This book is two things. It’s an eye-opener to the fact that we don’t have to do a million things to be productive (or successful). And it’s a coach that helps us trim the fat, get real with our purpose, and start living more intentionally-Goop
Dalton helps readers by teaching us to focus on the most important things and create our own operating systems that are exclusive to our lives as … as individuals. By doing this, we can simplify and make life even better- San Francisco Book Review
Dalton’s ground-up approach to productivity teaches readers to identify their real priorities and, in doing so, cut their massive to-do lists down to size by learning to say no to the tasks that pull them away from their North Star-Grateful
Overwhelmed. Do you wake up in the morning already feeling behind? Does the pressure of keeping it all together make you feel anxious and irritable?
Tanya Dalton, CEO and productivity expert, offers you a liberating shift in perspective: feeling overwhelmed isn’t the result of having too much to do — it’s from not knowing where to start.
Doing less might seem counterintuitive, but doing less is more productive, because you’re concentrating on the work you actually want to be doing. Through this book, you can learn how to:
- Identify what is important to you and clarify your priorities.
- Develop ways to streamline your specific workflow.
- Discover your purpose.
Named Top 10 Business Book of the Year by Fortune magazine, The Joy of Missing Out is chock-full of resources and printables. This is a legitimate action plan for change. Once you reject the pressure to do more, something amazing happens: you discover you can finally live a guilt-free, abundant life.
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Let me start out by saying that Joy of Missing Out completed the task it set out to do. However, it was not the type of book I thought I was reading and that is on me for not paying closer attention to the synopsis. I knew it was a play on FOMO which has become quite a popular phrase in our society. I thought it was going to be strategies to help us to enjoy our daily lives, but it was definitely geared more towards women who own their own business or want to start their own business. The author is an entrepreneur and productivity expert and has good advice for coming up with your goals, vision, mission statement, how to be productive without missing out on what really matters, etc.
Now, don’t get me wrong. I walked away with some nuggets to think about for my own life even though I don’t think I was the intended audience. In this multi-tasking world we live in, she made me think a lot about the idea of being effective versus being efficient. I also really liked her reference to million dollar moments in her life. She considers those to be the really important parts of her day. She used the example of the ten minutes every morning she enjoys with just her husband. That is a million dollar moment to her because that is time in her day she would give a million dollars to get have again.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of this book. All opinions expressed are entirely my own.
Tonya Dalton, founder of Inkwell Press, brings her schedule-slashing skills to the masses in this engaging book, “The Joy of Missing Out.” Long an advocate of planners, organizing and putting the most important things first, Dalton has lots of experience that the reader can depend on.
She lays out the book in an easy to read, simple format that teaches us how to eliminate stress by choosing that which is best for us, not just because we feel we must add one more thing to our overflowing plates. There are four main sections in the book: Pursue Discovery, Find Clarity, Create Simplicity and Achieve Harmony. Each section has three chapters that breaks the main topic down further to make it practical and applicable.
Because Dalton has made a life helping others get organized and prioritized, she has a lot of great advice to give. I think this book would be a tool useful for anyone who feels as though they cannot stop saying yes to everything that seems good. She has a clear, decisive way about her writing that allows you to evaluate personally the choices you’ve made, while offering grace to eliminate that which doesn’t prosper your life.
If you’ve found yourself overwhelmed or treading water, “The Joy of Missing Out” is a book you need to read. There are also many resources on her website that tie in with the book, which I found extremely helpful while going through the book. She has polled women who try to do it all and asked about their specific struggles, allowing her to be well informed before trying to help solve the overarching problem of doing too much.
I loved the fact that this book gave me permission to let go of things that I felt were really important, when, in fact, those things were only part of what was necessary. In dissecting all that we allow into our lives, the process of feeling free to release some less significant things in order to fully embrace the life we have was powerful to me.
This book would be a wonderful one to work through in a women’s group or in a work group, as the principles could be easily adapted to work for both women and men. I think the printables and website resources really helped to flesh out the book for me, so please look up those resources as you read. Being able to review afterwards was insightful!
I was an early reader, thanks to Nelson Books. All opinions are my own honest feelings and I was not required to leave a review. Don’t rush through this book–there’s a lot to learn here! I ordered a copy for myself, too!