Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

  • The Productivity Project

  • Proven Ways to Become More Awesome
  • By: Chris Bailey
  • Narrated by: Chris Bailey
  • Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (161 ratings)
Offer ends May 1st, 2024 11:59PM GMT. Terms and conditions apply.
£7.99/month after 3 months. Renews automatically.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
The Productivity Project cover art

The Productivity Project

By: Chris Bailey
Narrated by: Chris Bailey
Get this deal Try for £0.00

Pay £99p/month. After 3 months pay £7.99/month. Renews automatically. See terms for eligibility.

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £13.00

Buy Now for £13.00

Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.

Listeners also enjoyed...

Getting Things Done cover art
The Productivity Method cover art
Time Management cover art
Indistractable cover art
A Mind for Numbers cover art
Peak Performance cover art
15 Secrets Successful People Know About Time Management cover art
How to Take Smart Notes cover art
Productivity Hacks for Entrepreneurs: cover art
Productivity cover art
Daily Habit Evolution cover art
Someday Is Today cover art
The Pathless Path cover art
Time Management: The Ultimate Productivity Habits to Increase Self Esteem, Boost Mind Focus, End Procrastination for Busy People, Students and Women cover art
Atomic Productivity cover art
The First Two Hours cover art

Summary

Nearly all of us want to be more productive, but finding the method that works for you among the hundreds and hundreds of different tips, tricks and hacks can be a daunting prospect. After graduating college Chris Bailey decided to dedicate a whole year to doing just that - experimenting with as many of the techniques as he could and finding the things that work.

Among the experiments that he undertook are going several weeks on little to no sleep; cutting out caffeine and sugar; taking a daily siesta; living in total isolation for 10 days; stretching his workweek to 90 hours; and getting up at 5:30 every morning, all the while monitoring the impact of his experiments on the quality and quantity of his work. The results were often surprising!

This audiobook is the result of Chris' year-long journey, distilling the lessons he learned into a few core truths about how we get things done (or, indeed, don't). Among the many counterintuitive insights Chris discovered that had the biggest impact on his productivity were striving for imperfection, scheduling less time for important tasks, the 20 second rule to distract yourself from distractions, and the concept of productive procrastination.

In this accessible and fun guide, Chris Bailey offers over 30 tried and tested best practices that will help everyone to accomplish more - and become more awesome.

©2016 Chris Bailey (P)2016 Hachette Audio UK

What listeners say about The Productivity Project

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    113
  • 4 Stars
    36
  • 3 Stars
    10
  • 2 Stars
    1
  • 1 Stars
    1
Performance
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    106
  • 4 Stars
    27
  • 3 Stars
    9
  • 2 Stars
    2
  • 1 Stars
    0
Story
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    94
  • 4 Stars
    32
  • 3 Stars
    14
  • 2 Stars
    3
  • 1 Stars
    1

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    1 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    1 out of 5 stars

A well intentioned waste of time

No real scientific method is used in most of the "studies" take place and this is little more than a student's musings on productivity and his attempt to be "the productivity guy"

There is very to learn here if you've ever had a serious job or run a company.

I liked the author's narration and he made a valiant effort to keep the listener engaged but ultimately the content has little to offer.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

13 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Defenitly worth the time

Book provides a lot of valuable tips and explanations. The voice of the author is very nice to listen to. I really enjoy the fast that the book it's written in a casual, less formal way, which makes the topic much more interesting. Defenitly will listen again in few months after implementing some of the changes

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

2 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

incredible!

Love the author's energy. What a wonderful nerd! Great content! An essential read for living in modern times. Easily the best book on productivity on the market.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

2 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

Useful, interesting and inspiring.

This book has a lot of interesting facts and studies referred to in it, and has great practical suggestions for becoming more productive and fighting procrastination. The narration was quite nice, friendly, and passionate, although I did find some of...his pauses to...come at odd times and sound a bit unnatural as a result.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Interesting and Actionable

really enjoyed this book, it has plenty of hints and tips that can be put into use

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Great reference - so many learnings

So many golden nuggets delivered in an easy style. I'll definitely revisit this as needed and it's modular composition means thats also efficient to do.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Ive just finished listening for the 4th time

Every year or two I listen to this book again. Its changed the way I tackle my work and life really and every time I relisten I get new nuggets of advice. Excellent book.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Fantastic book! Thank you Chris.

I had this book in my 'To Read' list for a while but it quickly moved to the top of my 'To Listen to' list after hearing Chris Bailey on his podcast (Time and Attention) he does with his wife Ardyn. I loved the way he is so passionate about the subject of productivity and has such good conversations with his wife about it all.
The book was just as enjoyable to listen to. It's just Chris narrating but he is so good to listen to, keeps you engaged and the book is packed with insights. There are tasks to try out at the end of the chapter and I believe that even implementing a few of the changes discussed will have a huge positive impact on ones life. I have since bought the book on Kindle to go through it again so I can make notes and try all the tasks (as I usually am listening to books while doing another activity where I can't make notes).

Thank you Chris and keep up the great work!

Oh and I'm now listening to another of his books - Hyper Focus - which so far is also really good.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Excellent book!

The only productivity book you will ever need to read! I've read a few now, but there's something about Chris, and his enthusiasm for the subject, that is not just convincing but also logical. He backs up his processes in such an intuitive way, it would be difficult to fault it.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Better than habit books

Loved the audio book, packed with so many ways to look at your behaviour and all simple no money involved ideas, drink water, sleep, write a list of three etc.. and he explains why with backed up evidence. 1 hour less sleep equals 2 hours less in productivity. Already recommended this book to people and so much better than habit books.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!