Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take 📱 Kindle
The Productivity Project
Chris Bailey · 2016
72/100
👍 Worth It
Chris turned himself into a human guinea pig for a year of sleep deprivation, isolation, and 5:30am wake-ups so you don't have to. It leans more on his own self-tracking than hard science, and some tips repeat, but the ideas are genuinely easy to try and it's a well-loved entry point into the genre.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety90
Substance / usefulness76
Craft & writing78
Originality65
Evidence & accuracy58
Hype vs delivers58
Age-fit85
Human-eye read75
Penny’s verdict72
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