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Simple, practical, and direct to the point.
You can start doing the tips and advice while reading the book.
It is like a manual in organizing your work habits. The book doesn’t felt overwhelming because it was designed from the most basic methods to a more complex approach in decision making.
Highly recommended to individual who is starting to work in a company. To new managers, supervisors or leaders who found themselves overloaded with tasks.

The publishers describe GRIP by Dutch entrepreneur Rick Pastoor as "a flexible collection of tools and insights that helped the team do their best work." And it certainly contains ideas for time management that could help our high school students. Examples include scheduling blocks of work time and making a plan for the week. However, I think older adults would already be adept at creating to do lists and managing their calendars; they might appreciate the insights about more long-term goals. The "cheat sheets" at the end of each section (for your week, your year, and your life) seem to be the most valuable resources. If you are interested in "The Art of Working Smart (And Getting to What Matters Most)" then give GRIP a look. Readers can sign up for reminders and newsletters.

The Grip by Rick Pastoor is a self-help book that explains to us in detail several methods of working that might increase our productivity in an office environment. The main focus of the book is on improving efficiency and reducing the unnecessary workload of the employees. The author explains the methods that he has used in past and which have worked for him. Along with his systems, he also explains the systems suggested by other productivity resources. He also suggests several methods and applications and tools that we can use to increase our productivity. Most of the explained methods are easy to implement and seem effective in their result.

The writing style of the book is reader-friendly and easy to understand. The concepts that the author wants to explain are presented with examples and step by step guide to implement them. With steps explained in detail, with the bonus tips and tricks mentioned after every method, it becomes a battle of will for the readers to imply it in their daily life.

I would highly recommend this book to people who want to improve the management of their office staff and employees. Implying a few or all the suited methods is sure to provide the user with a difference in a positive direction. This being said, this book is not only restricted to office productivity. We all can use these methods in our day-to-day life, be it work, house chores or study and get improved results. Easy and explained descriptions of the methods make it only easier for the users to dynamically use them.

I also want to thank the author, publisher, and NetGalley for this e-ARC copy.

If you need a book to address productivity with tips, examples, and guidance to achieve the optimal level of productivity and organization Grip, by Rick Pastoor is the book you've been looking for. The book, Grip, was previously written in the Author's native language but we are very lucky that it is now available in English. Our new year's resolution might have to do with organization and productivity, even after a quarter that we've been fastly approaching. This book will help you organize your life and work-life, by using the calendar, to-do list, it explains what should go where with a sense of caring for your personal space and well-being. Tackling E-mail, that is covered, time blocking, prepping for vacation, everything you might think you need is provided in Grip. With other resources to continue to learn about balancing your life, it's a great read to put into practice.

“The key is not to work even harder, but to do things smarter and make sure you get around to what really matters to you.”

As I think each time I'm about to write a review on self-improvement books, I'm all but new to the topic. Sometimes it's nice to see that I've already adopted some tricks to be more productive – techniques either coming from books or learnt on the way. Even so, the best part is to find new habit and practises you can't wait to implement in your daily routine and/or long-therm plans, and Rick Pastoor surely doesn't disappoint.
Finally translated into English from Dutch, this book gives you the tools you need to be more intentional with your time, teaching you how to make the most out of your life and work

“When you consider what a huge role work plays in our lives, it’s strange we’re never really taught how to do it. Working is just supposed to come naturally. As if we all magically know how to set priorities, juggle a schedule, make good plans, and stay on top of a busy job. These skills may sound simple, but they’re not.”

There are three sections, each with its own purpose – in the first chapter the author helps you manage your time better, helping you plan your week and your day and free your mind to put it into better use. The second part is solely dedicated at what tickles you and makes you get out of bed – your dreams, goals and ambitions, and how to discover what they are if you're still lost, or how to pursue them and fulfil your ambitions if not. The last chapter is about improving yourself – your skills, your capabilities, your mindset to work efficiently.
It's interesting to note that this edition has been enriched with additional chapters especially for taking better notes, using this book on vacations and to manage your team – this book is not about work alone.
Of course the strategies described here are born in a working environment and with the purpose of teaching you how to manage your time better and work smarter, but as the author points out, it's mostly on how to make better use of your time so you can work on your personal goals and projects. Not only the steps required to reach your goals are scheduled, but if you're working better and more efficiently overall you'll make time for yourself as well, and the same methods can be applied to your personal life for what really matters.
Taking into account both purposes of this book, it suits perfectly people that are looking for boosting their work and their personal life – those two spheres compenetrate each other, after all.

Very important book for the constantly connected employee who wants to work smarter, not harder. I recommend this to people at all stages of their career. Thanks to NetGalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I wish I had read this book at the beginning of my career. I live and die by my calendar, I love to-do lists, and being efficient is very important to me, so this was basically written for me. There are three main parts to the book. Part 1 is about optimizing your calendar, the best way to use a to-do list, dealing with email, and generally being more mindful about how you approach your time. All the advice is practical and as I was reading I had my laptop out and was "fixing" my calendar based on the advice. This was my favorite part of the book because it had so much stuff that I could do right now, and it was almost all relevant to me.

Part 2 of the book is about being more intentional about your life, both at home and at work. This part wasn't quite as compelling for me, but only because I've already read a bit about this. I'm excited about trying out the "Year Plan Day" though, and added a block to my calendar to do this.

Part 3 of the book is a little bit of a mishmash, about taking a critical look at your self-image, how to listen, how to think strategically, and how to tackle big projects. Again I think a lot of this is covered in other books, but having it here makes this book a "one stop shop" for those who want to explore several topics before reading deeper. I liked the part about scheduling time to think in order to be more deliberate about it.

Finally there are some bonus chapters, including keeping better notes, how to handle going on vacation, and managing a team. I don't have a great memory for what goes on in meetings and I am not in the habit of taking notes. Sometimes I look back at emails I wrote myself and don't even remember what I was talking about. For this reason I'm excited to try out the ideas in the taking notes chapter.

Overall this book is fantastic! I plan to go back to it regularly to follow the prompts for planning and thinking through big problems. Thank you to the author Rick Pastoor, HarperCollins, and NetGalley for the opportunity to review this e-arc in exchange for an honest review.

Simple, practical, and direct to the point.

You can start doing the tips and advice while reading the book.

It is like a manual in organizing your work habits. The book doesn’t felt overwhelming because it was designed from the most basic methods to a more complex approach in decision making.



Highly recommended to individual who is starting to work in a company. To new managers, supervisors or leaders who found themselves overloaded with tasks.