The Best Business Books of 2011
Dan Charnas discusses why his favorite business book of 2011 is "18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done," by Peter Bregman.
Dec 13, 2011
Market Place
December 12, 2011
by Kai Ryssdal
Kai Ryssdal: We get, on average every year, a bajillion books in the mail. Some we read and do interviews about. Most -- just because of the numbers -- we don't.
So every year we ask some of our regular Marketplace voices, and a few select others, to share their picks for the best business-related books of the year. Herewith, the 2011 version.
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Dan Charnas: I'm Dan Charnas. I'm the author of "The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop" and the editorial director of InteractiveOne. My favorite business book of 2011 is "18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done," by Peter Bregman. "18 Minutes" addresses the problem of time for busy professionals. How is it that our days, our weeks, and our years seem to get away from us, while the "to do's" pile up endlessly? Bregman's solution forces us to deal squarely with scarcity. The things that get done are the things that get scheduled. And other things that do not, we must let go, or we lose control of our lives.
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Dec 13, 2011
Market Place
December 12, 2011
by Kai Ryssdal
Kai Ryssdal: We get, on average every year, a bajillion books in the mail. Some we read and do interviews about. Most -- just because of the numbers -- we don't.
So every year we ask some of our regular Marketplace voices, and a few select others, to share their picks for the best business-related books of the year. Herewith, the 2011 version.
...
Dan Charnas: I'm Dan Charnas. I'm the author of "The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop" and the editorial director of InteractiveOne. My favorite business book of 2011 is "18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done," by Peter Bregman. "18 Minutes" addresses the problem of time for busy professionals. How is it that our days, our weeks, and our years seem to get away from us, while the "to do's" pile up endlessly? Bregman's solution forces us to deal squarely with scarcity. The things that get done are the things that get scheduled. And other things that do not, we must let go, or we lose control of our lives.
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