Eat Sleep Work Repeat: 30 Hacks for Bringing Joy to Your Job

by Bruce Daisley, James Clamp (Reading)

An important reminder of simple everyday practices to improve how we all work together, which will lead to greater team and individual happiness and performance. Great results will follow.--Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter and Square

With just 30 changes, you can transform your work experience from bland and boring (or worse) to fulfilling, fun, and even joyful.--Daniel Pink, author of When and Drive

The vice president of Twitter Europe and host of the top business podcast Eat Sleep Work Repeat offers thirty smart, research-based hacks for bringing joy and fun back into our burned out, uninspired work lives.

How does a lunch break spark a burst of productivity? Can a team's performance be improved simply by moving the location of the coffee maker? Why are meetings so often a waste of time, and how can a walking meeting actually get decisions made?

As an executive with decades of management experience at top Silicon Valley companies including YouTube, Google, and Twitter, Bruce Daisley has given a lot of thought to what makes a workforce productive and what factors can improve the workplace to benefit a company's employees, customers, and bottom line. In his debut book, he shares what he's discovered, offering practical, often counterintuitive, insights and solutions for reinvigorating work to give us more meaning, productivity, and joy at the office.

A Gallup survey of global workers revealed shocking news: only 13% of employees are engaged in their jobs. This means that burn out and unhappiness at work are a reality for the vast majority of workers. Managers--and employees themselves--can make work better. Eat Sleep Work Repeat shows them how, offering more than two dozen research-backed, user-friendly strategies, including:

Go to Lunch (it makes you less tired over the weekend)Suggest a Tea Break (it increases team cohesiveness and productivity)Conduct a Pre-Mortem (foreseeing possible issues can prevent problems and creates a spirit of curiosity and inquisitiveness)

Let's start enjoying our jobs again, Daisley insists. It's time to rediscover the joy of work.

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

Genres: Nonfiction, Business, Self Help, Productivity, Leadership, Personal Development, Audiobook

1 pages, Audio CD

First published February 25, 2020

Reviews

[Meg - A Bookish Affair · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 stars. Bruce Daisley is the author of "Eat Sleep Work Repeat" and he is also the European Vice President of Twitter as well as the host of the podcast of the same title. He recognizes that many of us spend a lot of time at work and since we spend so much time at work, it's not worth being miserable. There are a few things that you can do, even if you are not a manager, to make the experience better for yourself and those around you.

This book is broken down into great bite size pieces that give you suggestions of things to consider in order to improve your work environment as well as to help ensure that your team has what they need in order to achieve great things. In addition to suggesting what you can do, each section has concrete actions that you can take that would be easy enough to implement quickly. There are, of course, some things that are not necessarily in the everyone's span of control. For instance, for me and in my work environment, it would be very difficult to change anything having to do with space. We have the space we have and it really can't be changed. That being said, there are plenty of things that I can act on that will have the ability to make a big impact and they are pretty easy.

This is the kind of book that I want to get into everyone's hands that needs a little motivation. It seems like sometimes making changes at work may be super difficult, particularly when you're not the one in charge but this book has plenty of suggestions that you can use in order to make your own experience at work better and if you're having a better time of it, that can have a ripple effect throughout your entire unit.

I love the tone that Daisley uses throughout the books. He's positive and motivational. He uses a broad range of examples and research that show the impact that some of the things that he suggests can have if implemented. I found the book to be a breath of fresh air and a great way to reframe some of the things going on in my own mind. This would be a great pick for anyone who finds themselves working in an office environment that needs a bit of a boost! I know this is a book that I am going to keep going back to for when I need a bit of a push!

[Living My Best Book Life · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bruce Daisley gives an insightful look at the workplace and adds reasoning as to why employees aren't happy at their jobs. He gives examples based on statistics and experiences to show how workers can be more productive while reducing stress throughout the week and even enjoy their time at the workplace.

I really thought enjoyed this self-help book because it is coming from a well-known CEO which means this man is dedicated. I'm sure a busy man doesn't have to sit down and take the time to write a book, but as I was reading I felt his willingness and eagerness to make the workplace for everyone better.

I give Eat Sleep Work Repeat 4 stars. I think Bruce Daisley creates hacks that can actually be accomplished and attainable for many. He adds a wide variety of hack and steps to take that are beneficial for everyone.

[Ferhat Elmas · Rating 3 out of 5]

No extraordinary, all usual suspects. If you're new in your career, going over might be beneficial. Otherwise, ignore.

That being said, its intended audience is the people in power so that they can make a real change.

[Vanessa Princessa · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read this book thanks to Blinkist.

The book has its insights, I just found it to be quite boring and repetitive.

In these blinks, you’ll learn 
• what a rock band can teach us about stress; 
• why you might be suffering from Hurry Sickness; and 
• how to disconnect from distractions by entering monk mode. 



The key message in these blinks:

Workplace unhappiness is a widespread problem with many causes: overwork, constant connectivity, continual distraction, loneliness, and lack of a sense of buzz. Companies can solve these problems by enabling employees to energize themselves and come together as team members. To accomplish these objectives, employees and employers have many options available to them. These include taking breaks, implementing periods of disconnection, limiting work hours, hosting social events, and instituting hack days or hack weeks. 

Actionable advice: 

Generate more connection and buzz by focusing on small teams. 

For large companies, one of the reasons that hack days and hack weeks can work so great is that they involve huge workforces splitting into small teams. In larger groups, we have a tendency to get lost in the crowd and feel overwhelmed by the sheer number of communication channels we have to deal with. In contrast, exchange is easier when you’re part of a small group of people who work closely together. Instead of obsessing with our overall company’s culture so much, we should be focusing on cultivating the culture of small teams instead. For many companies, that requires creating smaller teams – eight or nine people is a good rule of thumb. 



What to read next:

The Best Place to Work, by Ron Friedman

You’ve just learned how companies can provide their employees with a better place to work. Why not take this one step further and learn how they can create the best place to work – a place where employees are both as happy and productive as they can be? 

Drawing from his background in psychology, Ron Friedman has many insights and tips on how companies can do just that. For example, did you know that they can actually boost their workers’ productivity by letting them have more flexibility with their work schedules? Or that something as simple as the placement of chairs in an office space can have a major impact on employees’ well-being? To learn about these and many other fascinating ideas, check out our blinks to The Best Place to Work, by Ron Friedman.

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

This clever book delivers succinct messages, eliminating B-school jargon and simplifying real-world examples of how to improve your work life. While the book does make assumptions that the reader is a person with decision-making power, there are relevant lessons for anyone, regardless of pecking order.

The format allows readers to jump around to topics without needing background reading. There are direct references in the few instances that call out to the book’s other sections. Each chapter closes with “next steps”, further driving the point that change can only happen with action.

I found many relevant takeaways, despite working in a different field from the examples. This was not a typical business book and not a typical self-help, but the better for it. Recommended.

I reviewed an ARC provided by my employer.

[Jung]

Workplace unhappiness is a widespread problem with many causes: overwork, constant connectivity, continual distraction, loneliness, and lack of a sense of buzz. Companies can solve these problems by enabling employees to energize themselves and come together as team members. To accomplish these objectives, employees and employers have many options available to them. These include taking breaks, implementing periods of disconnection, limiting work hours, hosting social events, and instituting hack days or hack weeks. 

Actionable advice: 

Generate more connection and buzz by focusing on small teams. 

For large companies, one of the reasons that hack days and hack weeks can work so great is that they involve huge workforces splitting into small teams. In larger groups, we have a tendency to get lost in the crowd and feel overwhelmed by the sheer number of communication channels we have to deal with. In contrast, exchange is easier when you’re part of a small group of people who work closely together. Instead of obsessing with our overall company’s culture so much, we should be focusing on cultivating the culture of small teams instead. For many companies, that requires creating smaller teams – eight or nine people is a good rule of thumb.

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Workplace unhappiness is a widespread problem that deeply affects our health, well-being, and productivity.

Feeling unhappy at your job? If so, welcome to the club! 

In one survey after another, the majority of people report negative sentiments about their work. An overwhelming 83 percent of American employees say their jobs make them stressed. More than half of all British workers report feeling burned out by their jobs. And when workers across the world are asked to rank their daily activities from favorite to least favorite, being at work ends up in second-to-last place – just a notch ahead of being sick in bed. 

The picture is pretty bleak, and it gets even bleaker when you start looking at the consequences of all this unhappiness. 

A stressful job doesn’t just make your life unpleasant. It can also take a heavy toll on both your body and your mind. Consider a study by Alexandra Michel, a researcher at the University of Southern California. She looked at how working long, stressful hours impacted investment bankers, who routinely put in 15-hour days at the beginning of their careers. 

Michel found that the bankers exhibited a range of physical symptoms, including hair loss, extreme weight changes, panic attacks, and insomnia. By the fourth year on the job, they were suffering from an increased rate of diabetes, heart problems, and even cancer. The mental health consequences were also serious. They included higher rates of depression, anxiety, and addiction to drugs and alcohol. 

These are all problems that should trouble us in their own right. But even if you were a totally heartless boss who cared only about your business’s bottom line, there would still be serious cause for concern – it’s not just workers’ health and well-being that are being negatively impacted, it’s also their ability to do their jobs. 

Here again, the statistics speak for themselves. A study by researchers at Warwick University shows that happy workers are 22 percent more productive than their unhappy counterparts. And the symptoms of stress can also have a major impact on work performance. For instance, a lack of sleep can increase the rate at which workers make mistakes on the job. 

Researchers have confirmed this connection in a variety of job sectors, ranging from the healthcare industry to the military. But you probably don’t need science to tell you what all of us have experienced first-hand: it’s hard to think straight when you’re exhausted. 

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Stress is generally bad for our creativity. 

Sure, stress can have negative impacts on our health and well-being – but can’t it also be a good thing? After all, many people say they “work better under pressure.” 

Hit a wall with a project? Nothing like a looming deadline to get your creative juices flowing – or so it seems to many of us. But that’s only true up to a certain point.

This might seem counterintuitive, but there’s a reason for that. In addition to interfering with our creativity, stress can also undermine our ability to make accurate assessments of our own achievements. As a result, the work we do under pressure can feel a lot more creative than it actually is. 

That was the conclusion of a study conducted by Teresa Amabile, a professor at Harvard Business School. In this study, office workers were given a diary to fill out while they did their jobs. The greater the time pressure they were under, the higher they tended to rate the creativity of their work. But when Amabile took a look at their diaries for signs of creative thinking, she found the opposite to be the case: the greater the time pressure, the lower the creativity. 

Some basic neuroscience can help to explain why this happens. To be creative, we need to be willing to explore new ideas and take risks. Now, when we’re under pressure, the stress boosts our adrenaline, which can give our brains a little kickstart. But it also activates our brain’s fear system. This, in turn, deactivates the parts of the brain involved in exploration and risk-taking.

That’s one reason why musical artists often experience a “sophomore slump.” Consider The Strokes. In 2001, the New York City rock band released their critically acclaimed debut album, Is This It. But then the pressure to deliver a worthy follow-up album went to their heads. 

After scraping whole recording sessions and restarting the project multiple times, the band finally released their sophomore album, Room on Fire, in 2003 – only to be met with mixed reviews. Many critics panned it, calling it a less inspired copy of The Stroke’s first album. In their view, the band had mostly just gone back to their same old bag of tricks, resulting in music that lacked a sense of freshness. 

The lesson? Pressure encourages people to play it safe – to cling to old ways of doing things, rather than trying out new ones. In an economy where innovation is increasingly the key to success, that should be a concern for rock bands and corporations alike.

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Many of us are exhausted by overwork, constant connectivity, and continual distractions. 

Do you feel restless about your job? Does it seem like there’s always more work to be done? Do you feel guilty or anxious if you don’t keep busy?

If so, you might be suffering from a condition called hurry sickness – and you’re definitely not alone. It’s a condition that afflicts many of us. That’s because it’s tied up with some larger problems that are endemic to the modern workplace. 

There are many ways we can end up getting overworked by our jobs. Long workdays and workweeks are the most obvious examples, but the problem isn’t just how many hours we spend at work. It’s also how we spend our time inside and outside those hours. 

Inside our working hours, many of us feel unable to take any breaks, and we feel a relentless pressure to keep busy. Especially if we work in offices, we feel tied down to our desks, needing to constantly “stay on task” – whatever that task might be.

It’s hard to pinpoint and talk about it in the singular, because the task at hand is always shifting from one thing to another. Maybe you’re trying to focus on a project, but then you get an email that grabs your attention. Or you’re interrupted by a colleague who comes over to ask a question. Or you’re called away by your boss for yet another meeting.

Thanks to the rise of digital communication technologies, we’re constantly connected to our colleagues – and continually distracted by them as a result. If it’s not one of the 200 emails the average office worker sends and receives per day, it’s one of the myriad texts, chat messages, or phone calls that demand our attention. Meanwhile, thanks to the popularity of open-plan offices, we’re constantly vulnerable to our colleagues interrupting and distracting us in person as well. Add to that the obsession that many companies have with conducting meetings all the time, and it’s a wonder any of us can get any work done. 

Or to put it another way: it’s hardly surprising that we feel like there’s always more work to do. The interruptions and distractions keep pulling us away from our work, and the messages never stop rolling into our phones and computers – even when we’re at home, where we continue to monitor them. 

As a result, 60 percent of professionals stay connected to work for 13.5 hours per weekday and 5 hours over the weekend, for a total of 70 hours of connectivity per week. No wonder we’re exhausted. 

[nadiaizzaty · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Sheila · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really wanted to enjoy this book and wanted it to be helpful too me however I didn’t walk away with much.
I felt the book was loaded with information, statistics and geared towards a office environment not just any job or career.
I felt that I walked away with only a handful of tips or hacks which is a bummer as I was really needing some ideas or solutions.
Well on to another book.

[Prabhakar · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very timely book, when competitive pressures around us are on the rise in every field of life. There are 30 nudges suggested which can improve quality of work. Practicality of ideas will depend on the culture of the organisation and the place. Again, it's a sort of self help book. Well-researched, nice stitched together and easy to read but will one miss much without it, is a question.
It is titled attractively, but it's only about work and repeat.

[Gediminas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Evidence-based, practical tips for both individual contributors and managers

It's a good book. Well worth having around in the office, or in any manager's bookshelf.

It is somewhat less valuable for an individual contributor, or if you don't feel you can (or want to) influence your team to do things differently.

[Jim Beatty · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is excellent. MBA in 8 hours.
My mind had started to recover from the marshmallow test, only to discover the equally enlightening marshmallow experiment.

[Slov · Rating 2 out of 5]

A lot of the ideas here aren't new, but the research in this book is great. This wasn't a good fit for me as I am not an office worker in a cubicle so the pain of constant meetings, memos, emails, etc is lost on me. So if you are a cubicle dwelling warrior a lot of this book will apply to you and will be most relevant. Anyone working in retail, or the restaurant industry, or in a warehouse will find the information here less useful and applicable. There will still be some things that apply but a good portion won't.

[Ben · Rating 3 out of 5]

The premise here is the common knowledge that employees/team members who are stressed and stuck in reactive ruts will not do their most creative work and will be too burnt out to exert discretionary problem-solving, so it's worthwhile to focus on improving work culture. I may take that understanding for granted.

These recommendations are good, and there are enough of them that some apply to most of a variety of workplaces.

[Malin Friess · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book may have more buzzwords than I can handle...walking meetings, take a morning "monk mode", move the coffee pot to create better work morale, turn off you "notifications", have a "digital sabbath".

I'm not sure how to rate this book. I enjoyed reading it...but as I write the review all the important hacks that were to bring so much joy escape me at the moment?

[Diane · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bruce Daisley, Vice President of Twitter Europe and host of the business podcast Eat Sleep Work, puts his expertise on the page in his new book Eat Sleep Work Repeat.



Using advice from experts in psychology, economics and behavioral science, and citing in his extensive bibliography popular books like Susan Cain's Quiet, Atul Gawande's The Checklist Manifesto, and Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In, Daisley has 30 hacks to help people become more productive and happier at work.



The book is divided into three sections- Recharge, which has advice to make you more productive, Sync, which is geared towards team building, and Buzz, which gives the reader tips from successful teams.



Recharge is the section most relevant to individuals at work, and the section that I found most helpful. The first suggestion begins with multiple studies that posits that the popular "open plan" design of offices, where everyone works in cubicles and no one has offices, doesn't work well. Daisley's conclusion is that the noise and constant distractions of the open plan office create massive amounts of wasted time.



Studies show that people who work in open plan offices take "significantly more sick days", and that when they are at work, they are interrupted an average of every three minutes by coworkers with questions. (That reminds me of being a mom of a toddler.)



Younger workers tend to use headphones at work, a habit that older workers find offensive. However, studies show that people wearing headphones actually allow workers to concentrate on their tasks without being interrupted. Daisley suggests that headphones be allowed for part of the day, say in the morning, and then following the lunch break, no headphones are allowed, which encourages people to share ideas more freely.



Contrary to popular belief in many industries, like finance, working more hours doesn't mean that more work gets done. Dailey cites studies that have concluded that the human brain is hardwired to make a certain number of decisions per day and once you reach that limit, you can't make any more. The quality of decisions made after working more hours decreases significantly.



Daisley has also concluded that we should complete our most complex tasks before lunch, when our minds are freshest. Taking breaks are important, and he suggests taking a walk during lunch or even holding a meeting during a walk with colleagues can be productive. A change of scenery and fresh air can refresh the mind as well as the body.



Some suggestions Daisley has for employers include cutting the number of meetings in half, having dedicated meeting-free days, and hosting an alcohol-free "Happy Hour" in the office at the end of the week with snacks and beverages to encourage people to interact with colleagues (although he does mention that this may be unfair to parents who have to get home to children).



I found Eat Sleep Work Repeat to be an interesting read, both from the viewpoint of employees and employers. Daisley aggregates several studies, and uses his own vast experience, to share ideas that can make our workdays less stressful and more productive. Everyone can find something useful here and I recommend it.



Thanks to TLC Tours for putting me on Bruce Daisley's tour.

[Jessica Higgins · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you’ve reached the point of burnout in your career or just don’t find it fulfilling, this book gives some tips to rediscover joy in your job.

Bruce Daisley, vice president of Twitter Europe and host of the podcast Eat Sleep Work Repeat, delves into why people no longer find fulfillment in their careers. It can range from many different things including company culture to management expectations to personal burnout. So, how does one rediscover joy in their job? Daisley breaks this down into three different areas: recharge, sync, and buzz. Most of these items are for personal ownership and common sense. Recharge includes measures as ditching long meetings for short walking meetings as the endorphins created by exercise will give you a boost throughout the day. Other recharges including getting a goodnight sleep and shortening the work week. Syncs are more of a company approach that suggest noncompany social times, knowing when to encourage people and when to leave them alone, and letting divisions take breaks and lunches together so that they can develop cohesiveness. Lastly, buzzes focus on how to energize a team. These items include making work seem like problem solving exercises instead of mundane activity and removing outside electronics from meetings to have the full team attention. Whatever the need, there is likely a subject that touches on it in this book.

Overall this book was an enjoyable read. Several of the items within it are common to other business books as well. I did enjoy getting to see the view of American work culture from the European perspective. I knew that several companies expect their employees to work long hours in order to move up the ladder, but it was alarming to discover how many different fields this occurs in. My favorite part may have been when it talked about how you can’t create company culture, it has to happen organically. So, if a company has a group dedicated to creating company culture, it has already failed. There was some foul language in this book as a result of some direct quotes, but otherwise was pretty clean. If you enjoy books on making employees feel empowered, then this one is for you.

I received a complimentary copy of this title from the publisher. The views and opinions expressed within are my own.

[Bethany Clark · Rating 5 out of 5]

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I’m super excited to be partnering with @ #partner to bring you this great book for bringing joy to your job!

What a refreshing read that really helped give me a new perspective on my job.
You never fully understand how much your job effects you mentally and you can become “the worst version of yourself.”
We have always been taught that multitasking is key, but if you’re not careful, that can hurt you more than help you in the long run. Switching focus constantly will lesson your overall performance.
I also agree that I tend to get more done alone then in a group, groups tend to take more time to come to a conclusion and more time trying to look better in front of each other.
Try to be more thoughtful when using ASAP - don’t use it unless it’s truly necessary. It will create a better work environment in the long run.
I find it fascinating that our brains are set to make a certain number of decisions per day, over that we can’t make anymore and it’s a waste of your time and energy overall.
I’m the US we are always looking to get as many hours in and logged but the truth is, when a reduction of hours goes from say 10 to 8 individuals on average are more productive!
I could go on and on about this book (I really enjoyed it!) - they are many more great tips regarding stress, eating, breaks, sleep, the water cooler theory, laughter, shorter meetings, be a better boss and more!
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[wellreadtraveler · Rating 4 out of 5]

Perfect title for what most of us experience with the daily grind.
Eat.Sleep.Work.Repeat
Did you know only 13% of employees are engaged in their jobs? We spend the majority of our days at our place of work and spend more time with our coworkers then our families.
So how can we be productive and have fun doing it?
Bruce Daisley has worked with big companies like Google, YouTube, Twitter and more to figure out how to make their employees happy and productive. I remember watching the movie The Internship where Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson want to work at Google. I would too with free food, dry cleaning and car washing services, basketball courts, nap pods, and a built in coffee house for everyone to enjoy! Google is making work fun and creating an environment employees are excited to be a part of.
Whether you own a company or just want to start making changes this book is a great place to start. Maybe make Friday’s a theme day, or casual Friday with a potluck lunch. Start a Little Free Library in your office. Find ways to connect, make time to socialize and laugh! 30 minute coffee/tea break.
This book has two dozen ideas and suggestions to help you take charge of your happiness at work. It was a fast read that left me with so many ideas on how I can make some changes at my own job.
We have to work so let’s do what we love and have fun doing it!

[Jonathan H. MONTES · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read the Audiobook version.
The book was good and well read. It spans about 7.5 hours. Not bad for a book that motivates you to be more open minded at work and how to work with other people in a way that will get you noticed by your associates.
It's interesting to learn the methods used by top companies that have failed terribly. We are talking about Uber having to hire someone outsourced because of the unprofessional conduct from managers. Also this book was loaded with facts and statistics and also some research to backup the information provided. This is great. We love to see true evidence of what we should do to improve our work life. Whatever you do, just remember that you are not stuck in the position you're in. If you don't like your job, you are not stuck. Really. Take the time to find something you like, even if that means taking a paycut. Why stress your body, harming yourself, which will result at a higher expense later in life. It's almost as if the money didn't matter because it causes harm.
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[Lori Bree · Rating 4 out of 5]

I don't read too many books in the "self help" genre, but was intrigued by this one! While I enjoy my job, I certainly feel the stress from it and figured some tips wouldn't hurt. I was very impressed with this book--it was well researched yet easy to follow, and I really like the "next steps" section at the end of each chapter that provide some key takeaways. The book is formatted well--it covered things you can do as an individual in the Recharge section, and ways to improve your team overall in the Sync and Buzz sections. It draws from fields such as psychology, economics and business, and shows the evidence and science behind why you should do things like "having a monk mode morning" and actually taking your lunch break. I definitely recommend this to anyone, especially those, like me, who are settled in their careers but are feeling the stress and need to re-energize a bit. A great book to have in your office to refer back to as well!

Thank you to the publisher via TLC Book Tours for my copy of this book for my honest review.

[Tabitha (Tabi Thoughts) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Eat Sleep Work Repeat is an insightful book that is helpful in resetting your work-life. In this book, Bruce Daisley offers several strategies and tips that will increase productivity and happiness within the workplace.

Upon reading this book, I found it alarming to learn that workplace stress is just as detrimental to your health as secondhand smoke. Therefore, I thought Daisley’s tips on recharging were extremely valuable.

Though I think Eat Sleep Work Repeat is a book best for those at larger companies or those in management positions, I think there’s something we can all take from it. There are many simple things that we can all implement to make work more enjoyable. Laughing more with your coworkers is one small way that Daisley suggests to improve your workplace environment. It’s not just good for you, it’s good for the entire team. “Laughter builds trust and helps us bond with one another, it creates sync. And as our creative guards come down, it helps us have better ideas.”

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[Raymond Goss · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is good if you haven't read many of the books that this book builds on. In general, the book points out that people overwork and don't turn off email when they leave the office. I find that I can easily turn off email, but I work for a global company and have meetings early in the day and late a night nearly everyday. This book doesn't address that. While I love the principles, I don't think it can be done by those who work for global high-tech companies today.

As an alternative, I think we need to schedule time for family, friends, hobbies, and fun activities. We need to take vacations and invest in things that will allow us to relieve the pressures of work. I like my job most of the time, but there are facets of work that add stress. I think people need to find work that they too enjoy doing most of the time rather than working mindlessly just to do a job. Rewards need to be intrinsic, by working for a company that improves the world and others.

[Sandra Park · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a terrific book. It consists of 30 very short chapters. Each one covers a way to improve the culture in a workplace. The first section discusses things that individuals can do to make their worklife better. The second section covers things that make work teams function better. The final section makes the organization work better.

The best part is that you can pick and choose which of these 30 changes would help your work life and/or improve the function of your team, department, or company. Maybe you are already doing some of them. Others may not appeal to your preferred work styles. Read them all and then implement the ones that help you.

This is one book that I highly recommend hanging on to. The suggestions that don't apply to you today might become valuable in the future.

[Kevin Eikenberry · Rating 5 out of 5]

Is it reasonable to expect to enjoy your work? That is the question that opens Eat Sleep Work Repeat: 30 Hacks for Bringing Joy to Your Job. If your answer is yes, but you aren’t quite there most days, or if you would like to inject even more joy at work, this book is for you.

Bruce Daisley has been studying the research on joy at work and how to get more of it for many years. As Twitter’s most senior employee outside of the United States, he began sharing his findings and his personal examples on his popular podcast with the same name. Now he has released the best of that work – 30 hacks for creating more joy at work.

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[Jade · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kirjassa keskityttiin sen verran paljon tietynlaiseen työhön (toimistotyö, jossa kehitetään ideoita muiden kanssa), jossa on tietynlaiset ongelmat (sadat sähköpostit päivässä, lukuisat turhat kokoukset), ja oletettiin lukijan olevan asemassa jossa voi uudelleenjärjestää työpaikan olosuhteita, etten usein tuntenut olevani kirjan kohderyhmää. Henkilökohtaisemmat vinkit esim. liittyen nukkumisen ja lounastauon tärkeyteen olivat harvassa, enemmän oli juttua ilmapiirin rakentamisesta, "sync":sta ja "buzz":sta.
Oli kuitenkin kiva, että kirja nojasi paljon sekä tutkimuksiin, tilastoihin että esimerkkeihin.

[Quinns Pheh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Workplace unhappiness is a widespread phenomenon due to constant connectivity, continual distraction, loneliness, and a lack of buzz. Solving these problems could enable employees to energise themselves and come together as team members. Companies could generate more connection and buzz by focusing on smaller teams, eight to nine people is a good rule of thumb to work closely. To accomplish this, companies could implement breaks sessions, periods of disconnection, limiting work hours, hosting social events, and instituting hack days or hack weeks. The results of these show employees focus more on work and getting on board with the company’s culture.

[Jill · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book could not have come at a better time in my life. The past year has been a challenge, learning how to work in a completely new way, and dealing with so many outside stressors. Many of the hacks in this book seem obvious. Sleep more, take breaks, create diverse teams that also take the time to know each other in a more personal level. We've all heard these things many, many times. What I found very useful in this book was not only the scientific evidence to back up why these things are useful, and make us more productive, but also suggestions on how to incorporate them into your work day.

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found most of this book to be geared more towards manager level workers as a lot of the guidance In this book is about work culture that the average worker wouldn’t be able to control or implement. That being said I did get some valuable advice on work life balance and a few other tips. This is not the fault of the book at all but most of the advice in this book no longer fits with the new normal “work at home” model that exists because of Covid. I would love to see an updated version that deals with remote working. Still a decent book for managers to read but as I didn’t get as much as I was hoping out of this I give it a 3.5/5

[Rae · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is an insightful read to look at for workplace and explains why employees aren't happy with their jobs. The author provide examples to show how workers can be productive while reduce stress and enjoy their job.

The book is divided into three parts - Recharge, which has advice to make take break and be more productive after, Sync, which is steps towards team building, and Buzz, which gives the reader tips from successful teams.

To achieve this, both companies and employees should work in sync. This pandemic has put both companies and employees to test so this book is introduce at the right time.

Thank you Times Reads for sending me a copy in exchange for honest review.

[Bukhari · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting book which is filled with various tips on how to make work more pleasant and more productive. The author, Bruce Daisley focuses first on ways to Recharge: how to be at the top of your form in order to perform your best and ultimately be more efficient. Then he introduces the theme of Sync: how to better coordinate with your colleagues and improve the team rapport (esprit de l'équipe). Finally, he approaches the topic of Buzz: how to form the best team with different elements that can contribute effectively to a common objective. A very interesting read with tips that can be applied daily.