Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2020-07-09
Books mentioned on Ending The Struggle For Work-Life Balance - Gail Golden - #194
Gail Golden is a management psychologist and an author. A balanced life is a happy life, and yet many people are overworked, underslept and have little time left over for relaxation.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Curating Your Life
Curating Your Life by Gail Golden is a practical non-fiction book that offers guidance on escaping the constant struggle of work-life balance through thoughtful intentionality and effective management of personal resources.
Recommended“I will link Gail's fantastic website as I'm sure it is and the great curating your life in the show notes below”
Where to get it
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The Power Of Full Engagement - Managing Energy, Not Time, Is The Key To High Performance And Personal Renewal
The Power of Full Engagement by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz is a self-help and performance management book that argues energy management, rather than time management, is the fundamental key to achieving high performance, sustained success, and personal renewal.
Recommended“it's called the power of full engagement by two guys lower and Schwartz”
Where to get it
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Deep Work
Deep Work by Cal Newport is a practical guide to cultivating distraction-free focus in a noisy digital economy to maximize productivity and personal fulfillment.
Discussed“looking at how Newports deep work I think he found in that that even the absolute peak performers of knowledge work could squeeze out top top end four to six hours of focus deep work per day”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“search the title of the the lady that I'm about to podcast with and search what the subtitle of that book is curating your life ending the struggle for work-life balance”