The Power of Full Engagement Summary and Review
Imagine how effective you could be if you could apply absolute focus to the task in hand. “The power of full engagement”, by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz dishes up a plethora of techniques...
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Scrum Magic Review – Guide to the Agile Framework?
Scrum Magic by Doug Purcell is a welcoming embrace for those new to the Scrum iterative development framework. This Scrum Magic Review will cover the main aspects of this new book. Scrum Introduction Scrum...
Learn anything in 20 Hours! Book summary
In summary, if you wish to rapidly acquire a new skill, “The First 20 Hours”, by Josh Kaufman may be your first port of call. Let’s review. Introduction You may have comes across the...
The Lazy Project Manager – Book review and summary
Here we review “The Lazy Project Manager”, from Peter Taylor. Spoiler Alert: Reading this book will not enable the PM to kick back the whole project while his overpaid, under-worked minions happily deliver the...
Zen to Done review
Zen to Done by Leo Babauta is a productivity book that you can get through in a couple of hours as it is not stuffed with rambling stories to get to a chunky 300...
How to be a Productivity Ninja – Book review and Summary
Although I strive to separate feudal Japan from Tolkien’s middle earth, is “How to be a productivity ninja”, from Graham Alcott the one productivity book to rule them all – and do so from...
SCRUM Project Management – Book Review and summary
Scrum Project Management from K.H. Pries and J.M. Quigley discusses this branch of Agile Project management as seen from the front line trenches. This is not theory. In summary, this is battle hardened experience...
Can Time Power gain you 2 hours per day? – Review and Summary
“Time Power”, from BrianTracy promises many great things. From gaining 2 hours per day to improved productivity and performance to transversing the space-time continuum in a Tardis like invention of his own design. OK,...
“What to do when there’s too much to do” Book Review & Summary
In summary, “What to do when there is too much to do”, does what it says on the tin. This book, from Laura Stack (a.k.a. The Productivity ProTM) sets out to help people cope...
Getting Things Done Summary & Review
It would not be an understatement to say that Getting Things Done from David Allen has changed the lives of many. It has not brought about world peace yet, nor stopped world hunger but as...