My Favorite Productivity Books For 2023 Featuring Jeff Sieh

Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life

Erik Fisher

Business, Careers, Education, Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship

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🗓️ 30 January 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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This week I’m joined by my friend Jeff Sieh of Social Media News Live to talk through the top productivity books for 2023. With the new year well underway I wanted to take the time to compile and curate a list of my favorite productivity books of the past year and share them with listeners. In this episode Jeff and I break down my list and share some of the many tips and takeaways that these books have given us. In addition Jeff and I discuss some of the highlights from the various authors' appearances on the show while offering up opinions on how each book benefits the different aspects of our productivity.

All books in the list below are available for purchase at: BeyondTheToDoList.com/books

The Daily Creative: Find Your Inspiration to Spark Creative Energy and Fight Burnout by Todd Henry
The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur: 366 Daily Meditations to Feed Your Soul and Grow Your Business by John Jantsch
The Power of Writing It Down: A Simple Habit to Unlock Your Brain and Reimagine Your Life by Allison Fallon
Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential by Tiago Forte
The Laws of Creativity: Unlock Your Originality and Awaken Your Creative Genius by Joey Cofone
Creativity Inc.
The Lazy Genius Way: Embrace What Matters, Ditch What Doesn't, and Get Stuff Done by Kendra Adachi
The Lazy Genius Kitchen: Have What You Need, Use What You Have, and Enjoy It Like Never Before by Kendra Adachi
Win at Work and Succeed at Life: 5 Principles to Free Yourself from the Cult of Overwork by Michael Hyatt and Meghan Hyatt-Miller
Your New Playlist: The Student's Guide to Tapping into the Superpower of Mindset by Jon Acuff
The 12 Week Year: Get More Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months by Brian P. Moran
Start Finishing: How to Go from Idea to Done - Charlie Gilkey
When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing by Daniel Pink
Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most by Greg McKeown
How to Calm Your Mind: Finding Presence and Productivity in Anxious Times by Chris Bailey
Tranquility by Tuesday: 9 Ways to Calm the Chaos and Make Time for What Matters by Laura Vanderkam
Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World by Cal Newport
Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life by Nir Eyal

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0:00.0	When you're hiring for your small business, you want to find quality professionals that are right for the role.
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0:15.1	looking through LinkedIn jobs and by far it has been the easiest way for me to find viable
0:21.2	candidates fast.
0:22.5	And LinkedIn isn't just a job board.
0:24.2	LinkedIn helps you hire professionals
0:25.9	you can't find anywhere else because even those who aren't
0:28.6	actively searching for a new job might be open
0:31.0	to the perfect role that you have.
0:33.0	In any given month, over 70% of LinkedIn users don't visit other leading job sites.
0:38.0	So if you're not looking on LinkedIn, you're looking in the wrong place.
0:41.0	On LinkedIn, 86% of small businesses get qualified
0:45.0	candidates within 24 hours. Hire professionals like a professional on LinkedIn.
0:50.8	LinkedIn knows that small businesses are wearing so many hats and might not have the time or resources to hire.
0:55.6	LinkedIn is constantly finding ways to make the process easier.
0:58.8	They even just launch a feature that helps you write job descriptions,
1:01.8	making the process even easier and quicker.
1:04.5	Post your job for free at LinkedIn.com.
1:06.6	referral that's LinkedIn.com slash referral to post your job for free. Well, welcome back to another episode of Beyond the To-Do List. This is a little bit different than usual. I am
1:34.7	joined here by my friend Jeff C and I thought it would be really cool to do another roundup of
1:40.9	the best productivity books out there and granted and disclaimer there are many
1:46.2	productivity books as I was curating the list I realized oh there's too many the list in a single
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