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“This small gem of a book sparkles with delightfully practical ideas, insights and advice…Well-designed and very readable, Manage Your Day-to-Day is a book you can dip into whenever you need encouragement to get or keep yourself going.” Success Magazine

“The suggestions in
Manage Your Day-to-Day urge us to take responsibility for our own time and energy by not letting email or other forms of reactivity blunt our focus.” Forbes

“Turn off your email, put your ringer on mute, and read this book
right now. Manage Your Day-to-Day contains life-changing tips from the some of the smartest brains around.” ―AJ Jacobs, bestselling author of Drop Dead Healthy and The Year of Living Biblically

“It’s like the Navy Seals of creativity all got together and wrote a book about productivity. I’m giving my entire design team a copy.”
―Joe Gebbia, Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer, Airbnb

Manage Your Day-to-Day is an essential guidebook for navigating information overload and all the other complications and distractions of 21st century life. The lessons contained within are vital in helping us to find the time and space to successfully accomplish daily goals, while creating a safe space for creativity to flourish.” ―Paula Scher, Partner at Pentagram Design

“I’m always looking for ways to boost my productivity and to stop doing the things that hold me back. That’s why I turned to
Manage Your Day-to-Day…The book was worth the quick read.” ―Daniel Pink, author of Drive and To Sell Is Human

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99U is on a mission to provide the “missing curriculum” that every creative person and team needs to make ideas happen. 99U is part of Behance, a team devoted to empowering and connecting the creative world.

In this ongoing book series, 99U shares pragmatic, action-oriented insights that are designed to help you become a better manager of your ideas, your time, and your creative career. Dozens of thought-leaders and creatives have contributed to the series, including Seth Godin, Gretchen Rubin, Stefan Sagmeister, Tony Schwartz, Steven Pressfield, Scott Belsky, Leo Babauta, Tina Seelig, Jonathan Fields, Teresa Amabile, Frans Johansson, and many more.

The series is edited by Jocelyn K. Glei, Director and Editor-in-Chief of 99U. Jocelyn oversees the 99u.com website―which has won two Webby Awards for “Best Cultural Blog”―and leads the curation and execution of the popular 99U Conference. Prior to joining 99U, Jocelyn was the global managing editor at the online media company Flavorpill. She is passionate about creating content-driven products that people love.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1477800670
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Amazon Publishing (May 21, 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 253 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781477800676
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1477800676
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 1 x 7 inches
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Customers find the book provides useful insights and helpful ideas on how to manage their day-to-day. They find it an informative and easy read that is organized well with clear frameworks to build upon. The book is described as engaging and enjoyable, making it a worthwhile and rewarding read. Readers appreciate the focus inspiration and tools for staying focused. The pacing is described as quick and to the point.

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  • Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2013
    If "procrastinator" isn't my middle name, it's only because my parents didn't want to embarrass me. I am a strange hybrid--a creative person who is also a type A++ personality. I do not perform at my best without some sort of structure. When I left graduate school for the life of a freelance writer, I found myself drowning in "free" time with little sense of how to reach my ever-growing (because I never actually reached one and got to cross it off!) list of goals. It took me years to develop the discipline and solid work habits that came to me so naturally as a student.

    MANAGE YOUR DAY-TO-DAY isn't a long or exhaustive exploration of time management and life balance. It's a tiny, targeted little primer full of good advice on building a solid work routine, focusing creative energy, surviving constant connectivity, and generating new ideas. Each section includes short articles by working artists and contemporary thought leaders that get straight to the meat of the given topic such as Harnessing the Power of Frequency, Making Room for Solitude, Learning to Create Amid Chaos, and Using Social Media Mindfully. At the end of each section are specific "Key Takeaways"--action steps the reader can take NOW to improve his or her day-to-day.

    What's great about such a little dynamo of a book, is that I can revisit it whenever I feel my old habits (or lack thereof) sneaking up on me. The result is immediate and relatively painless course correction. The way I see it, the only people who won't profit from this book are the producers and stars of reality television. I know my viewing hours of popcorn television have gone down...and my writing output has gone way up!
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  • Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2014
    In a world with ever increasing demands and diversions it becomes more and more difficult for most of us to manage our time. Specifically, having the opportunity to dig into work and get things done can be the ultimate challenge. Emails, group schedules, and virtual meeting may be useful tools hatched from the information age, but they also present a new set of distractions that make bearing down and producing good work problematic. Add in android phone applications and social media (Facebook, Twitter, Linked-In, Pinterest) there are even more balls to juggle.

    The idea with the book is to compile best practices from specialists that have the expertise and the collective abilities to explain how to get things done. The book is laid out through a series of brief but effective chapters with each of the book’s contributors presenting a short article or interview describing what they have found to be the best ways to manage work.

    To make it practicable, the Manage Your Day-To-Day is broken down into four sections each hold their own as separate pieces while flowing seamlessly from one to the next.

    The first such section, Building a Rock-Solid Routine, zooms in on practices that are imperative for having a system in place to get work done but also leave inspiration for creativity. An interview with marketing guru Seth Godin is a motivating piece entitled: Honing Your Creative Practice.

    The Finding Focus in a Distracted World section includes five best practice stories for dealing with workplace diversions. The best of the bunch is a question and answer piece with the behavioral economist Dan Ariely. Understanding Your Compulsions explains many of the traps that email creates for sidetracking our work day. Ariely also suggests viable solutions to such distractions.
    The section Taming Your Tools explains how to best blend and utilize the growing choices of internet and technology tools with the more traditional problems of workplace efficiency. The stand out here is Banishing Multitasking from Our Repertoire by psychologist Dr. Christian Jarrett.

    Sharpening Your Creative Mind makes up the book’s final section which emphasizes the need to enhance our creative work on a regular basis. Letting Go of Perfectionism by Elizabeth Grace Saunders is one of four standout pieces in this unit.
    I enjoyed this well-organized series of best practices for time and workplace management presented in Manage Your Day-To-Day. It’s a good change of pace and sometimes makes sense to have multiple expert recommendations instead of the standard, elongated, one author-single theory book.

    Manage Your Day-To-Day is one of several recent books that address the growing problem of workplace productivity. Several months ago I read the book The Four Hour Work Week, where author Timothy Ferris offers up his unique ways to eliminate work distractions and unique methods for working less and working when and where you really want to. According to Ferris, doing work that excites you is more important than that next conference call. The Four Hour Work Week set the business world on its ear when it was first released. Another book that comes to mind is Boring Meetings Suck which draws a line in the sand for the tired and outdated practice of “meetings, just to have meetings”.

    Manage Your Day-To-Day provides a logical follow up to both of these books. With a minimal amount of monetary and time investment, Manage Your Day-To-Day is a great choice to have close by for those times in the day when you wonder exactly what you are supposed to be doing.

    Bottom Line: In addition to being an interesting and enjoyable read, Manage Your Day-To-Day can serve as a reference guide or a go-to source for those times when your work week is careening off the tracks.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2024
    Perfect for starting out.perfect for mid career.perfect for late career. For creatives keeping the creative practice alive growing and fulfilling.
  • Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2023
    I thought I was going to have to struggle through reading this book because it was time management for creative's and I am not a creative.

    I liked that the chapters are told from creative persons objective and that each chapter is subdivided into different mini topics.

    The book is quite short and I like how they try to reinforce the habits for your new creative routines with famous creatives.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2017
    "Manage Your Day-To-Day" was the first book I read and reviewed for my blog (Mad Man Thoughts)—and I was not disappointed. Anyone who knows me or follows my blog knows that I'm an unorganized person whose mind is constantly drowned in abstract thought and incomplete reflection. I felt like this book was written specifically for me. Behance—the company behind this book and the 99U program—interviewed a plethora of intelligent, witty, creative people and gathered their insights and strategies for building a routine, finding focus, managing new technology, pushing through creative blocks, and taking your skills and talents to the next level. I highly recommend this book to anyone who struggles to get organized, focus on the task at hand, and/or finish creative projects. This book flows well and is very easy to read (it's also visually appealing, even on a Kindle Paperwhite E-reader - Black, 6" High-Resolution Display (300 ppi) with Built-in Light, Wi-Fi - Includes Special Offers). The only downside of this book is that it does not go into great depth on any of the tactics or strategies mentioned. However, this seems to be purposeful as it allows you to ruminate on what was said.

    Overall, I loved it! Next, I'm reading the other book in the series: Maximize Your Potential: Grow Your Expertise, Take Bold Risks & Build an Incredible Career (The 99U Book Series 2)
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  • Fern Phillips
    5.0 out of 5 stars Well organized and easy to read
    Reviewed in Canada on May 8, 2023
    I'm not finished yet, but already have a number of good ideas to try.
  • NA
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very practical and thought provoking.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 17, 2024
    Each chapter of this book will challenge you from reviewing your routines, maintaining focus and not allowing tools e.g. emails, social media to tame you.
    The Call to Action is excellent!
    Overall, very useful insights that will be revisited.
  • Amm
    5.0 out of 5 stars Buen libro. La calidad también es buena.
    Reviewed in Mexico on January 8, 2020
    Tiene buenos consejos para organizar mejor el día a día. El papel es de buen gramaje la letra se ve bien. La portada no es muy delgada y está plastificada por lo que para traerlo en la bolsa está muy bien. Espero que me sirva para cumplir mejor mis metas diarias.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Buen libro. La calidad también es buena.
    Reviewed in Mexico on January 8, 2020
    Tiene buenos consejos para organizar mejor el día a día. El papel es de buen gramaje la letra se ve bien. La portada no es muy delgada y está plastificada por lo que para traerlo en la bolsa está muy bien. Espero que me sirva para cumplir mejor mis metas diarias.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Very insightful
    Reviewed in the Netherlands on May 6, 2020
    Able to teach practical stuff that can be used directly to improve daily life. Tackles very common aspects of life.
  • Alexandre Rocha Lima e Marcondes
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent collection of practices and interviews on day-to-day management
    Reviewed in Brazil on August 28, 2013
    == Summary ==

    This book is an excellent guide of practices used by successful professionals like Seth Godin, Leo Babauta, Dan Areily and others.

    The book is split into four chapters:

    1. Building a Rock-Solid routine
    2. Finding focus in a distracted world
    3. Taming your tools
    4. Sharpening your creative mind

    == Pros ==

    * Very practical day-today management actions
    * The interviews are an excellent way to understand how successful people do it
    * The book division is an amazing way to improve your skills, one step builds on top of the others in an increasing way
    * The last chapter (Coda) is an excellent challenge to your skills and abilities to manage your daily activities

    == Cons ==

    * The book could contain a cheat sheet of the practices described on the book

    == Conclusion ==

    * If you want to improve your day-to-day tasks management buy it
    * If you want to know how successful people do manage their daily tasks buy it
    * If you just want a step-to-step how to guide this book is not for you