not focus so much on how we organize our time but how we learn to control the constant access to data in our lives. The first chapter lays out the idea that today's technology can create an Attention Deficit Disorder......more

Q: In the field of psychology, there is a concept called intermittent reinforcement that helps us to understand the challenges created by twenty-first century technology. To illustrate this idea, imagine a mouse in a cage. If you drop a food pellet into the cage at the same time every day, the mouse......more