Ryan Holiday
Rating: 8 / 10 •
Finished: 2019.12.28
A good collection of thoughts on living a calmer yet productive life in a time of distractions and hyperactivity. Brought together several ideas from many books I’ve read in last two years. The sections on mind and body were familiar, but useful to revisit. The section on spirit was, and is, unfamiliar and hard for me. I need to learn to accept a higher power.
Cal Newport
Rating: 8 / 10 •
Finished: 2019.05.05
A good book about managing the overwhelming digital impact on our lives. Full of tips and tricks. I like Cal’s writing style. I enjoyed this book despite already reading Deep Work and Make Time in the last 6 months.
Jake Knapp & John Zeratsky
Rating: 9 / 10 •
Finished: 2018.12.28
Jake and JZ mix personal experience, academic studies and humour to deliver an excellent list of tactics to help focus, and improve energy and productivity.
Personally, it was good to see the changes I’ve made in my life in the last two years listed in the book. More comforting was that their reasoning was similar to mine in deciding at those changes.
The best bit was the list of more changes I can now experiment with to further improve focus, productivity and calmness.
Loved this book. This should be required reading for.. everyone.
Cal Newport
Rating: 9 / 10 •
Finished: 2018.11.25