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Stress-Free Productivity
Oct 1, 2024 6:41 PM

Author:Alice Boyes,Alice Boyes

Stress-Free Productivity

Brought to you by Penguin.

Have you ever felt that you're too much of a perfectionist to be productive? Does the prepackaged advice from experts just not work? Then this is the book for you.

There is no such thing as a one-size-fits-all productivity plan. The tricks that work for your colleague may not work as well for you. Or perhaps they don't work at all. The fact is that everyone has their own productivity quirks to make them work efficiently and effectively. They just don't know how to crack them.

In this innovative guide, Dr Alice Boyes will help you diagnose your unique productivity profile and give you the framework to formulate a powerhouse personalised system. Drawing on groundbreaking research, countless examples, and quizzes in every chapter, this book will help you be the most growth-oriented, most effective and efficient, and most creative and visionary version of yourself.

© Alice Boyes 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

Reviews

Yes! You can be productive and creative without sacrificing your emo­tional health. In this groundbreaking book, Boyes has created an exciting new paradigm for productivity that is based on your unique self and your psychological well-being.

—— Guy Winch, TED speaker, author of Emotional First Aid, and cohost of the Dear Therapists podcast

Boyes will show you how to find creative ways to be productive. She goes into detail on how to cultivate a compassionate inner voice and is working with self-compassion in interesting new ways.

—— Christopher Germer, clinical psychologist, co-creator of the Mindful Self-Compassion program, and author of The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion

The productivity paradigm is shifting, and Alice Boyes is leading the way. In her signature style she integrates practical tools and inspirational wisdom to offer a truly refreshing perspective on what it means to be a productive human being.

—— Seth Gillihan, clinical psychologist and author of Retrain your Brain: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in 7 Week

A brilliant, practical handbook to manage the wide-ranging psychological barriers to producing exceptional work. It is an entire master class in creating productive habits, healthy decision-making, anxiety manage­ment, curiosity, self-compassion and creativity.

—— Dr. Todd B. Kashdan, Professor of Psychology, Director of the Well- Being Laboratory at George Mason University, and author of The Art of Insubordination: How to Dissent and Defy Effectively

Using the latest research on topics like habits, creativity, resilience and emotional health, Boyes has created a guide to productivity that's nurtur­ing, approachable and packed with practical strategies for how you can do your most innovative work and survive your workweek.

—— Scott Barry Kaufman, author of Transcend and host of The Psychology Podcast

Boyes challenges the unhealthy-and simply false-notion that there's a necessary trade-off between productivity and mental well-being. On the contrary, she shows us how to use evidence-based tools to get things done without overworking, pulling our hair out and wearing ourselves down. I've already used several of these tips in my own life and plan to return to them again and again.

—— Amy Gallo, workplace expert, cohost of HBR’s Women at Work podcast, and author of the HBR Guide to Dealing with Conflict

Boyes shows you how to use self-awareness to advance your career with a practical plan that's tailor-made to your unique situation. Anyone who is fed up with one-size-fits-all guides to productivity should read this book. You'll learn how to be productive in a self-compassionate, creative way that incorporates the best elements of you.

—— Emma Seppälä, Science Director of Stanford University’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education

Our fearful quest for the proven right answer distracts us from the real work: building a flow of ideas that have a chance to solve the problems right in front of us. Ideaflow gives you a proven method to get out of your own way and start doing the work.

—— Seth Godin, author of THE PRACTICE

These authors are masterful at demystifying how any organization can turn creativity into a steady practice

—— Chris Flink, CEO and Executive Director of the Exploratorium and Former IDEO Partner

Teams succeed to the degree that there is a free flow of ideas. Read this book to learn how to bring out the best in others-and in yourself.

—— Scott Galloway, bestselling author of THE FOUR and POST CORONA

Finally, a book on creating a design-forward culture at your company that comes with practical and measurable advice. Read this book and you'll change the way you work, and maybe the way you live.

—— Bill Burnett, coauthor of DESIGNING YOUR LIFE and DESIGNING YOUR NEW WORK LIFE

Can't imagine where ManiMe would be without Jeremy and Perry. The coolest thing I learned is that we need to have a "founder's mindset" long before the product is ready for the market. They liberated my thinking, significantly accelerating our launch without unnecessary worry!

—— Jooyeon Song, Co-Founder and CEO of ManiMe

How do you invent what's next? Simply try to learn how to have more and better ideas. Ideaflow offers eye-opening techniques combined with practical insights into how anyone can establish creativity as a daily practice in their lives.

—— Dr. Frederik G. Pferdt, Google’s Chief Innovation Evangelist, Adjunct Professor at Stanford’s d.school

Utley and Klebahn were by far the most transformative professors we had at Stanford. Ideaflow finally makes their lessons available to aspiring innovators everywhere. If you've ever wondered whether you have what it takes to put something new out into the world, read this book

—— Maite & Itziar Diez-Canedo, Co-founders and Co-CEOs of Via

Utley and Klebahn share proven tools and insider tricks from their renowned consulting expertise and best-in-class programs, so that these game-changing ideas flow to the rest of us.

—— Leidy Klotz, Author of SUBTRACT: The Untapped Science of Less, Professor of Engineering and Architecture at the University of Virginia

The core teaching of Ideaflow of getting out into the real world, quickly is the antithesis to my training as an MBA but I've since become obsessed with the art of experimenting, iterating, asking, and listening in order to build a massively impactful company that is unique in the marketplace. Founders shouldn't miss this book.

—— Aishetu Dozie, Founder and CEO of Bossy Cosmetics

Two masters of the craft provide a roadmap about how you can develop your creativity practice and help those you work with do the same.

—— Linda A. Hill, Chair of the Leadership Initiative, Harvard Business School and co-author of COLLECTIVE GENIUS

Over the last decade, Jeremy and Perry have become my go-to innovation gurus! This book is essential reading for anyone running an organization that desires to enhance and expand innovation. Beware the tidal wave of ideas that will follow once you start reading!

—— Mark Hoplamazian, CEO of Hyatt

A penetrating, provocative investigation into the subject of time - how to understand and live with it - on both an individual and societal level ... impressive

—— Shelf Awareness

Temporal structure has its comforts, particularly following a tumultuous three years ... That yo-you effect [of the last few years] drew me to Saving Time, Jenny Odell's sharp book tracing the cultural forces that shape our conception of time

—— Laura Regensdorf, Vanity Fair

Odell fights to provide us with an alternative way to experience the time we have

—— i Paper

Ambitious ... a pleasure to read ... thought-provoking

—— New Scientist

A sweeping yet personal challenge to assumptions Western society makes about the relationships between individuals and the finite hours in a given day

—— Time Magazine

Odell argues convincingly that our daily experience is dominated by the corporate clock that so many of us contort ourselves to fit inside

—— Irish Independent

The best beach read of the year ... Read it, and then think deeply about how you are reading your own time

—— The Media Leader

Odell's latest book, Saving Time, is great at analysing where a lot of our notions about how to use our time came from (hint: capitalism).

—— RTE Ireland

One of President Barack Obama's 'Favourite books of 2019'

—— President Barack Obama on How To Do Nothing
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