Interview with Aytekin Tank, author of Automate Your Busywork: Do Less, Achieve More, and Save Your Brain for the Big Stuff
Aytekin Tank, author of Automate Your Busywork: Do Less, Achieve More, and Save Your Brain for the Big Stuff recommends a considered collection of books! Before jumping into the interview, please check out Aytekin's book:
Description from Bookshop.org:
In Automate Your Busywork: Do Less, Achieve More, and Save Your Brain for the Big Stuff entrepreneur, founder, and CEO of Jotform Aytekin Tank delivers a can’t-miss blueprint to help you make the most of your most precious asset: time. You’ll explore what’s possible when you offload repetitive tasks, why automation has democratized innovation, and how you can use cheap—or even completely free—no-code automation tools to transform your ability to focus on what truly matters in your business and life.
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Automate Your Busywork: Do Less, Achieve More, and Save Your Brain for the Big Stuff
In the book, you’ll discover:
- Why the future of business is no-code, and how you can use an automation-first mindset to unlock your productivity potential
- How to move from busywork to less work, and finally to having the time you need to accomplish your most important work
- How you can use delegation and automation to achieve “timefulness,” the state of having enough time
A must-read handbook for every entrepreneur, founder, business owner, and freelancer who just doesn’t have enough hours in the day, Automate Your Busywork will also earn a place in the libraries of managers, executives, and other business leaders looking to maximize their most valuable resource.
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Bookshop.org UK £20.89
Bookshop.org US $26.04
Blackwells £17.26
Waterstones £21.99
Wordery $23.34
Q. Do you have a favourite smart thinking book (and why that book)?
Good Strategy Bad Strategy by Richard Rumelt. Everybody talks about the importance of strategy in business but this is the only book that really tells how you can construct a real good strategy. It teaches you the difference between a good strategy and a bad one. I used it a lot in my business with great results and I go back and re-read it again every time I need to get inspired about coming up with a new strategy.
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When Richard Rumelt's Good Strategy/Bad Strategy was published in 2011, it immediately struck a chord, calling out as bad strategy the mish-mash of pop culture, motivational slogans and business buzz speak so often and misleadingly masquerading as the real thing.
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Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters
Since then, his original and pragmatic ideas have won fans around the world and continue to help readers to recognise and avoid the elements of bad strategy and adopt good, action-oriented strategies that honestly acknowledge the challenges being faced and offer straightforward approaches to overcoming them. Strategy should not be equated with ambition, leadership, vision or planning; rather, it is coherent action backed by an argument.
For Rumelt, the heart of good strategy is insight into the hidden power in any situation, and into an appropriate response - whether launching a new product, fighting a war or putting a man on the moon. Drawing on examples of the good and the bad from across all sectors and all ages, he shows how this insight can be cultivated with a wide variety of tools that lead to better thinking and better strategy, strategy that cuts through the hype and gets results.
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Easons €11.54
Bookshop.org UK £10.44
Bookshop.org US $27.85
Blackwells £12.44
Waterstones £10.99
Wordery $13.79
Q. What's the most recent smart thinking book you've read (and how would you rate it)?
The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron is a really great book if you want to work on a creative project. I recently re-read it because I needed some creative inspiration. I'd rate it 5 out of 5 because of all the great ideas it has like morning pages.
Description from Bookshop.org:
Since its first publication, The Artist's Way has inspired the genius of Elizabeth Gilbert, Tim Ferriss, Reese Witherspoon, Kerry Washington and millions of readers to embark on a creative journey and find a deeper connection to process and purpose. Julia Cameron guides readers in uncovering problems and pressure points that may be restricting their creative flow and offers techniques to open up opportunities for growth and self-discovery.
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The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
A revolutionary programme for personal renewal, The Artist's Way will help get you back on track, rediscover your passions, and take the steps you need to change your life.
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Easons €18.69
Bookshop.org UK £18.05
Bookshop.org US $17.67
Blackwells £14.50
Waterstones £16.99
Wordery $20.78
Q. Do you have a favourite childhood book?
Pinocchio is a powerful book. What I really like is the beginning when the father carves a child out of wood. Because he is grieving a child he lost. And that piece of wood becomes a real person.
Review From Bookshop.org:
A family favourite for eighty years, Disney Pinocchio is one of the best-loved films of all time. Relive the magic through this retelling of the classic animated film, accompanied by paintings, story sketches and concept art from the original Disney Studio artists. Also featured is a foreword by Mike Gabriel, an art director at the Walt Disney Animation Studios. Turn to the back of the book to learn more about the artists who worked on this iconic animated film.
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Pinocchio
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Easons €2.80
Bookshop.org UK £12.34
Bookshop.org US $13.95
Blackwells £8.52
Waterstones £3.99
Wordery $5.99
Q. Do you prefer reading on paper, Kindle or listening to an audiobook?
I prefer Kindle. I love it when I discover I have 15 minutes for some reason and launching my kindle and enjoying a book.
Q. Do you have a favourite bookshop (and why that shop)?
The Barnes and Noble Union Square in New York City is my favorite book store. I'd spend my Sundays there reading books in my twenties when I lived in New York. It was so exciting to browse so many books in a single large bookstore.
Many thanks to Aytekin for recommending a considered collection of books! Please don't forget to check out Automate Your Busywork: Do Less, Achieve More, and Save Your Brain for the Big Stuff.
Daryl
Image Copyrights: John Wiley & Sons Inc (Automate Your Busywork), Profile Books Ltd (Good Strategy Bad Strategy, The Artist's Way), Wordsworth Editions Ltd (Pinocchio).
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