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6 books on Productivity Software [PDF]
March 21, 2025 | 24 |
These books are covering time and task management, collaboration tools, automation in workflows, effective use of calendars, goal setting strategies and productivity metrics analysis.
1. Microsoft Office 365 Guide: Race Ahead in Your Career
2023 by Kevin Pitch
In a universe where careers often feel like hamster wheels with better office chairs, Microsoft Office 365 Guide: Race Ahead in Your Career promises to be less of a guide and more of a warp drive for your professional life. Picture a sprawling digital toolbox filled with magical gadgets named Word, Excel, PowerPoint and their slightly less famous cousins like OneNote and SharePoint—all waiting for you to become their master. But fear not, for this isn’t some tedious manual filled with jargon designed to make your brain dribble out your ears. No, this is a veritable hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy of productivity, lovingly crafted with step-by-step instructions, dazzling images and enough insight to make you the office deity who can turn frustration into efficiency at a click. It’s like ten books crammed into one, with the sole mission of transforming you into the elusive Microsoft 365 guru every company wishes they had—but rarely deserve.
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2. Productivity: How to Maximize Your Productivity and Effectiveness
2022 by Luther Menzel
Productivity, that mythical beast we all chase but rarely catch, is the subject of Luther Menzel’s Productivity: How to Maximize Your Productivity and Effectiveness. It’s the story of humanity’s eternal quest to get things done, ideally before the deadline becomes so imminent that it’s waving at you from across the room and tapping its watch. Menzel lays bare the uncomfortable truth: there’s no magical formula, no secret elixir—just the often unglamorous slog of actually doing the tasks, even when they’re about as appealing as Vogon poetry. Along the way, you’ll learn why multitasking is the productivity equivalent of trying to juggle flaming hedgehogs, how perfection is really just procrastination in a shiny hat and how to set up a workspace so ideal it might even get you to work there. With actionable tips, boundary-setting wisdom and exercises that don’t require advanced yoga skills, this guide promises to transform your productivity woes into something almost resembling efficiency. Almost.
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3. Automate It with Zapier: Boost your business productivity using effective workflow automation techniques
2021 by Kelly Goss, Cody Jones
In a universe where the average businessperson spends an alarming amount of time repeatedly entering data, clicking buttons and wondering why on Earth they’re doing it, Automate It with Zapier arrives like a benevolent alien race offering humanity the gift of workflow automation. Written by Kelly Goss and Cody Jones, this guide is your improbably useful hitchhiker’s manual to Zapier, the tool that turns tedious tasks into a symphony of effortless efficiency. Through a cascade of real-world scenarios and hands-on wizardry, you’ll learn to build automation solutions that make those repetitive tasks vanish into the digital ether. Whether you're a digital marketer, bookkeeper, or someone who just really hates copy-pasting, this book is your invitation to a world where business processes practically run themselves. No prior experience with Zapier or business automation? No problem. All you need is a willingness to believe in a universe where your to-do list doesn’t look like a warzone. And maybe a towel. You know, just in case.
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4. The Microsoft Outlook Ideas Book
2006 by Barbara March
In a universe where most people think of Microsoft Outlook as little more than an email-slinging, calendar-juggling, occasionally-annoying office companion, The Microsoft Outlook Ideas Book by Barbara March takes a bold leap into the absurdly vast cosmos of what Outlook can really do. Imagine, if you will, turning your everyday Outlook into a dazzlingly clever problem-solving machine that can manage everything from staff leave to fleet vehicles and even the tangled chaos of school schedules, all without a single line of code or any extra apps. With a wink and a nudge, this book unveils ingenious ways to tame Outlook’s Calendar, Contacts and Tasks into tools of almost frightening utility. Real-world scenarios serve as your intergalactic roadmap, revealing how to avoid the black hole of data duplication and uncovering new dimensions of efficiency. Whether you’re a seasoned Outlook wrangler or still figuring out where the "Reply All" button lives, this guide offers enough inspiration to make you see Microsoft Outlook not just as software, but as a way of life. (Compatible with all versions of Outlook since the year 2000, because even time-travelers need functional meeting reminders.)
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5. Productivity: How to Be Ten Times More Productive With Your Day
0 by Stephen Allen
Ever wondered how to bend time and space to your will and emerge victorious over the great intergalactic foe known as "not enough hours in the day"? Stephen Allen's Productivity: How to Be Ten Times More Productive With Your Day promises to transform you into a dazzlingly efficient, goal-smashing machine—or at least something close enough to impress your colleagues. Armed with science, experience and an unsettling amount of enthusiasm for to-do lists, this book unveils a grand system of interlocking productivity cogs designed to turn your life into a perpetual motion device of getting-things-done-ness. From motivating employees with the ease of a Jedi mind trick to creating a home office that practically hums with productive vibes, Allen leaves no stone unturned. With statistics proving that employers who read this book achieve a 23% boost in employee productivity (and a much-needed 13% rise in job satisfaction), it’s practically a handbook for world domination—one task at a time. Also, there are apps. Lots of apps.
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6. Productivity: Increase Productivity and Take Control of Your Life
0 by David Covey
In a universe teetering on the edge of chaos, where procrastination is the gravitational force pulling humanity ever closer to the event horizon of unwashed laundry and missed deadlines, one book boldly declares, "Enough!" Productivity: Increase Productivity and Take Control of Your Life by David Covey is a galactic hitchhiker’s guide to conquering the time-sucking black hole of inaction. With an unflinching analysis of the peculiar creatures known as chronic procrastinators (20% of Earth’s population, apparently), it introduces the "BRAVE" toolkit—a five-question gizmo that might as well be the Swiss Army knife of productivity. Packed with actionable steps and a clear plan to escape the orbit of mediocrity, this book promises to catapult readers into a dimension where they’re no longer slaves to their calendars but masters of their fate. It’s not just a book; it’s a roadmap to surviving—and maybe even thriving—in the improbably busy galaxy of modern life.
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1. Microsoft Office 365 Guide: Race Ahead in Your Career
2023 by Kevin Pitch
In a universe where careers often feel like hamster wheels with better office chairs, Microsoft Office 365 Guide: Race Ahead in Your Career promises to be less of a guide and more of a warp drive for your professional life. Picture a sprawling digital toolbox filled with magical gadgets named Word, Excel, PowerPoint and their slightly less famous cousins like OneNote and SharePoint—all waiting for you to become their master. But fear not, for this isn’t some tedious manual filled with jargon designed to make your brain dribble out your ears. No, this is a veritable hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy of productivity, lovingly crafted with step-by-step instructions, dazzling images and enough insight to make you the office deity who can turn frustration into efficiency at a click. It’s like ten books crammed into one, with the sole mission of transforming you into the elusive Microsoft 365 guru every company wishes they had—but rarely deserve.
Download PDF
2. Productivity: How to Maximize Your Productivity and Effectiveness
2022 by Luther Menzel
Productivity, that mythical beast we all chase but rarely catch, is the subject of Luther Menzel’s Productivity: How to Maximize Your Productivity and Effectiveness. It’s the story of humanity’s eternal quest to get things done, ideally before the deadline becomes so imminent that it’s waving at you from across the room and tapping its watch. Menzel lays bare the uncomfortable truth: there’s no magical formula, no secret elixir—just the often unglamorous slog of actually doing the tasks, even when they’re about as appealing as Vogon poetry. Along the way, you’ll learn why multitasking is the productivity equivalent of trying to juggle flaming hedgehogs, how perfection is really just procrastination in a shiny hat and how to set up a workspace so ideal it might even get you to work there. With actionable tips, boundary-setting wisdom and exercises that don’t require advanced yoga skills, this guide promises to transform your productivity woes into something almost resembling efficiency. Almost.
Download PDF
3. Automate It with Zapier: Boost your business productivity using effective workflow automation techniques
2021 by Kelly Goss, Cody Jones
In a universe where the average businessperson spends an alarming amount of time repeatedly entering data, clicking buttons and wondering why on Earth they’re doing it, Automate It with Zapier arrives like a benevolent alien race offering humanity the gift of workflow automation. Written by Kelly Goss and Cody Jones, this guide is your improbably useful hitchhiker’s manual to Zapier, the tool that turns tedious tasks into a symphony of effortless efficiency. Through a cascade of real-world scenarios and hands-on wizardry, you’ll learn to build automation solutions that make those repetitive tasks vanish into the digital ether. Whether you're a digital marketer, bookkeeper, or someone who just really hates copy-pasting, this book is your invitation to a world where business processes practically run themselves. No prior experience with Zapier or business automation? No problem. All you need is a willingness to believe in a universe where your to-do list doesn’t look like a warzone. And maybe a towel. You know, just in case.
Download PDF
4. The Microsoft Outlook Ideas Book
2006 by Barbara March
In a universe where most people think of Microsoft Outlook as little more than an email-slinging, calendar-juggling, occasionally-annoying office companion, The Microsoft Outlook Ideas Book by Barbara March takes a bold leap into the absurdly vast cosmos of what Outlook can really do. Imagine, if you will, turning your everyday Outlook into a dazzlingly clever problem-solving machine that can manage everything from staff leave to fleet vehicles and even the tangled chaos of school schedules, all without a single line of code or any extra apps. With a wink and a nudge, this book unveils ingenious ways to tame Outlook’s Calendar, Contacts and Tasks into tools of almost frightening utility. Real-world scenarios serve as your intergalactic roadmap, revealing how to avoid the black hole of data duplication and uncovering new dimensions of efficiency. Whether you’re a seasoned Outlook wrangler or still figuring out where the "Reply All" button lives, this guide offers enough inspiration to make you see Microsoft Outlook not just as software, but as a way of life. (Compatible with all versions of Outlook since the year 2000, because even time-travelers need functional meeting reminders.)
Download PDF
5. Productivity: How to Be Ten Times More Productive With Your Day
0 by Stephen Allen
Ever wondered how to bend time and space to your will and emerge victorious over the great intergalactic foe known as "not enough hours in the day"? Stephen Allen's Productivity: How to Be Ten Times More Productive With Your Day promises to transform you into a dazzlingly efficient, goal-smashing machine—or at least something close enough to impress your colleagues. Armed with science, experience and an unsettling amount of enthusiasm for to-do lists, this book unveils a grand system of interlocking productivity cogs designed to turn your life into a perpetual motion device of getting-things-done-ness. From motivating employees with the ease of a Jedi mind trick to creating a home office that practically hums with productive vibes, Allen leaves no stone unturned. With statistics proving that employers who read this book achieve a 23% boost in employee productivity (and a much-needed 13% rise in job satisfaction), it’s practically a handbook for world domination—one task at a time. Also, there are apps. Lots of apps.
Download PDF
6. Productivity: Increase Productivity and Take Control of Your Life
0 by David Covey
In a universe teetering on the edge of chaos, where procrastination is the gravitational force pulling humanity ever closer to the event horizon of unwashed laundry and missed deadlines, one book boldly declares, "Enough!" Productivity: Increase Productivity and Take Control of Your Life by David Covey is a galactic hitchhiker’s guide to conquering the time-sucking black hole of inaction. With an unflinching analysis of the peculiar creatures known as chronic procrastinators (20% of Earth’s population, apparently), it introduces the "BRAVE" toolkit—a five-question gizmo that might as well be the Swiss Army knife of productivity. Packed with actionable steps and a clear plan to escape the orbit of mediocrity, this book promises to catapult readers into a dimension where they’re no longer slaves to their calendars but masters of their fate. It’s not just a book; it’s a roadmap to surviving—and maybe even thriving—in the improbably busy galaxy of modern life.
Download PDF
How to download PDF:
1. Install Google Books Downloader
2. Enter Book ID to the search box and press Enter
3. Click "Download Book" icon and select PDF*
* - note that for yellow books only preview pages are downloaded
