Reseña del Libro: Manage Your Day-to-Day – Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your Creative Mind / Editado por Jocelyn K. Glei.
Este libro fue recomendado por la revista Entrepeneur.com como uno de los libros clave para llevar las ideas a la realidad. Es una compilación de artículos de Jocelyn K. Glei donde se estudia los temas de administrar el día, establecer prioridades, eliminar distracciones y adoptar un sistema más eficiente de trabajo diario.
Los artículos y entrevistas tienen en común algunos patrones en sus recomendaciones, siendo el más repetido el tema del uso nocivo del e-mail y las redes sociales en nuestras vidas actuales, en la necesidad de alejarse de los dispositivos y del problema de estar constantemente bombardeados de información, lo que nos fatiga mentalmente, reduce nuestro foco y capacidad de respuesta a los objetivos más importantes.
La primera parte “Construye una Rutina como Roca Solida”, sigue los mismos consejos que se exploran en libros que ya reseñe, especialmente el del “Poder del Hábito”, y “Talent is Overrated”.
En resumen, se aconseja usar la repetición, establecer ritmos, horarios específicos, y hacer una administración de nuestros niveles de energía durante el día.
La segunda parte “Obteniendo foco en un mundo de distracción”, profundiza en el tema de los ambientes modernos repletos de agitación y cambio rápido. Se critica el mito del multitasking el cual es muy difícil de lograr, y de la importancia de un tiempo en soledad para obtener claridad.
En la tercera parte “Dominando tus herramientas”, se busca un uso consciente de las redes sociales y se critica el uso excesivo de las “extenciones de la comunicación” como son todos los equipos electrónicos. En este tema es especialmente interesante las citas a las teorías de la comunicación de Marshall McLuhan: “Todo es un deseo de nuestro deseo de comunicación”.
En la cuarta parte: “Afilando tu creatividad”, en esta parte tratan la creatividad y su proceso desde el punto de vista del estilo de vida necesario para dejar espacio al pensamiento superior que representa la generación de nuevas ideas. Me gusto el capitulo donde se invita a dejar de lado el perfeccionismo, y también sobre la insistencia en que lo fundamental es tener motivaciones intrínsecas a la creatividad.
Estos son los nombres y páginas de los expertos entrevistados en el libro, lo cual me parece muy útil para seguir sus ideas en Redes Sociales en temas de productividad e Innovación:
MARK MCGUINNESS is a London-based coach for creative professionals. He works with clients all over the world and consults for creative companies. He is the author of Resilience: Facing Down Rejection and Criticism on the Road to Success and a columnist for 99U.→ www.LateralAction.com
GRETCHEN RUBIN is the author of the bestsellers Happier at Home and The Happiness Project—accounts of her experiences test-driving ancient wisdom, scientific studies, and lessons from popular culture about happiness. On her blog, she reports on her daily adventures in happiness.→ www.happiness-project.com
SETH GODIN has written fourteen books that have been translated into more than thirty languages. Every one has been a bestseller. He writes about the post-industrial revolution, the way ideas spread, marketing, quitting, leadership, and, most of all, changing everything.→ www.sethgodin.com
TONY SCHWARTZ is the president and CEO of The Energy Project, a company that helps organizations fuel sustainable high performance by better meeting the needs of their employees. Tony’s most recent books, Be Excellent at Anything and The Power of Full Engagement (the latter co-authored with Jim Loehr), were both New York Times bestsellers → www.theenergyproject.com
LEO BABAUTA is a simplicity blogger and author. He created Zen Habits, a top blog; mnmlist.com; and the bestselling books Focus, The Power of Less, and The Effortless Life.→ www.zenhabits.net
CAL NEWPORT is a writer and a professor at Georgetown University. His most recent book, So Good They Can’t Ignore You, argues that “follow your passion” is bad advice. Find out more about Cal and his writing at his blog, Study Hacks.→ www.calnewport.com/blog
DR. CHRISTIAN JARRETT is a psychologist and author of The Rough Guide to Psychology. He writes the Research Digest blog for the British Psychological Society and is staff writer on its house magazine, The Psychologist.→ www.psychologywriter.org.uk
DAN ARIELY, James B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics at Duke University, is dedicated to helping people live more sensible—if not more rational—lives. He is a founding member of the Center for Advanced Hindsight and author of the New York Times bestsellers Predictably Irrational, The Upside of Irrationality, and The Honest Truth About Dishonesty.→ www.danariely.com
ERIN ROONEY DOLAND is editor-in-chief of Unclutterer.com, a website providing daily articles on home and office organization, and author of the book Unclutter Your Life in One Week. She is a writer, productivity consultant, and lecturer. Writing and simple living are two of her greatest passions.→ www.unclutterer.com
SCOTT BELSKY is Adobe’s Vice President of Community and Co-Founder & Head of Behance, the leading online platform for creatives to showcase and discover creative work. Scott has been called one of the “100 Most Creative People in Business” by Fast Company, and is the author of the international bestselling book, Making Ideas Happen. He is also an investor and advisor for several companies including Pinterest and Uber. www.scottbelsky.com
AARON DIGNAN is the CEO of the digital strategy firm Undercurrent, where he advises global brands and complex organizations like GE, American Express, Ford Motor Company, and the Cooper-Hewitt on their future in an increasingly technophilic world. He is also the author of Game Frame: Using Games as a Strategy for Success.→ www.undercurrent.com
LORI DESCHENE is the founder of tinybuddha.com, a community blog about wisdom that features stories and insights from readers all over the globe. She runs the site as a group effort because she believes we all have something to teach and something to learn. She is also the author of Tiny Buddha: Simple Wisdom for Life’s Hard Questions.→ www.tinybuddha.com
TIFFANY SHLAIN is a filmmaker, artist, and founder of the Webby Awards. Newsweek called her one of the “Women Shaping the 21st Century.” Her last four films premiered at Sundance, including her acclaimed feature documentary, Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology. Her book, Brain Power: From Neurons to Networks, was published by TED Books.→ www.tiffanyshlain.com
LINDA STONE is a former senior high-technology executive, and currently a writer, speaker, advisor, and consultant focused on trends and their strategic and consumer implications. She coined the terms continuous partial attention, e-mail apnea, screen apnea, and conscious computing. Her work and articles on her work have appeared in the New York Times, Newsweek, The Economist, The Boston Globe, Harvard Business Review, and on hundreds of blogs.→ www.lindastone.net
JAMES VICTORE is an author, designer, filmmaker, and educator. His work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and is represented in the permanent collections of museums around the globe. He teaches at the School of Visual Arts in NYC → www.jamesvictore.com
TODD HENRY is the founder of Accidental Creative, a company that helps creatives and teams be prolific, brilliant, and healthy. His book, The Accidental Creative: How to Be Brilliant at a Moment’s Notice, offers strategies for how creative pros can thrive in the create-on-demand marketplace.→ www.accidentalcreative.com
SCOTT MCDOWELL works with nonprofit and socially-minded business leaders to solve big problems and generate organizational potency. He runs the consulting and executive search firm CHM Partners. Andy Warhol was right: “Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.” Scott once produced MTV’s 120 Minutes and currently hosts The Long Rally on WFMU.→ www.chm-partners.com
STEFAN SAGMEISTER is a New York–based graphic designer and typographer who operates the design firm Sagmeister & Walsh Inc. He has designed album covers for Lou Reed, OK Go, The Rolling Stones, David Byrne, Aerosmith, and Pat Metheny, and he is the author of Things I Have Learned in My Life So Far.→ www.sagmeister.com
ELIZABETH GRACE SAUNDERS is the author of The 3 Secrets to Effective Time Investment: How to Achieve More Success with Less Stress and the founder and CEO of Real Life E Time Coaching & Training. Elizabeth is dedicated to empowering people around the world to accomplish more with peace and confidence.→ www.ScheduleMakeover.co
MARK MCGUINNESS is a coach for creative professionals. Based in London, he coaches clients all over the world and consults for creative companies. He is the author of the book Resilience: Facing Down Rejection and Criticism on the Road to Success and a columnist for 99U.→ www.LateralAction.com
STEVEN PRESSFIELD is the author of The War of Art and Turning Pro and the novels Gates of Fire, The Legend of Bagger Vance and The Profession.→ www.stevenpressfield.com