Extreme Productivity: Boost Your Results, Reduce Your Hours
Robert C. Pozen

Extreme Productivity: Boost Your Results, Reduce Your Hours

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Robert C. Pozen

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“Required reading for professionals—and aspiring professionals—of all levels.”
—Shirley Ann Jackson, President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Former Chairman of U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Robert C. Pozen, one of the business world’s most successful—and productive—executives, reveals the surprising secrets to workplace productivity and high performance. It's far too easy for working professionals to become overwhelmed by a pile of time-sensitive projects, a backlog of emails, and endless meetings. In order to be truly productive, they must make a critical shift in mindset from hours worked to results produced. With Extreme Productivity, Pozen explains how individuals can maximize their time and energy by determining and focusing on their highest priorities. He also provides a toolkit of practical tips and techniques to help professionals at all stages of their careers maximize their time at work. This essential handbook empowers every person with proven methods for prioritizing their time to achieve high-impact results and refine their career goals for long-term success, all while leading a full and meaningful personal life as well. Read more

Editor's Take

Amazon reviewers say this book is very useful, concise, clear, and practical, with many readers applying the productivity ideas right away. They also praise it for helping them manage time better, focus on priorities, and handle knowledge-work tasks more effectively.

Reviewers on Amazon also mention a few drawbacks: some find the material too basic, slow, or too focused on the U.S. context. Goodreads shows a sizable community response as well, with readers discussing specific habits such as setting mini-deadlines and other concrete productivity tactics.

YouTube results include multiple real videos specifically about this book, including a direct book video titled Extreme Productivity by Robert C. Pozen, a webinar featuring Robert Pozen on productivity, and several book summary videos and demos. These appear to be genuinely about the same product and not unrelated uploads.

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Topic Productivity

Product Details

Publisher Harper Business
Publication date October 2, 2012
Edition 9.2.2012
Language English
Print length 304 pages
ISBN-10 0062188534
ISBN-13 978-0062188533
Item Weight 1 pounds
Dimensions 6 x 1.01 x 9 inches
Best Sellers Rank #392,505 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #31 in Business Facility Management #199 in Production & Operations #200 in Information Management (Books)
Customer Reviews 4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars (297)

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