The Joy of Missing Out: Live More by Doing Less

Written by Tanya Dalton

Narrated by Tanya Dalton

This book is two things. It’s an eye-opener to the fact that we don’t have to do a million things to be productive (or successful). And it’s a coach that helps us trim the fat, get real with our purpose, and start living more intentionally-Goop 

Dalton helps readers by teaching us to focus on the most important things and create our own operating systems that are exclusive to our lives as individuals. By doing this, we can simplify and make life even better- San Francisco Book Review

Dalton’s ground-up approach to productivity teaches readers to identify their real priorities and, in doing so, cut their massive to-do lists down to size by learning to say no to the tasks that pull them away from their North Star-Grateful

Overwhelmed. Do you wake up in the morning already feeling behind? Does the pressure of keeping it all together make you feel anxious and irritable?

Tanya Dalton, CEO and productivity expert, offers you a liberating shift in perspective: feeling overwhelmed isn't the result of having too much to do -- it's from not knowing where to start.

Doing less might seem counterintuitive, but doing less is more productive, because you’re concentrating on the work you actually want to be doing. Through this book, you can learn how to:

• Identify what is important to you and clarify your priorities.
• Develop ways to streamline your specific workflow.
• Discover your purpose.

Named Top 10 Business Book of the Year by Fortune magazine, The Joy of Missing Out is chock-full of resources and printables. This is a legitimate action plan for change. Once you reject the pressure to do more, something amazing happens: you discover you can finally live a guilt-free, abundant life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson
• Release date: Oct 1, 2019
• ISBN: 9781400214426

Tanya Dalton

Tanya Dalton is a nationally recognized productivity expert, bestselling author, and speaker who serves as a growth strategist for female leaders in the corporate and entrepreneurial sectors. She is also the founder and CEO of inkWELL Press Productivity Co., a business focused on helping women create fulfilling lives on purpose. Her popular podcast, The Intentional Advantage, has been downloaded more than 2.5 million times and hundreds of thousands of her inkWELL Press products have found their way into the hands of eager consumers around the world. Tanya is also the wife of John and the mom of Jack and Kate. They reside in Asheville, North Carolina, where John doesn't just work by her side; he sits across the desk from her. They spend their days planning, laughing, and working together as she once dreamed they would.

Reviews for The Joy of Missing Out

[Jimmy Yao · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Really Great and give positive energy for every day! Appreicate it!

[Deb Dunham · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

BEST in it’s category. Check out Inkwell Press. Tonya Dalton also has FREE podcasts and offers the best line of planners I have used withi my 40 years of product management.

[beautyqueenmil · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Very practical advice. A must read for the successful and unsuccessful yet.

[Terus Membaca · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Love how it's about productivity in all aspects, not just about work. All the stories from women is also so empowering. Great books overall. Hopefully I can implement it in my life.

[Akona Mononela · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

The part that I only have 18 years with my kids so I better make the best of the time I am grunted with them.

[Diana · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Insightful and an easy listen! Great for listening while getting work done.

[Rebecca · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Loved this book. It ties the concepts of some other productivity books together and present them in a way that is easy to understand and action.

[Katrina Gonzalez · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Chapter 11 though. What’s so inspirational about travelling to Israel? Stupid book ??

[pinkpurlandprose · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

NetGalley has published a Book Kit - review of the actual book coming soon.Many thanks to NetGalley and Tonya Dalton for receiving the Joy of Missing Out Book Kit in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are 100% my own and independent of receiving this kit.For the last year or so, NetGalley has been providing Book Kits. Each one of these kits is unique and centred around the book, some include author interviews, book club questions, all kinds of things to deepen your understanding of the material. Sometimes, these are great additions if it is your turn in book club, or, just a fun take away - however you want to look at it.I really enjoyed the Joy of Missing Out Book Kit. The book itself is about feeling overwhelmed and feeling like crap at the end of the day because you didn’t accomplish an almost impossible list of things you have to do every day. I mean, who doesn’t need help around that!.The kit is set up with a Reading Plan, some tips on how to make more time for reading and a Glossary of Terms that Dalton uses. Then it goes through each chapter with exercises and questions that you can use as a discussion in a group setting, or just to ponder if you are on your own. I really like the way each chapter was set up and offering enough unique things to make it interesting. Some had mind maps, lists, journalling ideas. There were essential quotes from each chapter and a key take away.For a book like Joy of Missing Out, this book kit was almost like a workbook companion that you might purchase alongside the book itself. I found it comprehensive and helps lay out your thoughts and feelings around these issues that will help highlight where you might need some help. I think that I will actually write my answers down in a notebook so that I can re-visit this and do it again say in six months or a year. Just a neat way to see if I actually improved on anything but also because as life changes, your answers will change. All in all, I highly recommend downloading this Book Kit and if you aren’t a member of NetGalley and enjoy reading and reviewing books, you should look into becoming a member. It’s easy to get started and you just have to commit to reviewing each book you read. There’s only one huge issue that it seems a lot of my book friends, and I’m including myself in this, that fall down the rabbit hole of wanting to request everything and watching your TBR list grow and grow. I wonder if there is a self help book on that!

[melissa_o-399736 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Let me start out by saying that Joy of Missing Out completed the task it set out to do. However, it was not the type of book I thought I was reading and that is on me for not paying closer attention to the synopsis. I knew it was a play on FOMO which has become quite a popular phrase in our society. I thought it was going to be strategies to help us to enjoy our daily lives, but it was definitely geared more towards women who own their own business or want to start their own business. The author is an entrepreneur and productivity expert and has good advice for coming up with your goals, vision, mission statement, how to be productive without missing out on what really matters, etc.Now, don't get me wrong. I walked away with some nuggets to think about for my own life even though I don't think I was the intended audience. In this multi-tasking world we live in, she made me think a lot about the idea of being effective versus being efficient. I also really liked her reference to million dollar moments in her life. She considers those to be the really important parts of her day. She used the example of the ten minutes every morning she enjoys with just her husband. That is a million dollar moment to her because that is time in her day she would give a million dollars to get have again.Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of this book. All opinions expressed are entirely my own.