Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done
by Peter Bregman
Peter Bregman's 18 Minutes is a brisk, advice-driven handbook built from short columns, offering a handful of repeatable habits to pick daily priorities, reduce busywork, and reclaim attention. Most chapters are short, practical, and oriented toward immediate changes—good for people who prefer tactic over theory. Its limitation: tips can feel repetitive and anecdotal, with little academic justification or deep case studies; readers who want step-by-step exercises or scientific grounding may find it lightweight.
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Based upon his weekly Harvard Business Review columns (which is one of the most popular columns on HBR.com, receiving hundreds of thousands of unique page views a month), 18 Minutes clearly shows how busy people can cut through all the daily clutter and distractions and find a way to focus on those key items which are truly the top priorities in ou...
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