Book of the Month: Free to Focus

"The most productive business leaders I coach recognize productivity is not about getting more things done; it's about getting the right things done. It's about starting each day with clarity and ending with a sense of satisfaction, accomplishment, and energy to spare. It's about achieving more by doing less, and this book shows you how." (Michael Hyatt, Free to Focus)

This book is a productivity game-changer. Michael Hyatt guides you through the process and provides tools to identify the work that is the most productive and most satisfying. The work that allows you to achieve more by doing less. He says that , "the important question is not, Can I do this job faster, easier, and cheaper? It's, Should I be doing this job at all?"

"If you want to master your schedule, increase your efficiency and output, and create more margin in your life for the things you care about, you've got to learn how to focus. I'm talking about the ability to zero in and do the deep work that creates a significant impact, work that moves the needle in a big way. You want your work  to solve actual problems in your world, to send you to bed every night knowing exactly what you accomplished and what progress you made toward the goal."

Hyatt spends the rest of the book outlining the system he uses for this type of productivity. He provides links to online tools that will help you evaluate what you spend your time on, determine what things can be eliminated, delegated or automated, and then how to change your habits and actions to get the most productivity in the least amount of time.

My favourite quote in the book is this: "If you insist on doing jobs for which you lack passion and proficiency, congratulations: you win the trophy for the worst hiring manager ever". I love that!

There's a whole lot of highlighting and underlining in my copy of the book and I believe it can be a total game changer for me and my team. I will be referring back regularly to the worksheets and tools he provided to ensure I'm staying focused on the things that will help me move our business forward. 

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