Second paragraph of third chapter:

On the other hand, you’ve also probably come across people who leave you feeling drained and exhausted after every interaction. It’s as if they cast a shadow over your mood and motivation. People learn to avoid them like the plague. And they learn fast.

It’s a while since I read a self-help book – I used to have a discipline of reading one a year, which I thnk is probably healthy. Anyway I spotted this in the Glasgow Waterstone’s last month and read it on the way to Edinburgh airport as I returned; it’s quite a quick read.

I found it a very affirming pushback against notions of working oneself into the ground to gain success by striding over the backs of your ruined competitors, which is the sense I get from some books in this genre (judging only by the cover; I rarely look inside). The message is to identify ways of finding joy and fulfillment in your work (and other parts of your life) and not be ground down by deadlines. Easier said than done, perhaps, but useful to have it hanging there as a strategy that you determine for yourself. As I said, I found it helpful. You can get Feel Good Productivity here.