Top 5 Personal Productivity Books
Erik counts down his top five personal productivity books and the reasons why each made the list.
This week Erik counts down his top five personal productivity books!
The Top 5 Personal Productivity Books:
- The Getting Things Done Workbook - David Allen
- Free to Focus: A Total Productivity System to Achieve More by Doing Less - Michael Hyatt
- Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life - Nir Eyal
- Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones - James Clear
- The Motivation Code: Discover the Hidden Forces That Drive Your Best Work - Todd Henry
Honorable Mentions:
- The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery - Ian Morgan Cron
- Now, Discover Your Strengths - Don Clifton
Reading Tools:
Deeper Listening:
- David Allen on Developing the Skill of Outcome and Action Thinking
- Michael Hyatt on Energy, Clarity and Focus
- Michael Hyatt on Achieving the Freedom to Focus and Eliminating Distractions Through Digital Minimalism
- Nir Eyal on Overcoming Internal and External Distractions
- James Clear on Building Good Habits and Breaking Bad Ones
- Todd Henry on Discovering the Hidden Forces of Motivation That Drive Your Best Work
- Ian Morgan Cron on The Enneagram 101
- Ian Morgan Cron on Overcoming the Productivity Hangups of Each Enneagram Type
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