What the Most Successful People Do

What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast: And Two Other Short Guides to Achieving More at Work and at Home

About the Book

Laura Vanderkam has combined her three popular mini e-books into one comprehensive guide, with a new introduction. It will help readers build habits that lead to happier, more productive lives, despite the pressures of their busy schedules. Through interviews and anecdotes, she reveals:

  • What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast—to jump-start the day productively.
  • What the Most Successful People Do On the Weekend—to recharge and prepare for a great week.
  • What the Most Successful People Do at Work—to accomplish more in less time.

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What the Most Successful People Do at Work: A Short Guide to Making Over Your Career

About the ebook

The third installment in the What the Most Successful People Do series looks at how we can make the most of our time on the job. With stories from highly productive people who get it done (and get home), this ebook offers tips that will help you make over your career — and life.

In the bestselling mini-ebook What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, Laura Vanderkam showed us how to take advantage of our often ignored morning hours to achieve our dreams. Then in the sequel, What the Most Successful People Do on the Weekend, she revealed why the key to a better week is a better weekend. Now, in the third mini-ebook of this trilogy, What the Most Successful People Do at Work, Vanderkam shows us how to ignite our careers by taking control of our work days.

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What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast: A Short Guide to Making Over Your Mornings — and Life

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Mornings hold the key to taking control of our schedules. If we use them wisely, we can build habits that will allow us to lead happier, more productive lives.  Drawing on real-life anecdotes and scientific research that shows why the early hours of the day are so important, Laura Vanderkam reveals how successful people use mornings to help them accomplish things that are often impossible to take care of later in the day. While many of us are still in bed, these folks are scoring daily victories to improve their health, careers, and personal lives without sacrificing their sanity. What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast is a fun, practical guide that will inspire you to rethink your morning routine and jump-start your life before the day has even begun.

“Vanderkam, who became fascinated by time management while penning her last book, ‘168 Hours’ says that in the course of researching dozens of people on how they spend their precious minutes, the most successful people were those who devoted chunks of time in the morning to the things (or people) that they loved.”
—Forbes

“Vanderkam argues that making smart use of the early morning is a practice most highly successful people share.”
—Inc.

“What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast: A Short Guide to Making Over Your Mornings—and Life, is a satisfying reminder of the role of willpower, its influence over daily priorities, and how it can be tweaked to optimize the morning hours, while your mind is still fresh.”
—Examiner.com

“Laura shares a peek into the lives of some very successful people — and how they are structuring their lives to make the most of the morning hours. What works for them might not work for you, but I promise you’ll be inspired to make the most of your mornings — whether or not you are an early riser.”
—MoneySavingMom

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What the Most Successful People Do On the Weekend: A Short Guide to Making the Most of Your Days Off

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With this newest ebook in her What the Most Successful People Do series, Laura Vanderkam shows how we can take control of our weekends to get necessary R&R, while also using our downtime as a springboard to a productive week. Drawing on real-life anecdotes and scientific research, Vanderkam explains why doing nothing can be more exhausting than doing something, and why happy people make weekend plans in advance. She reveals the kind of weekend activities that make people happiest, explains why it’s important to unplug at least for a little while, and shares the secret of why Sunday night may be the most important part of any weekend.

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