Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books (December 22, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0738218693
ISBN-13: 978-0738218694
Product Dimensions: 5.7 x 1 x 8.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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Have you ever taken a class or even garnered best practices for productivity from articles and books, but they didn’t seem to help? The authors of this book tackle productivity issues in a much more logical way. Skill mastery is achieved through repetitions, one step at a time. That might not be new, but how we get to mastery level could be. We learn that lining up a set of skills we want to improve and bombarding ourselves with compulsions to master all of them, is a recipe for failure. This program works on the premise of choosing one thing at a time and being accountable for that one thing until conquered. The authors explain the concept of channel capacity and how so many professionals try to change too many things too quickly. They over-stuff their channel capacity.This book discusses eight simple, concrete concepts:• Organize Tomorrow Today• Choose Wisely• Maximize your Time endorsed• Build and Break Your Habits• Evaluate Correctly• Learn How to Talk to Yourself• Learn How to Talk With Others• Become AbnormalBut of those eight, “The ‘law’ of human channel capacity pretty much dictates that three of these ideas will successfully be incorporated into [your] improvement strategy.”In a summary at the end of each chapter, the authors invite readers to reflect on what they’ve just read. It’s an interesting way to advocate working on this particular concept.If you can only work on one to three things at a time, which concepts are likely to provide desired professional advancement?• The Big Why seeks to provide the impetus for taking on this challenge. What will you gain if you master this concept?• The Inversion Test is an effort to get readers to see the other side this concept.
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