Description
"Enormously helpful, practical and detailed, without information overload...I think this book could be life-changing. I'm starting my checklist for tomorrow today!" -Amazon Review
#1 Best Seller in Time Management, Business Skills, Education & Reference, Writing Skills, and Memory Improvement
Too much to do, too little time? Feeling overwhelmed and stressed? Go back to the basics by writing out a simple daily checklist. It will change your life.
Simplicity at its best. The checklist is one of the world's oldest-and most effective-productivity systems and time management strategies. Writing out a simple daily checklist allows us to plan our day and set in stone what we want to accomplish.
Cut out unnecessary noise. There are countless apps and organizational systems to help us straighten out our lives, but often they only add to the madness. Trying to keep up leaves us feeling drained and overwhelmed. Learn how to choose your highest priorities, set realistic goals, celebrate tiny wins, and feel calmer every day with the magic of checklists.
Be realistic about the time in a day. By physically writing down our tasks on a single piece of paper, we force ourselves to limit how much we can do in a day. Too often, we cram our day with tasks and chores and leave almost no space for self-care or time with loved ones. We end up disappointed in our inability to complete our never-ending to-do list. Checklists help you plan your day in a more realistic way. You accomplish what needs to be done-and enjoy things you want to be doing, too.
Inside learn:
- The history of the checklist and why it's effective today
- The science behind the success of checklists
- How to create a basic daily checklist-and checklists for specific situations
Readers who love life-improvement books like The Bullet Journal Method, Free to Focus, or Atomic Habits will love The Checklist Book.
Alexandra Franzen is the author of several books, including So This Is the End: A Love Story, You're Going to Survive, and 50 Ways to Say You're Awesome. She also wrote the questions for a #1 bestselling journal for couples, Our Q&A a Day, which has sold 390,000 copies. She has popular blog, website, and newsletter where she shares inspiring true stories about pursuing your dreams, building courage and resilience, and navigating setbacks and challenges. Her newsletter was named one of the "14 newsletters you need in your inbox" by Brit+Co. Her "Write Yourself Into Motion" event was named one of the "50 Best Conferences to Attend This Year" by The Muse. Her website was named one of the "100 Best Sites for Solopreneurs" two years in a row. Alexandra's writing has been published on sites like Time, Forbes, Newsweek, The Huffington Post, and Lifehacker. She's been mentioned/quoted in places like The New York Times Small Business Blog, The Atlantic, USA Today, StyleCaster, BuzzFeed, Brit+Co, and Inc. On TV, she has appeared on KATU (ABC station) and KGW (NBC station). She has also appeared on numerous radio shows and podcasts including Real Talk Radio, The Lively Show, On Purpose with Alex Beadon, Entrepreneur on Fire, The Pivot Podcast, The Secret Library Podcast, and American Public Media's Marketplace. She runs the Tiny Press, an imprint of Mango Publishing specializing in short, inspiring books--around 100 pages or less. She also works as a copywriter and writing coach, helping clients to develop websites, podcasts, books, newsletters, marketing materials, speeches, and more. Past clients include Hewlett-Packard, Rachel Zoe's DreamDry, SheBrand, Barre & Soul, Curvy Yoga, The Broadway Collective, and The Green Moustache. She has led workshops on writing, communication, and creativity in 18 cities around the world. She leads writing retreats in Hawaii twice a year. She was a speaker at the Rising Women Conference--International Women's Day 2019--at the Ace Hotel in Pittsburgh. She's the creator of a one-day-long book writing class called "The Tiny Book Workshop", which she has presented in several cities. She's known for approaching writing, work, and life in an unconventional way. (For instance, she doesn't have any social media accounts, a choice that has inspired many other people--like this Inc. columnist--to reduce their screen-time, too.) She has created several online classes, including Dig Deep, a class on how to stop procrastinating and start writing, and Get It Done, a three-day class where you choose one project you've been avoiding, divide the project into tiny steps, and finally get it done. She runs community challenges, like the Tiny Project Challenge, where she encourages people from all around the world to complete a very tiny project (art project, writing project, activism project, business project, any type of project) in one week or less.
About the Author
Alexandra Franzen is an author and entrepreneur-and is proud to be known as a "checklist freak." She has written articles for sites like Time, Forbes, Newsweek, The Huffington Post, The Muse, and Lifehacker, and she's been mentioned in The New York Times Small Business Blog, The Atlantic, USA Today, StyleCaster, Brit+Co, and Inc. Her books include You're Going to Survive (true stories and advice on how to survive painful experiences in your career), 50 Ways to Say You're Awesome (a book about the power of saying "thank you"), and So This Is the End (a novel about a woman with exactly one day to live). She's the creator of Get It Done, an online class that helps you tackle a project you've been avoiding and finally get it handled. She's the founder of The Tiny Press, a publishing imprint specializing in short books that are 100 pages or less. She also works as a copywriter and consultant, helping clients complete all kinds of writing/storytelling/media projects: books, websites, podcasts, marketing campaigns, and more. She lives in a house with an entire wall that's covered in giant bulletin boards and checklists. alexandrafranzen.com
Book Information
ISBN 9781642501186
Author Alexandra Franzen
Format Paperback
Page Count 160
Imprint Mango Media
Publisher Mango Media
