Feel Good Productivity Review
by Nas_Elsecaller · 19 things on Twos
- Author: Ali Abdaal
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- Worth my time: yes
- Worth a read-read: yes! I’ll be purchasing a physical copy so I can go through again and make much better notes.
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- Read version: ebook
- Published: 12/26/2023
- Categories: self-help, productivity
- Link:
- Notes:
- Really good productivity book. I'm definitely going to go thru it again and make better notes and do some experiments from the book
- easy read even though he mentions a bunch of scientific studies
- Notable Excerpts:
- Don’t rote-learn your way to feel-good productivity. Experiment your way.
- This is the ‘undoing hypothesis’: that positive emotions can ‘undo’ the effects of stress and other negative emotions. If stress is the problem, then feeling good might just be the solution.
- As the philosopher Seneca said, Qui docet discit – ‘He who teaches learns’.
- Awards:
- New York Times Bestseller