Get-It-Done-Guy's 9 Steps to Work Less and Do More

By: Stever Robbins

Narrated by: Stever Robbins

Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins

Publisher's summary

Want to conquer your e-mail inbox once and for all? Need help getting organized and staying focused? Start listening! Millions of people already benefit from the innovative, time-saving tips that Stever Robbins dispenses each week in his number-one-ranked Get-It-Done Guy podcast. Now he’s come up with a nine-step plan to transform even the most overwhelmed into an overachiever. You will learn to:

• Beat procrastination by speed dating your tasks: You’ll face anything if it’s just for three minutes; schedule small, finite periods of time for those tasks that seem too overwhelming to get started on.
• Give your technology a performance review: Our smart phones, PDAs, and computers often make less work in one area while making much more work in others. Review your technology to make sure it’s delivering on its promise.
• Cut out the small talk: Small talk builds superficial relationships, which is a grand waste of time. Ask better questions to make instant connections that’ll benefit you for years to come.

Written in the uniquely humorous style Stever is known for, Get-It-Done Guy’s 9 Steps to Work Less and Do More will help you break the bad habits slowing you down and holding you back. Work less and do more - your free time is waiting!

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©2010 Stever Robbins (P)2010 Macmillan Audio

Normen

Book is OK, but not for construction men. Get little bit boring listen this book. Probably office people will like.

Stever Robbins does it one better

Many of us have followed the teachings of David Allen and Stephen Covey for years. Stever Robbins does it one better. He has presented a workable system of life minimization and organization that is so radical it will change your life to truly teach one how to work less and do more. By following this system I am more organized and better on track than I have ever been. I am starting to see the emergence of a very strange thing called "free time". I am not sure what to do with it yet, but it is going to be fun deciding.

What is so enjoyable is he has a great sense of humor in his writing style and a great reading voice. You can hear his enthusiasm. Never have I had so much fun getting organized and in control of my life.

I want to thank the works of Allen and Covey. With my basis in their systems, implementation of Stever???s system was a breeze. My advice is to study other systems of personal management and then go to Stever. When you get here you will see that he truly has it figured out and you will have the skills to implement it.

...now where did I put that zombie reanimation powder? (Read the book and you will understand.)

Very well reasoned and well presented ideas.

His manner might be a bit bubbly for some, but there are lot's of good ideas here. Conveyed with a clarity and simplicity that make the ideas useful.

Listen to some of his Podcasts first

I usually don't write reviews unless I feel I've wasted my money. If you're considering this book, listen to his Podcasts first. I DIDN'T do this, and if I had, I likely wouldn't have bought the audiobook. If you like his podcasts, you'll have a better chance of liking the book.

I wanted to like this book

For a book about time management the author spends an incredible amount of time wasting time with ridiculous jokes and stories. There is a lot of rambling and the humor in this book seriously distracts from any content. Really wouldn't mind getting my money or credits back for this book. This is one of few books that audible recommended that I really didn't like.

I think "stever" need to figure out that he wants to be a comedian instead of a consultant or author. PASS......

The jokes waste time.

There's is some good practical advice such as finding your purpose and focusing on it; and some very highly unpractical advice such as having a file folder for every day, or writing down frequent arguments with your spouse and writing down the solution for that argument in order to use it on demand. That may work in theory with a robot, but not in real life with a human.
However, the entire book is overshadowed by the author's unsuccessful attempt at humor. He inserts jokes everywhere. The jokes are not funny. His jokes are hyperbolic silly analogies, which could be funny if he limited them to 1 per chapter. However, he uses them very frequently, almost every 2 or 3 sentences. Instead of amusing, they're irritating because they turn into riddles that force the reader to decipher what he is referring to and why it should've been funny. They're very distracting from the point that he is trying to make. The worse part is that they make the book longer than it needs to be without adding any value. He is defeating the purpose of the book which is to save time and add value. The author is not showing respect for the reader's time. This advice is available elsewhere in much shorter and more succinct reads. Save time and skip this book.

Painful to listen to unless you are 20 something

What would have made Get-It-Done-Guy's 9 Steps to Work Less and Do More better?

Less of the quirky personality of the author. He had good points however the delivery method depended on being on his weird wavelength. Injections about things such as zombies to make his point were funny at first, tired in the end.

Would you ever listen to anything by Stever Robbins again?

If his style matures, the book is written to amuse the 20 something crowd.

Would you be willing to try another one of Stever Robbins’s performances?

Not likely that I would spend the time or money.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Get-It-Done-Guy's 9 Steps to Work Less and Do More?

I listened to the book several months ago and just remember feeling, good points but awful delivery. Too many of his personal experiences etc I could not relate with.

Any additional comments?

I commend the guy for trying.

Listen less, do more

Half the advice is nonsense and even contradicts itself and the other half are things that you already know.

Do not waste your time...it's...just terrible

I can usually find a pearl in any book to make it worth the investment of time...but with this book, not so much. This book is just demeaning to functional human beings. I found myself thinking about the low-funtioning people who read this book, I was frustrated & worse, I was ashamed to think that I could need this amount of guidance to accomplish a task...
...it's just so bad...I can't even do this review justice except to say that you've been warned.