I got this Productivity Hacks EBook free to review.
As a professional procrastinator, this book seemed like a godsend to me. I really need to be more productive sometimes, but it's a struggle. So I figured a book of productivity hacks would be a great help to me. But then I started reading it. There is first a section of the book about productivity killing habits. Seems like a good place to start a book about improving productivity, right? There are some noticeable grammatical errors early and often through out this book. Now, don't get me wrong, I know that everyone makes grammar errors. Hell, I do all the time right here in this very blog, but when you are publishing a book and expecting people to pay you money for it there is a reasonable assumption that the book will be edited for grammar and spelling prior to publishing.
But right now we're going to focus on the content of the book, specifically the bad habits section. First of all, the book lists watching morning news as a bad habit. Really? How is being informed a bad habit? That's just stupid and wrong. The author also considers "big picture thinking" to be a bad habit. I understand that sometimes you should focus on the details, but sometimes the big picture is more important. The author lists porn as a bad leisure habit. Okay, I get it, porn is a shameful subject we aren't supposed to talk about in civilized society, but let's be honest here: everyone watches porn on occasion. That's not a bad thing. It's okay to watch porn, as long as you aren't watching anything illegal or allowing your viewing habits to supersede your obligations. Under poor hygeine habits it lists not bathing every morning. Well personally I bathe at night, so I don't bring filth into my clean bed. It also lists "wearing clothes more than once a week" as a bad hygeine habit. I assume the author meant wearing the same clothes more than once without washing them. Otherwise we all need to become nudists to be productive.
Once you get through the bad habits section there is some good advice and info, though the book is still riddled with grammatical errors. I think the useful info in the later sections of the book outweigh the grammatical errors. I wouldn't buy this book at full price, but when it's on sale I think it is a worthy investment.
As a professional procrastinator, this book seemed like a godsend to me. I really need to be more productive sometimes, but it's a struggle. So I figured a book of productivity hacks would be a great help to me. But then I started reading it. There is first a section of the book about productivity killing habits. Seems like a good place to start a book about improving productivity, right? There are some noticeable grammatical errors early and often through out this book. Now, don't get me wrong, I know that everyone makes grammar errors. Hell, I do all the time right here in this very blog, but when you are publishing a book and expecting people to pay you money for it there is a reasonable assumption that the book will be edited for grammar and spelling prior to publishing.
But right now we're going to focus on the content of the book, specifically the bad habits section. First of all, the book lists watching morning news as a bad habit. Really? How is being informed a bad habit? That's just stupid and wrong. The author also considers "big picture thinking" to be a bad habit. I understand that sometimes you should focus on the details, but sometimes the big picture is more important. The author lists porn as a bad leisure habit. Okay, I get it, porn is a shameful subject we aren't supposed to talk about in civilized society, but let's be honest here: everyone watches porn on occasion. That's not a bad thing. It's okay to watch porn, as long as you aren't watching anything illegal or allowing your viewing habits to supersede your obligations. Under poor hygeine habits it lists not bathing every morning. Well personally I bathe at night, so I don't bring filth into my clean bed. It also lists "wearing clothes more than once a week" as a bad hygeine habit. I assume the author meant wearing the same clothes more than once without washing them. Otherwise we all need to become nudists to be productive.
Once you get through the bad habits section there is some good advice and info, though the book is still riddled with grammatical errors. I think the useful info in the later sections of the book outweigh the grammatical errors. I wouldn't buy this book at full price, but when it's on sale I think it is a worthy investment.
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