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Work Less, Achieve More: Great Ideas to Get Your Life Back by O'connell, Fergus (2009) Paperback
'Work Less, Achieve More' will help you move from a situation where you feel hassled, stressed and out of control at work to one where you feel satisfied with a good, solid week, having met all your targets and ready to go home to your life with the confidence of a job well done.
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First published January 8, 2009
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About the author
Fergus O'Connell
72 books38 followersMy mum read Treasure Island to me when I was four and I think that was when I decided to become a writer.
I used to think I’d like to spend all my time writing, but spending all day alone in a room with your imaginary friends isn’t necessarily the healthiest way to pass the time. (It’s easy to see why so many great writers’ best friend has been the whisky bottle!) So I also write books and teach and speak on project management. I’ve written sixteen non-fiction books and had seven novels published. My most recent, The Paradise Ghetto is now in development based on my own screenplay.
I’ve been shortlisted for prizes – the Kerry Ingredients Irish Fiction Prize for my first novel, Call The Swallow; in non-fiction, for my book on common sense, Simply Brilliant which was runner-up in the W H Smith Book Awards. My books have been translated into twenty-five languages.
So far, all my novels have been set during wartime but I don’t think of myself as a war novelist. I write about people caught up in great events and how they try to find love in the most difficult of circumstances.
I’m widowed, have two grown-up children and have lived in lots of places. Currently I’m living in England but that could be about to change.
I used to think I’d like to spend all my time writing, but spending all day alone in a room with your imaginary friends isn’t necessarily the healthiest way to pass the time. (It’s easy to see why so many great writers’ best friend has been the whisky bottle!) So I also write books and teach and speak on project management. I’ve written sixteen non-fiction books and had seven novels published. My most recent, The Paradise Ghetto is now in development based on my own screenplay.
I’ve been shortlisted for prizes – the Kerry Ingredients Irish Fiction Prize for my first novel, Call The Swallow; in non-fiction, for my book on common sense, Simply Brilliant which was runner-up in the W H Smith Book Awards. My books have been translated into twenty-five languages.
So far, all my novels have been set during wartime but I don’t think of myself as a war novelist. I write about people caught up in great events and how they try to find love in the most difficult of circumstances.
I’m widowed, have two grown-up children and have lived in lots of places. Currently I’m living in England but that could be about to change.
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December 14, 2020
Barely any valuable insight. The tone of this was also not convincing enough for me.
February 11, 2017
This books teaches people about how to be lazy, unprofessional, and selfish. I know a manager who acted exactly like the book suggests; guess what? Nobody took her seriously because she didn't show any interest in her work. She delegated EVERYTHING, as a result she was not learning much on her job. So, go ahead and follow the advice from this book, you'll sure remain in the same position for the rest of your life.
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