The First Two Hours: Make better use of your most valuable time

Written by Donna McGeorge

Narrated by Donna McGeorge

Are you drowning in email? Overloaded with calendar invitations? Frustrated by wasteful meetings and an ever-growing workload? Then you know that being busy does not mean being productive. Most workers are being asked to take on more responsibilities with less support, advised to simply "be innovative." But you only have a finite amount of energy and thinking capacity available to you in a day. Most of us are wasting it on things that aren't contributing to our most important work: the activities that require problem solving, decision making, and critical thinking.

Developed for business professionals, The First Two Hours teaches you how to design your day, rather than be at the mercy of it. Using research on neuroscience, energy flow, and the body's natural rhythms, it divides the workday into manageable blocks and helps you determine when you are most resourceful, and therefore when you should complete your most demanding tasks.

In a time of near-constant information overload, this practical handbook helps you focus on getting done what you need to get done, when you are best able to do it. By learning to invest your energy strategically, you can be in the driver's seat every work day and achieve a level of productivity beyond what you thought possible.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ascent Audio
• Release date: Jun 12, 2019
• ISBN: 9781469071732

Reviews for The First Two Hours

[Paul Innerd · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Never written a bad book review in my life.
I’m 45 mins in and ironically it’s 45 mins I’ll never get back. Had to give up on “How to Design your Day” I’m only past the “thanks to so and so you do x y and z” “thanks to my husband for bringing snacks” followed by listening to a Vogue type questionnaire like if you answered A “you’re a leave it till tomorrow person”, then on to “did you know many people are too stressed”? “aren’t you tired of seeing hundreds of emails”, “don’t you wish ….and the narrator /author. Stop! I feel like I’m getting told off!
Ever heard of it’s not what you say but how you say it?

[david brown · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A GREAT book. Easy to listen to and place principles into use instantly.