Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2019-09-02
Chris Williamson & Chris Sparks: books mentioned on Modern Wisdom #099
Productivity Without Limits - Chris Sparks - #099
Chris Sparks is a productivity coach, founder of The Forcing Function and a Former Top 20 Worldwide Online Poker Player. What happens when a world famous productivity coach compiles the most effective tasks he's discovered for developing personal productivity into an E-Book?
Chris Williamson recommended Off the Clock by Laura Vanderkam, and discussed Deep Work by Cal Newport, 1984 by George Orwell, and Atomic Habits by James Clear.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Deep Work
Deep Work by Cal Newport is a productivity and self-help guide that argues for the immense value of cultivating distraction-free concentration in a hyper-connected world, asserting that focused effort is the key to achieving extraordinary professional outcomes and personal fulfillment.
Discussed“I'm like, oh, I you read you read the five chapters of Cal Newport's Deep Work, but only implemented one of them. Like, what what what a waste.”
Where to get it
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1984
1984 by George Orwell is a classic dystopian novel depicting a totalitarian regime characterized by extreme surveillance, historical denial, and psychological manipulation.
Discussed“I read uh so sacrilege, I know, but I only read 1984 last year. Um and that book, some of the conclusions that I drew from that piss all over so many non-fiction like productivity books.”
Where to get it
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Atomic Habits
Atomic Habits by James Clear is a bestselling guide on habit formation that outlines how small daily actions and identity shifts can create lasting personal and professional change.
Discussed“I was like, "Being honest, James, wasn't a massive amount that was new in Atomic Habits to me, but I've never seen it all put together in the same place and displayed with such wonderful examples.”
Where to get it
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Off the Clock
Off the Clock by Laura Vanderkam is a time management guide that explores how successful people approach their daily schedules and priorities.
Recommended“One of the things to interject there, one of the things that Laura Vanderkam talked about, I don't know whether you're familiar with Laura's work, Off the Clock. So, she's a time management expert, highly recommend.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“Recently, we had Scott Young, author of Ultralearning on.”
“Uh last year I had Pete as he brown, author of Make It Stick.”
“James Clear, author of Atomic Habits, has been on earlier this year.”