Name: At Your Best
ISBN: 9780735291362

Carey Nieuwhof

"An influential podcaster and thought leader provides time, energy, and priority management tactics to help you crush it at work and thrive at home"--

How to Get Time, Energy, and Priorities Working in Your Favor

At Your Best

Jenna

Nieuwhof talks about how we all have the same amount of time. For example, he has the same amount of time as the President of the US. We have the same amount of time as people who are wildly successful. And so, our issues come from how we manage our time. I think this argument overlooks how different people have different resources and makes this book only relevant to those in positions of privilege and power. This author doesn't have to write for all audiences but I think he should have more nuance in his claims and provide more empathy to readers coming from disadvantaged positions.

I also felt like this book was not quite a self-help book but more of a tribute to how Nieuwhof has improved his own life, saved his marriage, and became a better dad. Congrats on losing 20 pounds?

Tldr; This book describes how to use time-blocking which helped Nieuwhof accomplish a ton of things which he spends half a page bragging about.

matej yangwao

** spoiler alert **
           Green, red and yellow zones is something I knew before just inder different names. 

Book helps you simply become more manageable and easier to overcome stress.

Major takeaway is to have structured day and leverage your energy things you thrive and avoiding hijacked priorities.

If you're into self-growth and becoming more happy about your day, give it a shot.

>Sooner or later, all the stress shows itself in the form of burnout, symptoms of which are difficult to overlook. Usually, it is accompanied by general unhappiness, lack of motivation, and constant exhaustion.

>The constant stress tends to take a real toll on your body. It can cause chronic pain, panic attacks, headaches, and breathing difficulties. Stress can also negatively affect memory, reaction time, and sexual desire and become the cause of various other disorders.

>Unfocused time means the daily routine has no structure, resulting in always feeling like there's not enough time.

>The problem of hijacked priorities stems from our inability to say no. Allowing other people to decide what and when we get done means letting them put their priorities above ours.

>In reality, a balanced life is an unreachable pipe dream far from what it appears to be. The current concept of balance is essentially a concept of less effort, less work, and fewer commitments.

>People who achieve great things are passionate, not balanced.

>write down a list of up to five activities you want to make time for. Then, opposite them, write down the approximate amount of hours per week that this task will require. Keep this list in mind as we move forward.

>Every person you meet and talk to throughout the day is trying to distract you from accomplishing your priorities.

>In the end, who you’re becoming is so much more important than what you’re doing. It’s time you stepped into the future. You’re going to love the person you meet.

At Your Best How to Get Time, Energy, and Priorities Working in Your Favor

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