Feel Good Productivity

A guy builds an audience. Someone suggests he writes a book to extract the most money possible from that asset. He looks for an angle to write that book from. This is it. More exploration than authentic or educational. Give it a wide berth. Feels exploitative.

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It is very useful to optimize productivity by making it fun. When something becomes play, we get better at it and productivity is no different. This book covered different ideas on how to find energy, get unblocked, and find sustained motivation by aiming to feel good. There are dozens of what are called “experiments” that can be tried to move ahead and be more productive.

The book concludes with the reminder that the most important takeaway from all this content is that this is a philosophy of finding the good feeling in trying to be more productive. It is an apt reminder because even though the techniques may not work in how you implement them, the outcome can still be achieved with an aim of feeling good about our work.

I found this book useful, approachable, and relevant as a beginner. I enjoyed every aspect of the book, and while this is no pioneering piece of writing, all the science has been well-synthesised and this is a genuinely more engaging read than most popular self-help books.

I also watch Ali Abdaal's channel a lot, so maybe that's why this book really resonated with me.

I purchased this book when it was on sale.

The bits of advice provided in the book seemed too basic and if you have read a couple of other productivity/self-help books or have watched a couple of YouTube videos of mainstream productivity gurus then I doubt you would find anything new to add to the table. Coupled with the fact that most of the pop culture references sounded hella lame and forced to me, this book wasn't a very useful one.

After reading a bunch of books on productivity during the lockdown and getting burned out, this book was a great rejuvenator in the productivity space, or should I say, feel-good productivity space. Love all the anecdotes and researches that were cited. Its an easy read with practical steps to follow along.

Felt a bit slow towards the third part of the book but the experiments kept me engrossed. Loved the ‘Wheel of Life' experiment the most and I see myself trying that out for sure.

A great debut for Author Ali Abdaal