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Books like Free Time
The best books like Free Time are Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, Getting Things Done, and Deep Work. Free Time by Jenny Blake is about business systems, delegation, entrepreneurship. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
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Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Greg McKeown · Self-help
Essentialism is Greg McKeown's argument that the way most people approach work and life — saying yes to almost everything — is a slow form of defeat.
A kindred business read.
Read the summary → - Getting Things Done
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David Allen · Self-help
Getting Things Done is David Allen's argument that the main source of stress in modern knowledge work isn't the volume of tasks — it's having commitments that live only in your head.
Both dig into productivity.
Read the summary → - Deep Work
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Cal Newport · Self-help
Deep Work is Cal Newport's case that the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task is becoming both rarer and more valuable, and that people who cultivate it will thrive while everyone else stays stuck in shallow busywork.
Both dig into productivity.
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- The Effective Executive
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Peter F. Drucker · Business
The Effective Executive is Peter Drucker's 1967 argument that effectiveness — getting the right things done — is a discipline that can be learned, and that it is the most important capability a knowledge worker can develop.
Both dig into productivity.
Read the summary → - The 4-Hour Workweek
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Timothy Ferriss · Self-help
The 4-Hour Workweek is Timothy Ferriss's argument that the standard model of working forty-plus hours a week until retirement is a bad deal, and that a better one is available right now for anyone willing to rethink how they work, earn, and live.
Shares entrepreneurship and automation with Free Time.
Read the summary → - Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You
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Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You
John Warrillow · Business
Built to Sell is John Warrillow's argument that every business owner — regardless of whether they ever intend to sell — should build their company as if they were going to.
Shares business systems and entrepreneurship with Free Time.
Read the summary → - Rework
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Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson · Business
Rework is Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson's deliberately provocative argument against most conventional wisdom about building a business.
Shares entrepreneurship and productivity with Free Time.
Read the summary → - The E-Myth Enterprise
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Michael E. Gerber · Business
The E-Myth Enterprise is Michael Gerber's follow-up to The E-Myth Revisited, and it extends his argument about why small businesses fail into the broader question of what it takes to build what he calls a "World Class Company." Where The E-Myth Revisited focused on the technician-manager-entrepreneur split and the importance of working on the business rather than in it, The E-Myth Enterprise focuses on the enterprise as an idea — as a system for creating value that transcends the founder's personal involvement.
Shares business systems and entrepreneurship with Free Time.
Read the summary → - Your World-Class Assistant
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Michael Hyatt · Business
Your World-Class Assistant is Michael Hyatt's guide for executives and high-achieving professionals who are considering hiring an assistant for the first time, or who have an assistant but haven't yet built a working relationship that produces real leverage.
Shares delegation and productivity with Free Time.
Read the summary → - A World Without Email
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Cal Newport · Business
A World Without Email is Cal Newport's most targeted critique of modern knowledge work culture.
Both dig into productivity.
Read the summary → - AI Superpowers
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Kai-Fu Lee · Business
AI Superpowers is Kai-Fu Lee's argument that the geopolitical competition to lead in artificial intelligence is primarily a two-country race between the United States and China, and that the outcome will reshape the global economy in ways most people haven't started to reckon with.
Both dig into entrepreneurship.
Read the summary → - Anything You Want
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Derek Sivers · Business
Anything You Want is Derek Sivers' account of building, running, and eventually selling CD Baby, the independent musician distribution company he founded accidentally in 1998 when a few friends asked him to sell their CDs online.
Both dig into entrepreneurship.
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Books like Free Time: quick answers
What are the best books like Free Time?
The best books like Free Time by Jenny Blake are Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown, Getting Things Done by David Allen, Deep Work by Cal Newport, The Effective Executive by Peter F. Drucker, The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Free Time, such as business systems, delegation, entrepreneurship.
What should I read after Free Time?
A natural next read after Free Time is Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown. A kindred business read. Other strong choices are Getting Things Done by David Allen, Deep Work by Cal Newport, The Effective Executive by Peter F. Drucker.
What books are similar to Free Time by Jenny Blake?
Free Time centers on business systems, delegation, entrepreneurship. Books with a similar feel include Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown, Getting Things Done by David Allen, Deep Work by Cal Newport, The Effective Executive by Peter F. Drucker, The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss, Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You by John Warrillow — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
