Couple of short books on productivity hacks and morning routine.
| Title | Pages | Review | Ratings | US Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Productivity Hacks: How to do less and get better results | 22 | 4.4 / 5 | 58 | US |
| Morning Magic: How to Sleep Better, Wake Up Productive, and Create a Marvelous Morning Routine | 124 | 4.3 / 5 | 77 | US |
I haven't read them yet. But from what I've seen in the preview, they look good.
I read the first few pages, laughed because it was exactly me, then proceeded to say, I must go back and read more of it….. someday. 😂
m also v serious to read it SOMEDAY … its now in my evergrowing task list 😆
Thanks OP.
+1 for posting the pages, ratings and number of reviews!
The US links are already in the post.
Started reading "Productivity hacks". On page 9 I got to this section:
[Now, let me state for the record I am not a rich man. But what I have realized is that my time is valuable. And me doing those things costs me more than paying someone else to do them.
I'll give you an example. Recently I worked out my day rate at £400 a day. That's for around 8 hours of work a day. That is £50 an hour. If one of those tasks - say the ironing, takes me an hour, and I can pay someone else to do it for £20 then I make a net gain. IE I am freed to do the other work.]
What a complete arse. I don't have the money to pay other people to do my laundry, regardless of the time it saves me. If I was making $730 (£400) per day I might consider it, but I damn well don't!
After looking over the rest of the book it seems to be mainly aimed at other "fairly well off writers/authors" - That's a very narrow target audience. Nothing for your average Joe.
Cannot recommend.
get a wife mate…oh wait, it costs you half of a fortune
Funny guy, we had our fifth anniversary 23rd of May ;)
I'd agree outsourcing the laundry IFF (if and only if clause for non coding people) I'm using that time to do work to earn that £50 per hour. Else, I'd just do it myself.
That thinking is rife at my workplace, but it's based on flawed logic unless 1) you can increase your work hours to cover the time you would have been ironing, cleaning, etc. and 2) you ignore the externalities it takes to be productive for that 40 hours and "worth" the £50 an hour for that time.
Regarding 1: Most people at my work can't just bump their hours up to say 42 or 44 and use the extra money to offset the cost of say 4-8 hours they will save by not laundering, ironing, cleaning, food prep, etc. So you can't really just say you'll work another 2 hours to cover 5 hrs of chores you are getting at £20 per hour, and therefore have 3 more free hours per week.
In reality you are paying someone £20 to get an hour of free time back (or £100 for 5 hours). A lot of people will say that is worth it, but others will not. What if it means you just spend 1 hour more scrolling Facebook or insta, or sitting on the couch eating dry 2-minute noodles watching Futurama? Again, worth it for some, not worth for others. Another way of thinking about it is that maybe some people don't mind paying themselves £20 to do a bit of ironing in front of the TV.
Regarding 2: To accurately count how much someone's time is worth, you need to consider externalities such as the sleep, relaxation, exercise and food/drink breaks their body & mind needs to be able to perform the work for £50 an hour. Many studies show roughly 50 hours per week is most people's limit of productive work. Above 60 hrs per week leads to relationship and mental health issues, which will have a negative affect on your non-work time.
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Thanks … Have you read them ? Can share reviews ?