Chris Bailey (b. 1989) is a Canadian writer and productivity consultant, and a productivity project writer .
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Early life and education
Bailey was born in Red Deer, Alberta, and grew up in Belleville, Ontario, Canada. He first became interested in high school productivity, after reading 2001's David Allen's book Getting Things Done. He moved to Ottawa, Ontario, to study at Carleton University, graduating from Sprott Business School in 2013.
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Careers
After college, Bailey took a year off from studying and experimenting in productivity on himself, documenting his experience on his blog, Year of Productivity (later renamed A Life of Productivity i> i>). He started the project for a year in May 2013, tested new and old productivity theories through experiments including living in exile for 10 days; limit their smartphone usage up to an hour a day for 3 months; wake up at 5:30 am every morning; and experimenting with varying length workweeks, between 20 hours and 90 hours, to find optimal duration of work. He witnessed 291 TED conversations (about 70 hours) in 7 days, and then compiled a list on his blog about 100 things he learned, 7 characteristics of a highly effective TED speaker, and 10 TED talks that could be watched to be more productive.
The insights and strategies learned from this experiment, as well as from interviews with other experts in the field, are compiled into his 2016 book The Productivity Project, Canada's bestselling nonfiction bestselling book on Audible.com for the week ending July 15, 2016. The Globe and Mail is named Project Productivity one of the top 10 best management and business books of 2016, and Fortune Magazine named it one of the top three business books this year. Chinese Mandarin Translation is the best-selling Business Finance book in Taiwan.
The main principle of this book involves learning to manage one's time, energy, and attention. Among other productivity tactics, Bailey discusses the benefits of finding Primary Time Biology (a unique time when one has the highest energy level) and dedicating the time to performing important tasks, through creating a daily task list limited to the three most important things to be accomplished that day. In addition to the "to do" list, Bailey recommends keeping a "completed" list of the greatest achievements of a person, adding them weekly and reviewing them every Sunday for inspiration for next week. She also suggests sitting alone in the room for 15 minutes, allowing the brain to wonder, and taking notes with pen and paper, a concept adapted from cognitive neuroscientist Daniel Levitin.
Bailey also suggested that more efficiently while watching television, one can simultaneously perform the mindless daily tasks around the house, such as washing clothes, exercising, or washing dishes. He suggests to delay the consumption of coffee until before starting an important task to make full use of the energy boost generated, rather than drinking coffee automatically at the same time each day. He has stated that in the workplace, employers should focus on employee performance rather than how late they keep working, to emphasize quality over quantity. Regarding job emails, Bailey recommends keeping them brief (three sentences or less), to send them early on weekdays, and waiting for replies to gain more insight and give yourself time to compose concise and effective messages.
Bibliography
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- Project Productivity: Completing More by Managing Your Time, Attention, and Energy (Business Crown/Penguin Random House, 5 January 2016)
Articles
- "10 Lessons I Learned from One Year Productivity Experiments" - Lifehacker, June 3, 2014
- "The lazy success: Why work 20 hours a week is more effective than 90" - National Post , December 31, 2015
- "How Maintaining Two Things Changes My Overall Productivity" - Quick Company , January 6, 2016
References
External links
- Official website
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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