The 35 Most Impactful (and Last) Productivity Books I Will Ever Read
Here are books that I highly recommend if you are interested in improving your personal productivity and better managing your goals. They’re divided by general topic, although most span several.
They’re also among the last productivity books I’ll ever read. Because this is enough. Time to get things done.
Bibliographical
Adams, Scott. How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big, Penguin, 2013.
Currey, Mason. Daily Rituals, Knopf, 2013.
Frankl, Viktor Emil. Man’s Search for Meaning, Beacon Press, 2006.
Ferriss, Timothy. Tools of Titans, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016.
Efficiency
Ferriss, Timothy. The 4-Hour Workweek, Expanded and Updated, Harmony, 2009.
Womack, Jason W. Your Best Just Got Better, John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
Emotional Intelligence
Bradberry, Travis, and Jean Greaves. Emotional Intelligence 2.0, TalentSmart, 2009
Kahneman, Daniel. Thinking, Fast and Slow, Macmillan, 2011.
Entrepreneurship
Flogging, Buck. Kill Your Blog: 12 Reasons Why You Should Stop Blogging!, 2014.
Guillebeau, Chris. The $100 Startup, Pan Macmillan, 2012.
Focus
Chandler, Steve. Time Warrior, Lightning Source Incorporated, 2010.
Crenshaw, Wes. I Always Want to Be Where I’m Not, 2014.
Newport, Cal. Deep Work, Grand Central Publishing, 2016.
Pink, Daniel J. Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, Riverhead Books, 2011.
Growth and Development
Covey, Stephen The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Simon and Schuster, 2013.
Senge, Peter M. The Fifth Discipline, Crown Business, 2010.
Habits
Guise, Stephen. Mini Habits, Selective Entertainment LLC, 2013.
Maurer, Robert. One Small Step Can Change Your Life, Workman Publishing, 2014.
Olson, Jeff, and John David Mann. The Slight Edge, Greenleaf Book Group, 2013.
Mindfulness
Dini, Kourosh. Creating Flow With Omnifocus, 2015.
Levin, Daniel. The Zen Book, Hay House, Inc, 2005.
McKeown, Greg. Essentialism, Random House, 2014.
Motivational
Altucher, J. Choose Yourself!, 2015.
Atkins, Peter. Life Is Short and So Is This Book, Peter Atkins, 2011.
Henry, Todd. Die Empty, Penguin, 2015.
Hill, Napoleon. Think and Grow Rich, Campuzano.
Ravikant, Kamal. Live Your Truth, 2013.
Organization
Dini, Kourosh. Workflow Mastery: Building from the Basics, 2014.
Kondo, Marie. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Ten Speed Press, 2014.
Systems
Allen, David. Getting Things Done, Penguin, 2015.
Meier, J D. Getting Results the Agile Way, Innovation Playhouse LLC, 2010.
Wisdom
Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations, Kessinger Publishing, 2004.
Epictetus. The Golden Sayings of Epictetus, Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016.
Holiday, Ryan. The Obstacle Is the Way, Penguin, 2014.
Irvine, William B. A Guide to the Good Life, Oxford University Press, 2008.
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