Productivity

A practical guide to building good habits and breaking bad ones through small, compounding changes. For anyone who wants a clear system for lasting behavior change.

• Productivity
• Self-improvement

Cal Newport argues that focused, distraction-free work is rare and valuable, and gives four rules to build it. For knowledge workers who want to do their best work.

• Productivity

Brian Tracy's short guide to beating procrastination by doing your most important task first. Gives 21 practical methods for people with long to-do lists.

• Productivity

Greg McKeown's guide to the disciplined pursuit of less: how to find the few things that matter, cut the rest and make the essential work easy. For busy people who say yes too often.

• Productivity
• Self-improvement

Robert Greene's guide to reaching mastery in any field, from finding your calling to the long apprenticeship and creative breakthroughs. For people who want to build deep skill over a career.

• Productivity
• Self-improvement

Robin Sharma's fable about using the first hour of the day, 5 to 6 a.m., to train your body, mind and spirit. For readers who want a structured morning routine.

• Productivity
• Self-improvement

Stephen Covey's principle-based framework for personal and professional effectiveness. For anyone who wants clearer priorities, stronger relationships and habits built on character, not tricks.

• Productivity
• Self-improvement

Richard Koch shows how a small share of causes produces most results, and how to use that imbalance in business and life. For people who want to do less but achieve more.

• Business and startups
• Productivity

Charles Duhigg explains how habits work in people, companies and societies, and how to change them with the cue, routine and reward loop. For anyone who wants to break a bad habit or build a good one.

• Productivity
• Psychology