Book Review

Abstract

Hansen, M. T. (2018). Great at Work: How Top Performers Do Less, Work Better, and Achieve More. New York, Publisher: Simon & Schuster. Great at work, a 2018 business book from the author of Collaboration, and co-author of Great By Choice (the sequel to Good to Great) Morten T. Hansen is a
book about, how top performers do less, work better, achieve more and how most and why some people are more productive than others. The book explores the best ways to maximise your productivity and your capability, backed by tons of actual research. So basically this book outlines seven steps into how to be more productive;

First Step: Do less, then obsess; Try to be much focused in what you’re doing, go deep and try to eliminate as many distractions as possible. In other words, the top performers in our society do less volume of activities and more concentrated effort. Second Step: Redesign your work; Try to find in different ways to solve the problems you need to solve. Try to be creative about solving your problems on a daily basis.