Personal Work Management

Meditation makes you more productive because it lets you earn back time. For each minute you spend meditating, you'll earn around nine minutes back, as Chris Bailey - author of The Productivity Project and Hyperfocus - will show in this candid and counter-intuitive guide to the productivity benefits of meditation.

Forget the old concepts of retirement and a deferred life plan. There is no need to wait and every reason not to, especially in unpredictable economic times. For living more and working less, this book is the blueprint. This expanded edition includes dozens of practical tips and case studies from people who have doubled their income, overcome common sticking points, and reinvented themselves using the original book.

In a world overflowing with notifications, noise, and nonstop distractions, the ability to focus deeply has become the ultimate competitive edge. Mastering Deep Work by Trent Marco Jansen is your practical guide to regaining control of your attention and channeling it into meaningful, high-impact work. Grounded in cutting-edge research from neuroscience, psychology, and business performance, this book reveals how shallow tasks quietly erode your potential—and how you can rise above the chaos to achieve clarity, creativity, and excellence.

Reclaim your time, boost your productivity, and create the work-life balance you’ve always wanted, even if your days feel chaotic and overwhelming! Are you constantly juggling endless tasks, back-to-back meetings, overflowing emails, family commitments, and looming deadlines? Do you wish you could finally find more hours in your day? Time Management For Everyone is a practical, actionable guide designed for busy people. Suitable for anyone who wants to take control of their time, reduce stress and achieve more without burning out.

THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER! A timeless business classic, Who Moved My Cheese? uses a simple parable to reveal profound truths about dealing with change so that you can enjoy less stress and more success in your work and in your life. It would be all so easy if you had a map to the Maze. If...

In this book with unique perspective, professor Cal Newport debunks the long-held belief that "follow your passion" is good advice, and sets out to discover the reality of how people end up loving their careers. A focus on passion over skill can be dangerous, leading to anxiety and chronic job...

From the visionary head of Google's innovative People Operations comes a groundbreaking inquiry into the philosophy of work -- and a blueprint for attracting the most spectacular talent to your business and ensuring that they succeed. "We spend more time working than doing anything else in life...

We're trying to get something done that really matters to us. To do this we need to work with others. But these others include people we don't agree with or like or trust, so working with them seems impossible - like collaborating with the enemy. What can we do?

Are distractions stealing your productivity? It’s time to take back control. From the moment you wake up, your attention is under attack—emails, notifications, meetings, and an endless stream of digital noise. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed, exhausted, or frustrated by your inability to focus, you’re not alone. But the good news? You can train your brain to work smarter, not harder. Deep Focus is a practical, science-backed guide to productivity that helps you reclaim your focus, design better work habits, and achieve more—without burning out. Drawing from real-world experience ...

“An empowering read.” --Susan David, Ph.D., author of Emotional Agility “A great book.” --Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D., co-author of What Happened to You? As featured on The Mel Robbins Show—discover the surprising science of helping anyone change Whether as a parent, a boss, a romantic...

Resolving Conflicts at Work is a guide for preventing and resolving conflicts, miscommunications, and misunderstandings at work, including dozens of techniques for revealing how the inevitable disputes and divisions in the workplace are actually opportunities for greater creativity, productivity, enhanced morale, and personal growth. In the third edition of this text, all chapters are completely infused with additional content, updated examples, and new case studies.

Work Smarter, Stay Focused, and Reclaim Your Time with Artificial Intelligence AI won’t replace your effort—but it can dramatically change how efficiently you use your time. Productivity today is more challenging than ever. Endless emails, constant notifications, competing priorities, and digital overload make it difficult to stay focused and get meaningful work done. Traditional productivity advice—long to-do lists, rigid schedules, and willpower alone—no longer keeps up with the pace of modern life. Artificial intelligence offers a better way forward. AI Made Simple™ for ...

The lack of personal accountability is a problem that has resulted in an epidemic of blame, victim- thinking, complaining, and procrastination. No organization—or individual—can successfully compete in the marketplace, achieve goals and objectives, provide outstanding service, engage in...

Whether you are a new player or a seasoned veteran, Secrets to Winning at Office Politics can help you increase your personal power without compromising your integrity or taking advantage of others. This smart, practical guide shows you how to stop wasting energy on things you can't change and start taking steps to get what you want.

Managing up helps you build the sort of relationships that foster more communication, collaboration, cooperation, and understanding between people at different levels of power, with a variety of perspectives and skills. Managing Up is your personal manual for building this vital skill so you can begin building your best future. Real-world strategies give you a set of actionable steps, supplemented by expert advice from a top leadership consultant that helps you get on track to advancement.

Google’s Executive Productivity Advisor offers insights on how to make the “new way of work” work for you, providing actionable steps to optimize your productivity, accomplish more, prevent burnout, and cultivate a harmonious work-life balance. Every day, tens of thousands of Google...

What if you could stop acting like a bank customer… and start acting like the bank itself? You’ve been taught to save, scrimp, and avoid debt. Meanwhile, banks take your money, multiply it, and earn profit 24/7—even when the economy’s uncertain. So here’s the question: Why aren’t you doing the same? In Bank Money: Mastering the Personal Finance Strategies Banks Don’t Want You to Know, author Larry Jones flips the script on traditional personal finance advice and shows you how to stop playing defense and start building wealth the way banks do. This isn’t another budget book. ...

Forget everything you’ve read in traditional self-help therapy. The truth? Most self-improvement motivation books are just productivity sermons in disguise. They promise clarity and success, but leave you anxious, burned out, and guilty for not “achieving your goals.” This book does the opposite. It’s not about chasing numbers—it’s about building a mindset that actually feels alive. Inside, you’ll find: Why goal-setting books set you up for failure (and how to escape the trap). A practical “vibe check” system to replace stress management books and endless journaling. ...

Building confidence is essential to fighting imposter syndrome and silencing your inner critic. Do you doubt your abilities and feel like a fraud in your own life? There are five common competence types of imposter syndrome. The perfectionist, the superwoman/man, the expert, the natural genius, and the soloist. Learn to change these negative thought patterns and replace them with positive ones. Find validation from within and surrender to not knowing everything. Fight the fear of looking incompetent and know that there is strength in asking for help.

¿Sufres estrés por culpa del trabajo? ¿Te sientes abrumado? ¿Agotado? ¿Saltas a la mínima en la oficina? ¿Y en casa? Esta guía te ayudará a controlar el estrés y a encontrar una solución duradera. Aprenderás a dominar el estrés para que sea el motor de tu productividad, crear rutinas realistas y prácticas de seguir, a buscar el progreso, no la perfección, a seguir un horario flexible, a decidir los límites entre el trabajo y la vida, renovarse física, mental y emocionalmente...