The First Two Hours, Donna McGeorge
The First Two Hours, Donna McGeorge
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The First Two Hours
Make better use of your most valuable time

Author: Donna McGeorge

Narrator: Donna McGeorge

Unabridged: 2 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 06/12/2019


Synopsis

Are you drowning in email? Overloaded with calendar invitations? Frustrated by wasteful meetings and an ever-growing workload? Then you know that being busy does not mean being productive. Most workers are being asked to take on more responsibilities with less support, advised to simply "be innovative." But you only have a finite amount of energy and thinking capacity available to you in a day. Most of us are wasting it on things that aren't contributing to our most important work: the activities that require problem solving, decision making, and critical thinking.

Developed for business professionals, The First Two Hours teaches you how to design your day, rather than be at the mercy of it. Using research on neuroscience, energy flow, and the body's natural rhythms, it divides the workday into manageable blocks and helps you determine when you are most resourceful, and therefore when you should complete your most demanding tasks.

In a time of near-constant information overload, this practical handbook helps you focus on getting done what you need to get done, when you are best able to do it. By learning to invest your energy strategically, you can be in the driver's seat every work day and achieve a level of productivity beyond what you thought possible.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Juan on July 29, 2020

Break your day in 2 hour blocks. Manage energy and brain power accordingly: Proactive, Reactive, Active, Preactive. —Proactive. decision-making. most important tasks. activities that require impactful choices, prepare important presentations, resolve issues. —Reactive. be flexible and accessible. sched......more

Goodreads review by Mike H on May 04, 2019

In this book we see the concept of structuring the day around our bodies natural circadian rhythms. By looking at what needs to be done for the day, we can take the most important tasks and slot them in to the times when our mind and body are most alert. While I believe some of the ideas in this but......more

Goodreads review by Kayla on January 24, 2020

Loved this book. I have started changing my schedule according to the advice here. I hope to fully transition soon. It all made really good sense. I don't know how it will work in my highly reactive workplace, but I can only give it a try and attempt to retrain my colleagues' expectations.......more

Goodreads review by Matthew on January 13, 2021

Another interesting McGeorge read. She essentially suggests a method for breaking up the workday by your body's natural energy, rather than just randomly plonking things in the calendar. I'm going to give it a go in 2021!......more

Goodreads review by Celia on June 23, 2022

Short and sweet with some solid takeaways, this little book will help you reconsider how you allocate your time at work. I'm looking forward to experimenting with the ideas in this book starting Monday. My only gripe with McGeorge's book is that it lacks depth yet also achieves repetitiveness. While......more