I didn't have high expectations for this book. I thought it would be another cheesy, waste of time, Oprah endorsed book like so many others that promises to bring you self improvement for $19.99. In fact, I only found out about this book after seeking out better todo list management software. I settled on OmniFocus as it seemed like a mature app and was available for the Mac and iPhone with all of the syncing features I desired. Anyway, the folks who created that app recommend this book as sort of a manual for the application. I also ended up getting a bunch of personal recommendations for this book at the same time. So, I gave in and tried the book out. I downloaded the audiobook and listened to it on my commute at 2x speed (because I just can't justify listening to a self-help book at 1x). It was a lot more interesting than I expected. A lot of the tips he gave seemed pretty obvious after the fact, but obviously not obvious enough to not need a book to put it all together for me in a form that I can apply. I'm only a week into implementation of the strategy and I already see huge improvements in myself (that sounds sooooo cheesy). I'll have to reread this book again in a few months to see what I didn't pick up on the first round. The book could have been shorter, but I know how these things work