Bruno Domingues Bruno Domingues Vilnius · Since 1997
Question

Productivity Powerhouse

Is this just another productivity book?

It’s a survey, not a system. I’d read about twenty productivity books and wanted one place that summarized the actual techniques — Pomodoro, GTD, Deep Work, time blocking, the rest — without the author trying to sell me on theirs being the One True Method.

Most productivity books push a single framework and spend 250 pages defending it. That’s fine if the framework happens to fit you, but you don’t know if it fits until you’ve tried a few. This book walks through sixteen of them and lets you steal the parts that work.

I’m skeptical of anyone who tells you their productivity system works for everyone. Mine doesn’t even work for me on Mondays.

So if you’ve already read Deep Work or Atomic Habits and you’re wondering what else is out there, this is the book for you. If you haven’t, read one of those first — mine is the second book to read, not the first.