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The Now Habit At Work: Perform Optimally, Maintain Focus, And Ignite Motivation In Yourself And Others (2010)

by Neil A. Fiore(Favorite Author)

3.3 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0470881208 (ISBN13: 9780470881200)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Wiley

review 1: Gives good examples of how people trip themselves up at work. Also speaks to managers who might be in charge of those people. One of the main, most interesting ideas for was to eliminate the phrase "have to" from your vocabulary. Those two words can make a task seem more complicated and unappealing than it needs to be.There is an appendix at the end of the book which covers the key ideas and can be used for a quick review..
review 2: I am reflexively ill-disposed to books of the 'self help' variety as a general rule. I forget how I got the impression, but somewhere along the way I was pretty sure I saw "The Now Habit" get mentioned on Less Wrong or Overcoming Bias in a positive light. This book was by the same guy and shorter, so I decided I should read it. Nat... moreurally, I procrastinated for months before actually cracking the book open and trying to read it. Ultimately, I am glad I did. I found myself resisting some of the concepts at times, but the author has done a good job of writing the book in such a way that it got around my raised hackles at the thought of needing hand holding to be more productive. A good and a short book that can give you some mental tools to overcome procrastination, if you're ready to admit you could use them. less

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