The Power to Get Things Done: (Whether You Feel Like It or Not)
Written by Steve Levinson, Ph.D. and Chris Cooper
Narrated by Fred Sanders
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About this audiobook
Turn your good intentions into action.
Whether you run your own business or work for someone else, you've probably got a lot on your plate. Along with the portion of your work that you truly feel like doing comes a generous helping of things you'd rather not do.
As consultants, Steve Levinson and Chris Cooper have seen countless clients struggle-and often fail-to do the many success-producing things they know they should do but don't feel like doing.
The Power to Get Things Done will teach you how to consistently turn your good intentions into action so that you can be as successful as possible in the work you do.
Don't feel like filing those pesky tax forms or making the follow-up calls you've been putting off? The Power to Get Things Done will show you how to get yourself--and keep yourself--in gear.
Levinson and Cooper offer you a host of practical solutions, including:
• the smart way to think about and treat your own good intentions
• three key principles of following through that will change everything
• simple but powerful principles and strategies that will turn you into a follow-through champion.
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Reviews for The Power to Get Things Done
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Excellent book on the importance of follow through and how we can incorporate follow through of our good intensions
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Far too repetitive with little to no actual content.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Amazing strategy. It works wonders. It has Given me an advantage
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Very useful book. Brings light to a critical and under appreciated aspect of getting successful.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Probably 20% of the content was useful. You’ll need to jump to the middle of the book to find it.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A great book with many useful tips and tricks on how to be more effective and perform better (in anything).
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Awesome read everyone needs this book as a reminder!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Very good book. You gets insights in beginning and tools in the end. Great tools. Great book.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Good but it could be much shorter than it is.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Everything this book talks about is truly applicable to my life. It is like he has been silently and unnoticeably observing all of my life
Surely my life will never be same after listening to this audio book - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This book is requisite for anyone planning to start a business and anyone struggling to do what they said that they would.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I like this book because it gave me some insight about why I never finished some of my projects that I known needed to get done.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Otimas dicas (excellent clues). But could be less long and it would be better
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It was more helpful than I ever imagined. Seriously recommended.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Following through can be instinctive but after reading this book it will become conscious
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Long on describing the problem and sharing anecdotes; short on data and actionable advice.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Now I finally know why I have not been able to do all the stuff I always wanted to do. Because I have a follow thru problem. I think this book will change my life.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5One of the best self-help books Ive ever read. Loads of examples to support theories, and great insights on how to follow through.
Indeed , the brain can tell you what you deserve, but wont force you to work towards it. Thanks for writing this book Steve Levinson and Chris Cooper.1 person found this helpful
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Wow. This book is just amazing. I read about 100 non fiction books a year and this book is really impressive. I read some other books about how to make difficult changes, but this book was way clearer and gave more good examples.
I've already implemented a new follow through plan for my business and my wife for exercising 3x a week (I taught her this info). Can't believe this book is only 4h long. The knowledge was very relevant and impactful and enough detail knowledge to really understand it. It's very logical. The part of about pain and pleasure in the short and long run was very insightful. Before I read this book I already built several habits over the years such as exercise, meditation, healthy food and reading, but now I feel way more competent tackling my new goal which is consistently working on creating value with my business. I think the writer could make a follow up book with a new chapter on trial and error (if your follow through plan doesn't work, analyse why, make small adjustment and try again). I'm very happy for this book and like to give thanks to the author. The compactness of the book shows that he is practicing what he preaches. ),2 people found this helpful
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great techniques recommended. My advice is speed it up to 1.8 as the speech rate is quite slow so you'll understand everything anyway
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Very informative book. The info was great but a bit repetitive imo
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5You know this but you need to hear it and especially hearing ways to make sure that you get things done and are accountable to yourself without the use of willpower. Read this!
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I came across this book and I can’t believe how much this book empowered me and helped me understand why doing the “unsexy” activities in business have held me back (until now). Just after three days of listening to this audiobook I implemented some of the strategies and finished my book. I have struggled with this book for over two years constantly saying “I’ll get it done” but never did. Now I know why and I’m thankful. I’m listening to it again to really let it sink in so I can go even higher. Thank you. Tracy W
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The first part of the book is interesting. It explains in dept of why having motivation is simply not enough to be successful. The second part gives you tips and tricks on how to get things done and follow through even when you don't feel like it. For me, as a person who have self-help as my favourite reading genre for years and have read many self-help books, I didn't learn anything new to improve my following through skill. The book doesn't really offer any unique techniques that other similar books haven't mentioned. Despite of that I do learn from the first part about the important of motivation and action. We always hear about having motivation is not that important but not many books really explain more about it. This book does. I would recommend this book to those who just starts dipping there toes into self-help genre. But to others, this book is more like a summary of some techniques.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great book, great narrator but the beginning is a bit boring. From chapter 25 is where a magic begins.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Good audio Book for everyone, novice and professionals alike. Thank you author
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Just get on and do the goo! A good reminder of some ways to unlock procrastination.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I wish there was a cheat sheet with all the practical questions and points
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I can relate to the examples and scenarios provided in the book. And it gave me a structured way of planning to ensure i follow thru my intentions or goals especially in my work.
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