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This is the book that’s changing the way people view productivity. It has been a big hit, making the New York Times’ best seller list and launching its author, Tim Ferriss, into the media spotlight. The Four Hour Work Week’s (T4HWW) success is attributable to two main things: 1) It offers a refreshingly new approach to productivity, and explores some key new developments that can help a person spend less time at work, and 2) Tim Ferriss’ tireless (shameless?) self publicity that has gotten him on the front pages of many newspapers, magazines and on the couches of many chat shows. What follows is a brief surgical strike summary of the book so you can get a feel of what it’s all about and make your decision about purchasing it (or not!). If you do want to buy the book, there is a link to it on my recommended reading section in the sidebar to the right of this post.

The book is split into (appropriately enough) four main chapters, Definition, Elimination, Automation and Liberation, giving the nice acronym DEAL. I’ll go through each of the sections in turn. Read the rest of this entry »

Update: See the mother of all productivity faceoffs with Bit Literacy vs GTD vs 4HWW here.

This post begins a series of mini book reviews that give you what you need to know about a book in an easily digestible nibble. It can also help you make the decision to go out and buy the full meal at full restaurant prices (ok, enough with the food metaphor!).

For this first post I am going to provide a condensed overview of Bit Literacy by Mark Hurst.

According to the Book, bit literacy is defined as:

..a set of skills for living and working with bits in a healthy and productive way. Much like literacy itself, bit literacy can grant a lifetime of benefits, and it doesn’t require any special software or expensive tools.

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