Work Less, Achieve More

by Fergus O'Connell

WORK LESS, ACHIEVE MORE is a step-by-step guide on how to de-stress, deliver your work on time and get your life back in order. For many people, a successful work/life balance is frustratingly elusive. A typical worker might expect to be filled with dread on a Monday morning, work increasingly long hours, feel constantly stressed, and struggle to maintain a decent quality of life. Work/life balance is typically seen as a time management issue, but that's not it. Working harder in the little time you have won't help. What's needed is a change of attitude, where you can stop tearing your hair out, and go home feeling happy, stress-free and confident of a job well-done. In the process, you will become much more productive, relaxed and an asset to your business. WORK LESS, ACHIEVE MORE shows you how.

Genres: Productivity

240 pages, Paperback

First published January 8, 2009

About the author

My 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.

Reviews

[Lauren Anna · Rating 2 out of 5]

Barely any valuable insight. The tone of this was also not convincing enough for me.

[Mitta Xinindlu · Rating 1 out of 5]

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.