Secrets of Productive People · 50 Techniques to Get Things Done · Teach Yourself by Forster, Mark -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Dedication Contents Introduction The basics of productivity

1. What is productivity? 2. Learn from history 3. How to be unproductive 4. Think systems 5. Repeated questioning 6. How to get great ideas 7. Little and often 8. The value of discretionary time 9. Productive time management 10. Grow your brain

The productive attitude

11. Failure is your friend 12. Do real work not busy work 13. Know what you want – in outline 14. Overcoming negatives 15. Go for the essentials 16. Keep what works 17. Junk what doesn’t work 18. Get lower levels under control 19. Show up 20. Be consistent 21. Get rid of interruptions 22. Throw stuff out 23. Get in the flow

Productive projects

24. The work only you can do 25. Move forward 26. Be on top of your work 27. Keep your commitments well pruned 28. The three rules of prioritizing 29. Don’t delegate! (Not the usual way anyway) 30. Continuous feedback 31. Sow seeds 32. Reap harvest

Aids to productivity

33. Make the most of technology 34. Supercharge your time management with time boxing 35. Take breaks and naps 36. Beat your personal average, not your personal best 37. Concentrate on the process 38. Randomness 39. Experiment 40. Look for data 41. Skim

Productivity in action

42. Productive writing 43. Productive teamwork 44. Productive exercising 45. Productive dieting 46. Productive friendship 47. Productive child-rearing 48. Productive finances 49. Productive living to the maximum 50. Going beyond