BOOOOOKS GETING THINGS DONE. The Art of Stress-Free Productivity, by David Allen QUOTE: «Most people feel best about their work the week before their vacation, but it’s not because of the vacation itself. What do you do the last week before you leave on a big trip? You clean up, close up, clarify, and renegotiate all your agreements with yourself and others. I just suggest that you do this weekly instead of yearly.» ABOUT: David Allen shares the breakthrough methods for stress-free performance.
REST Why You Get More Done When You Work Less, by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang QUOTE: «If it’s accompanied by freedom, routine can enhance creativity.» ABOUT: Looking at different forms of rest, from sleep to vacation, Silicon Valley futurist and business consultant Alex Soojung-Kim Pang dispels the myth that the harder
FACTFULNESS Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About The World –and Why Things are better Than You Think, by Hans Rosling QUOTE: «The world cannot be understood without numbers. But the world cannot be understood with numbers alone.» ABOUT: In Factfulness, Professor of International Health and a man who can make data sing, Hans Rosling, together with his two long-time collaborators Anna and Ola, offers a radical new explanation of why this happens, and reveals the ten instincts that distort our perspective. 28
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