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Productivity Books BABY!

Published on by Ritchie Rosson - Magic Shows/Family Entertainer

I had a friend who was a big cynic about productivity books citing how people are the same after reading one or attending a motivational speech. Well…he was wrong! I think you have to find the ones that resonate for you. I have bought some billion-selling motivational books translated into 800 languages that have bored the socks off me but others have put a rocket under my get-up-and-go. No, I don’t wake up a different Ritchie Rosson the day after finishing one but if some ideas pump me up just a little extra then the time is well worth it to me. I think motivation is an ongoing struggle and that’s why I need some of these books/podcasts always on the go dripping into me always. But if you write these books, please stop with the stories! “Mavies was an accountant in Idaho and her fahter loved to fix tractors….”…please just tell me how to live! I don’t need someone’s story to proceed the lesson. Are you just trying to pad this thing out to the 400 pages your publisher asked you for?

What are your favourite self-mastery books? I love Eat That Frog, The One Thing and the super small chapters The Little Book of Talent by Daniel Coyle.

Timer to get more work done

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Forget saying ‘I will work all day!’ We need focused chunks of time in flow. Ignore your phone and GO! I loved using my sand timers. I have a 15, 30 and 60 minute sand timer. Great just to flip it and BOOM I’m working and I know there is a delicious break ahead of me.

The pomodoro technique works on this principle; 25 minutes of focused work and then a 5 minute break. It’s a wonderful system. 25 minutes is easy to achieve but a good time to get some hard work done. I love this Pihen timer on Amazon. Just tip it onto a 25 minute time and then flip to 5 for a proud break. I’m going to order a second one I like them that much.

This set of sand timers are also great.