About the book
For Michael Hyatt, productivity means getting the right things done rather than getting more done faster. He builds a three-step system for overwhelmed professionals, many of whom put in up to 70 hours of work each week and have little time left for rest, exercise, family and friends. The system covers redefining work, filtering tasks and commitments, cutting nonessentials, removing interruptions and distractions, setting boundaries that protect focus, using time and energy well and building momentum. Its goal is success at both work and life, achieving more by doing less.
Tony Robbins praised Michael Hyatt's approach to directing and concentrating focus, and Dave Ramsey said it pushes readers to use their time well. John C. Maxwell praised it as the kind of system smart leaders want at the office and at home.
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This book has 5 recommendations
Cal Newport (Author)
Busyness is meaningless. What matters is consistently executing the work that actually matters. This book shows you how.
Tony Robbins (Life Coach)
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.
John C. Maxwell (Author, Founder/The John Maxwell Company)
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.
Dave Ramsey (Author)
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.
Donald Miller (CEO/StoryBrand)
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.
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Often recommended alongside
- Living Forward: A Proven Plan to Stop Drifting and Get the Life You Want by Michael Hyatt and Daniel Harkavy (2 shared recommenders)
Appears in collections
- Best Productivity Books That Will Definitely Help With Yours
- Best Non-Fiction Books of 2019 – 80 books recommended by The CEO Library community
- Best Time Management Books


