Everyone gets 168 hours a week, but it never feels like enough,
does it? Work gobbles up the lion's share--many professionals are
working as much as 70 hours a week--leaving less and less for rest,
exercise, family, and friends. You know, all those things that make
life great.
Most people think productivity is about finding or saving time. But
it's not. It's about making our time work for us. Just imagine
having free time again. It's not a pipe dream.
In Free to Focus, New York Times bestselling author
Michael Hyatt reveals to readers nine proven ways to win at work so
they are finally free to succeed at the rest of life--their health,
relationships, hobbies, and more. He helps readers redefine their
goals, evaluate what's working, cut out the nonessentials, focus on
the most important tasks, manage their time and energy, and build
momentum for a lifetime of success.
"One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we
never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. No one
understands this better than Michael Hyatt, and he's engineered a
new, easy-to-follow approach to harness this power in his new book
Free to Focus."--Tony Robbins, #1 New York
Times bestselling author, Unshakeable
"Free to Focus will push you to use your time well and to
become a better version of the person you were created to
be."--Dave Ramsey, New York Times bestselling author
and nationally syndicated radio show host
"Great stories are thought through before they're written. Great
lives are the same. Mike gives us a framework to plan our lives in
such a way that we won't have to experience regret. This is a great
book."--Donald Miller, New York Times bestselling
author; founder and CEO, StoryBrand
"Busyness is meaningless. What matters is consistently executing
the work that actually matters. This book shows you how."--Cal
Newport, New York Times bestselling author, Deep
Work and Digital Minimalism
"Michael Hyatt is one of the best leaders I know. Leaders rely on
smart systems to help them lead in the office as well as at home,
and Free to Focus provides the kind of system that every
smart leader craves."--John C. Maxwell, author, speaker, and
leadership expert
"I've been where you may be now--buried under a mountain of daily
tasks, watching my biggest goals and most important projects slip
further and further out of reach. Here's the solution. Michael
Hyatt has created a productivity system that really works. Free
to Focus does not disappoint."--Lewis Howes, New York
Times bestselling author, The School of Greatness and
The Mask of Masculinity
“productivity should free you to pursue what’s most important to you.” (Page 33)
“True productivity starts with being clear on what we truly want” (Page 27)
“Creativity depends on times of disengagement, which means doing nothing from time to time is a competitive advantage” (Page 37)
“The problem is, most of us have never stopped to define what success means.” (Page 30)
“practice and eventual mastery can influence the joy we feel in a task” (Page 54)
Michael Hyatt is the founder and CEO of Michael Hyatt & Company, a leadership development firm specializing in transformative live events, workshops, and digital and physical planning tools. Formerly chairman and CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers, Michael is also a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of several books, including Living Forward, Your Best Year Ever, and Platform. His work has been featured by the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Inc., Fast Company, Businessweek, Entrepreneur, and other publications. Michael has been married to his wife, Gail, for 40 years. They have five daughters, three sons-in-law, and eight grandchildren. They live just outside Nashville, Tennessee. Learn more at MichaelHyatt.com.