5 Productivity Books Every Business Owner Should Read

Send us Fan MailProductivity does not come from one trick, one system or one book.Different productivity problems require different solutions.In this short solo episode, business coach Peter Boolkah recommends five influential productivity books and explains the particular business-owner problem each one can help solve.The books cover delegation, procrastination, habits, priorities and creating a reliable system for managing your commitments.Peter’s five recommendations are:The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey by Ken BlanchardLearn how to prevent delegated tasks from returning to you—and why taking back somebody else’s responsibility teaches them to depend on you.Eat That Frog! by Brian TracyStop avoiding the most important task of the day by filling your time with easier, less valuable work.Atomic Habits by James ClearDiscover how small, consistent improvements can combine to produce a significant result.The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. CoveyLearn how to put first things first and protect your time from demands and distractions that do not move the business forward.Getting Things Done by David AllenCreate a trusted framework for managing professional and personal commitments without becoming overwhelmed.You’ll discover:Why no single productivity book contains every answerHow to build your own productivity system from several approachesWhat boomerang delegation looks likeWhy taking work back from employees reinforces dependencyHow procrastination creates an increasingly overwhelming workloadWhy small habits frequently outperform the search for one enormous breakthroughHow checking email continually destroys concentrationWhy routines can create greater freedomHow to distinguish important work from distracting activityWhy many people leave school without learning self-managementHow a trusted framework reduces overwhelm and helps you actFor founders, the delegation lesson may be the most important.If every task you delegate eventually returns to you, the team is not reducing founder dependency.It is simply adding another route through which work reaches the founder.True productivity is not about squeezing more tasks into your day.It is about creating habits, priorities and systems that prevent everything from depending on you.CONNECT WITH PETER BOOLKAHWebsite: https://www.boolkah.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/boolkahInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/pboolkah/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BoolkahX: https://twitter.com/boolkahABOUT PETER BOOLKAHPeter Boolkah is a business coach, author and speaker who has spent more than 20 years helping business owners build stronger, more valuable businesses that do not depend on them for everything.He is the creator of The Hamster Wheel Trap® and author of Your Business Sucks: Build a Business That Works Without Destroying Your Life.Peter works with founders and leadership teams on the issues that ultimately determine whether a business creates freedom or becomes another job: leadership, founder dependency, people, profit, execution, scaling, exit readiness and enterprise value.His approach is direct, practical and built around one simple question:Do you own the business, or does the business own you?Learn more at https://www.boolkah.com