Mike Vardy's Book Recommendations

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A productivity strategist's approach to reaching your goals

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Productivity Entrepreneurship

Mike Vardy is a writer, podcaster, productivity strategist, and is also known as The Productivityist. The Blinkist Shortcast host of A Productive Conversation shares his go-to Blinks and Shortcast episodes for productivity hacks and inspiration to reach your personal and professional goals. In this collection, you'll learn why productivity isn't always about pushing the pedal to the metal, how you can actually achieve more by slowing down, and what you can do to will yourself into reaching your goals.

Mike Vardy's Book Recommendations

A productivity strategist's approach to reaching your goals

Deep Work

Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

Steven Kotler: Hacking Flow to Increase Productivity

Steven Kotler: Hacking Flow to Increase Productivity

Flow follows focus, so if our flow is off, our focus is off. In this episode, author and director of the Flow Research Collective Steven Kotler teaches you how to enter into a deep flow state to focus more and get more done—meaningfully.

The Willpower Instinct

The Willpower Instinct

Kelly McGonigal

How Self-Control Works, Why it Matters and What You Can Do to Get More of It

Ego is the Enemy

Ego is the Enemy

The Fight to Master Our Greatest Opponent

The More of Less

The More of Less

Finding the Life You Want Under Everything You Own

David Kundtz: The Art of Stopping

David Kundtz: The Art of Stopping

We have a problem: we do too much. Author and former clergyman David Kundtz helps us understand that the only way to solve the problem of "too much" is to simply stop. By stopping we can find peace and refocus on what’s important to us. But there’s one problem—where do we find the time to stop with so much to do? The solutions lies in what David calls "still points".

Anything You Want

Anything You Want

40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur

Indistractable

How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life

A Minute to Think

A Minute to Think

Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, and Do Your Best Work

The Power of Habit

The Power of Habit

Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

Mastery

Myths about genius and what it really means to be great

Unsuck Your Next Work Meeting

Unsuck Your Next Work Meeting

OK just admit it—meetings are the absolute worst. Even though they’re supposed to help move teams forward and get everyone on the same page (and we all have a ton of them), they often end up looking more like a sloppy bucket of performative junk that blocks things—anything—from actually getting done. But The Ready’s hacked the system with a different kind of meeting: the action meeting. In this episode, Rodney and Aaron chat with longtime Ready member Sam Spurlin, who dispenses a step-by-step guide to implementing and scaling effective action meetings, and how to keep everyone present and moving forward.

Wabi Sabi

Japanese Wisdom for a Perfectly Imperfect Life

Your Ten-Minute Planner for the Year Ahead

Your Ten-Minute Planner for the Year Ahead

Emily Thompson and Kathleen Shannon help you set your plan to stay productive and grow your business in the next 6 to 18 months. Grab a pen, paper and all the post-its you want—this is your 10-minute workshop to getting the next few months planned and plotted. With a great plan in place, you can focus your time on energy on doing great work that builds your business.

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