Books like Free Time

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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.

02

Getting Things Done

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.

03

Deep Work

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.

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The Effective Executive

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.

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100 Baggers: Stocks That Return 100-to-1 and How to Find Them

Christopher Mayer · Business

Christopher Mayer built this book on research conducted earlier by Thomas Phelps, whose 1972 book 100 to 1 in the Stock Market studied stocks that returned one hundred times their purchase price.

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7 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy

Hamilton Helmer · Business

7 Powers is Hamilton Helmer's attempt to distill the full landscape of business strategy into a single rigorous framework.