Think Better and Stay Focus

1. Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-free Productivity — By David Allen

‘The Bible of business and personal productivity’ Lifehack

‘A completely revised and updated edition of the blockbuster bestseller from ‘the personal productivity guru’ Fast Company

Since it was first published almost fifteen years ago, David Allen’s Getting Things Done has become one of the most influential business books of its era, and the ultimate book on personal organization. ‘GTD’ is now shorthand for an entire way of approaching professional and personal tasks, and has spawned an entire culture of websites, organizational tools, seminars, and offshoots.

Allen has rewritten the book from start to finish, tweaking his classic text with important perspectives on the new workplace, and adding material that will make the book fresh and relevant for years to come. This new edition of Getting Things Done will be welcomed not only by its hundreds of thousands of existing fans but also by a whole new generation eager to adopt its proven principles.

2. First Things First- By Stephen Covey

The New York Times–bestselling time management book from the author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.

Stephen R. Covey’s First Things First is the gold standard for time management books. His principle-centered approach for prioritizing gives you time management tips that enable you to make changes and sacrifices needed in order to obtain happiness and retain a feeling of security. First Things First: The Interactive Edition takes Dr. Covey’s philosophy and remasters the entire text to include easy-to-understand infographics, analysis, and more.

This time-saving version of First Things First is the efficient way to apply Dr. Covey’s tested and validated time management tips, while retaining his core message. This guide will help you:

• Get more done in less time
• Develop and retain rich relationships
• Attain inner peace
• Create balance in your life
• And, put first things first

“Covey is the hottest self-improvement consultant to hit US business since Dale Carnegie.” — USA Today

“Covey has reached the apex with First Things First. This is an important work. I can’t think of anyone who wouldn’t be helped by reading it.” — Larry King, CNN

“These goals embody a perfect balance of the mental, the physical, the spiritual, and the social.” — Booklist

3. Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World — By Cal Newport

One of the most valuable skills in our economy is becoming increasingly rare. If you master this skill, you’ll achieve extraordinary results.

Deep Work is an indispensable guide to anyone seeking focused success in a distracted world.

‘Deep work’ is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task. Coined by author and professor Cal Newport on his popular blog Study Hacks, deep work will make you better at what you do, let you achieve more in less time and provide the sense of true fulfilment that comes from the mastery of a skill. In short, deep work is like a superpower in our increasingly competitive economy.

And yet most people, whether knowledge workers in noisy open-plan offices or creatives struggling to sharpen their vision, have lost the ability to go deep — spending their days instead in a frantic blur of email and social media, not even realising there’s a better way.

A mix of cultural criticism and actionable advice, DEEP WORK takes the reader on a journey through memorable stories — from Carl Jung building a stone tower in the woods to focus his mind, to a social media pioneer buying a round-trip business class ticket to Tokyo to write a book free from distraction in the air — and surprising suggestions, such as the claim that most serious professionals should quit social media and that you should practice being bored.

Put simply: developing and cultivating a deep work practice is one of the best decisions you can make in an increasingly distracted world and this book will point the way.

4. Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence — Daniel Goleman

For more than two decades, psychologist and journalist Daniel Goleman has been scouting the leading edge of the human sciences for what’s new, surprising, and important. In Focus, he delves into the science of attention in all its varieties, presenting a long overdue discussion of this little-noticed and under-rated mental asset that matters enormously for how we navigate life.

Goleman boils down attention research into a three parts: inner, other, and outer focus. Goleman shows why high-achievers need all three kinds of focus, as demonstrated by rich case studies from fields as diverse as competitive sports, education, the arts, and business. Those who excel rely on what Goleman calls Smart Practices such as mindfulness meditation, focused preparation and recovery, positive emotions and connections, and mental ‘prosthetics’ that help them improve habits, add new skills, and sustain excellence. Combining cutting-edge research with practical findings, Focus reveals what distinguishes experts from amateurs and stars from average performers.

5. No Excuses: The Power of Self-Discipline — Brian Tracy

f you believe success can be achieved through shortcuts, then the book No Excuses: The Power Of Self Discipline is just for you. The path to success is usually long and difficult, yet humans resort to shortcuts either because they are lazy, or in need of immediate gratification. If you agree with this, then this book has a special formula to help you achieve success.

As per this book, in order to succeed you do not need to be wealthy, exceptionally skillful, or lucky, but all you need is the secret key of self discipline. And the right ways to use it to open the doors of success.

Though self-discipline is difficult to practise, the author suggests some of the easy techniques to follow it. This book teaches self-discipline through 21 broad chapters categorised under 3 different parts such as self-discipline for personal success, self-discipline for career and monetary goals, and self-discipline for overall happiness. On the whole, it concentrates upon developing your skills on various aspects. Added to its feather, this book contains end-of — chapter exercises to help you judge and improve yourselves.

No Excuses: The Power Of Self Discipline was written by Brian Tracy and published by Perseus Books Group in the year 2011. This reprint edition is available in paperback.

Key Features:

• Written by a powerful motivator and an expert business coach, the facts and information contained in this book are invaluable, and they have influenced the lives of many.
• This book is an international bestseller, and is the reprint edition of the original one.

6. The 4 Disciplines of Execution — Rajan Kaicker Sean Covey

The Four Disciplines of Executionis about a simple, proven formula for reaching the goals you want to reach as a business or individual. In Covey’s experience, the thing that most undermines the ability to execute goals is what he calls the Whirlwind: those urgent tasks that must be done simply to keep an organization alive. As Covey shows, the only way to execute new, important goals is to separate those goals from the Whirlwind.

The Four Disciplines allow leaders to create a strategy that requires a change in behaviour, since only by ensuring that everyone on the team understands the goal, knows what to do to reach it and knows whether progress is being made, will a leader produce consistent breakthrough results while sustaining the urgent work of the Whirlwind.

The Four Disciplines of Executionare:1. Focus on the Wildly Important; 2. Act on the Lead Measures; 3. Keep a Compelling Scoreboard; 4. Create a Cadence of Accountability.

For more than a decade FranklinCovey has been studying what it takes to achieve important goals, and in this book they share success stories from a wide range of companies that have implemented the Four Disciplines to result in greater profits, increased market share and improved customer satisfaction. This way of thinking is essential to any company that wants to not only weather, but thrive in this economy. This edition is specifically adapted for the South Asia market by Rajan Kaicker, CEO of FranklinCovey India, featuring anecdotes and advice to reflect this emerging market.