(Part 2) Best time management books according to redditors
We found 320 Reddit comments discussing the best time management books. We ranked the 45 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
US site http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00MWZDQJI
I'm pretty much in the same boat as you.
Check out The Time Crunched Cyclist by Chris Carmichael. Pretty good stuff.
There's a book I picked up after seeing it recommended on the Nano forums called Around the Writer's Block that really helped me with recognizing what was going on with my own resistance to writing. I'd built it up in my head as this Big, Important Thing- and for your fiance, having quit his job to pursue a career in writing, I bet every time he sits down at a keyboard he freezes. I know I did.
Writing a book is far, far messier than it appears when you're used to picking up the finished product and judging from there instead of seeing all the chaos from draft one to bookshelf. He wants this to be a career, so his mind is focused on Write A Book I Can Publish That Is Good. But what comes out when you actually sit down behind a keyboard and start writing isn't good. There are a whole lot of stages of Not That Great along that path from draft one to bookshelf, with meandering loops through Actually Fucking Terrible and Oh Wait, I Stole This.
When you're hyper aware of that gap between The Drivel I Actually Write and That Awesome Book I Want To Write (that justifies the time and resources I've put into Me As A Writer), the pressure to write something good is paralyzing. The act of putting words down on a page becomes something sacrosanct. I can't count the number of Very Important Looking Notebooks I bought when I was younger, to go along with my Very Important Writing, then never wrote more than a page in because my actual writing wasn't up to the standard of belonging in my Very Important Notebook.
That's part of what makes Nano so important, I think. Because Nano is about setting aside all that stress about what we write being good enough, and just showing up to actually write.
There's only so much you can do from the outside. If he's willing to engage with you, have him watch Ira Glass' advice on creativity, then get him a copy of that book. Best wishes to you both.
Maybe some of these might help
You know, I spent a long time thinking all that was bullshit. Maybe it was pride, maybe it was "the thrill of the chaos"...
Over the last few months, I've been putting together systems, checklists, processes, and schedules for a lot of the common things I need to do for the business. It helps things run so much smoother.
https://www.amazon.ca/Work-System-Mechanics-printing-September-ebook/dp/B005R4TMQC/
It's a super helpful guide that I've been following. Very impressed with how "less out of control" things feel. I'm still not out of the woods, and things are still somewhat crazy, but it feels like I'm on the right trajectory to having the business be a lot less stressful.
I am! As always! Just make sure it has the correct updated dates for the Holy Days; would love quotes in there; and make sure the squares are big enough. (But they usually are in planners, right?)
I really want a good huge wall calendar like the Mom Calendars/Family Planner calendars, like this or this with reminders in that actually relate to our Baha'i lifestyle/rhythm of the year, and BIG ENOUGH spaces that we can fit everyone's engagements on the same day. People using the existing Baha'i calendars with the tiny squares either have nothing going on in their lives or just use it for referencing the date or something.
better to add link as well.
http://www.amazon.com/Successful-People-Before-Breakfast-Mornings-ebook/dp/B007K3E2YK
You want the National Association of Professional Organizers and the Board of Certification for Professional Organizers. NAPO has a great FAQ sheet that addresses how to get into the professional organizing and productivity business.
You can also take a look at How To Start A Home-Based Professional Organizing Business by Dawn Noble, and Born to Organize: Everything You Need to Know About a Career as a PO by Sara Pedersen.
I'm sorry, yes. I was referring to the system semi-explained here, which I believe is this one. It got me wondering if there are other alphabetic systems, and how they compare. Thank you for the in depth replies.
Read a book on delegation. Here's a random book with good reviews: https://www.amazon.com/Want-Done-Right-Dont-Yourself/dp/1884956327/ref=cm_lmf_tit_13
Practice at these Escape rooms.
Have fun :)
Once upon a time there was a Mod-ern Girl who went on a date with someone she Met on the Internet. He sounded like a nice enough guy, and his profile suggested they had things in common... like a desire for A Little Less Conversation. He was handsome enough when they met, but he wore that dreaded symbol of "Nice Guys" everywhere... a trilby.
It was the first warning sign, but not the last.
It was at the cocktail bar they stumbled across while Lost on Lombard that it became clear they were ill matched.
"No, I'm not interested in going back to yours," she said with a sigh. They were barely through their first cocktail. "Honestly, it's not like you Swept Me Off My Feet at our Dinner for Two. I can't imagine how dull your Pillow Talk would be."
"Hey," he said wiggling his eyebrows, "Don’t be Koi With Me. My Daddy’s the King of this city, and let's face it, you're in your thirties, sweetheart. I'm as good as you're gonna get, so Deutsche you Want me Baby?"
"So what?" she scoffed, knowing when she was being negged. "I mean, Who Needs A Prince? I have my own startup. I Only Drink Champagne, I Don't Do Dishes, and I have My Private Jet. My life's pretty great. I just went on a date so you could Wine me and Dine me, since you kept emailing me on OkCupid. Before you start telling other people what they need? You need a real Attitude Adjustment. Because you're cute? MAYBE I'll let you Call my Cell-ery if you get it together."
Her frog of a date pouted. "You're Such a Budapest!" he said, and fled the bar... leaving her with the bill, of course.
"Well," she shrugged, "that's what I get for Dating a Royal. I guess it's true what they say, A Good Man-darin is Hard to Find, and Love is a Racket. I'd rather be a Hussy".
She downed her bourbon and opened up Tinder.
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>No. This is wrong. The lack of focus is not due to fatigue.
Yes, I am right. The lack of focus is far worse during mental fatigue.
I have ADD, I know when I can't focus. I was a high school teacher, I know when my students couldn't focus. It was during the end of the day or toward the end of class. I am especially terrible after a late night.
> The fatigue is due to the lack of focus.
This is partially true. People with ADD can be quite attentive to something uninteresting at least for the first 20 minutes, and next to nothing is distracting. Then fatigue from focusing sets in. (I'm partially agreeing with you.)
However, watch someone with ADD do something highly stimulating. When it comes to Call of Duty, I will put my money on the person with ADD making far fewer mistakes and being more attentive. And it's not just video games. I can do quite will with redditing uninterrupted for a solid day straight or doing math problems or figuring out how things work. There isn't a LACK of attention. But force me to be attentive while I'm uninterested, and it's a struggle to focus. With the right subject, someone with ADD can have a stimulating conversation for hours while ignoring a grenade that went off 40 feet away. THERE ISN'T A LACK OF ATTENTION.
> In ADHD, that tuning out is not as active, and so rather than recognizing a distraction and ignoring it, the ADHD mind focuses on it, then recognizes it as a distraction, and then has to re-focus on the target again.
I agree with this.
This book changed my life:
http://www.amazon.com/Attention-Deficit-Disorder-Adults-Workbook-ebook/dp/B009D1EFC6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1398891073&sr=8-1&keywords=weiss+ADD
Dr. Lynn Weiss wrote it. One of the first Doctors who actually has ADD that writes about it.
This book, Taming the Workweek helped me out. It's not for peopel with ADHD specifically but it has really good ideas for time and task management. Also it's short and only $2 or $3 on ebook
This came to mind when I saw your post - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00KFEJNAE/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
Well if you give him some control in the decision then he will be less oppositional, defiant, disobedient, passive aggressive etc. He is doing that for he thinks that is the only way to get what he wants for he feels he has no control in the situation and since you are his parents and its your way or the highway the only thing he feels he can do is "hit the brakes" and be a PITA. Your son may be great but even if he is the most awesome kid in the world sometimes your kid can wear down your patience :)
Once the kid understand that you share the same goals as him. You want him to succed, and you do not want him to drug him so he is not himself anymore he will be more receptiant to compromise since he understands you two share the same goals you just differ on the way to earn that goal.
And once you can assay his fears, for his fears are legitimate, but unlikely then he will be willing to try the medication. He has no clue what is the chance of those side effects happening, he is no medical expert, and you guys are no medical expert so outside experts such as a doctor that he feels is on his side (not his parents side but his side) as well as that ADHD expert I linked to will allow him to answers his legitimate fears, and once his fears are answered he will be willing to take a chance if you can also "sell the idea that meds will make his life easier and he will get more of what he really deep down wants."
Your son wants to succeed, he does not want to coast for the sake of coasting, he wants success but if success seems unlikely or requires so much effort that he feels exhausted he will give up for this is human nature, but ADHD people are much more sensitive of "mental exhaustion" for it is harder for us to refuel our own internal motivation.
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The person I linked to is one of the best ADHD experts out there, you can find many of his videos on youtube under Dr. Barkley. He also wrote a book called Your Defiant Teen, Second Edition: 10 Steps to Resolve Conflict and Rebuild Your Relationship. It will help you speak with more empathy when you speak to your teen and via this everyone's life in the family will improve for we fight not because we hate the other person but because we love them but we also want our own personal goals and dreams.
Barkley also recommends the book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families.
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I wish your son the best, I have no doubt he is smart, but the times of middle school, high school, and college are the hardest times for an ADHD person for it is lot of skills you are just naturally not good at yet they are important and you can not run away from them like you can with a job. A job you need money but you get to choose the job that suits your talents. Only time that even compares to school years I listed are when an ADHD adult recently becomes a parent and they are overwhelmed by all the new work and responsibility and they have not yet adapted.
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Basically following the Zettelkasten method. Working great so far. Check out How to take smart notes by Ahrens. https://www.amazon.com/How-Take-Smart-Notes-Nonfiction-ebook/dp/B06WVYW33Y
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