Four Seconds audiobook

Thoughtful and UsefulPeter Bregman tells stories about his life to share ideas on productivity, performance, and life. The ideas are simple to understand though they may be challenging to implement. Each chapter focuses on one key idea. Some you may already do, some you may question. The others may be useful, at least for a while. Some of the ideas are focused on productivity. For example, he recommends limiting the number of times you check email. The ones I found more valuable address the far more important issues of interacting with other people and managing our own actions and reactions. Better to avoid a fire than have to fight it. Each story / lesson / chapter is only a few pages long, and each stands alone well enough that it can be read by itself. Four Seconds is structured like his previous book 18 Minutes. Both are intended to dramatically improve your life by introducing rituals that can be done quickly. The book is unlikely to make you laugh or cry, but that isn't its goal. It will make you smile, and think, for at least four seconds.

I love it! Not only that Ive finished it in just for few hours but personally I've managed to focus with a little distraction from here and there and I made it! (Proud moment)

Yes. I agree with so much of this book. Take 4 seconds to orient yourself.

Some of the stories are a bit simplistic, and 'dont-we-all-know-this?', but I found it interesting and a good reminder

great book! way better than I thought it would be.

Wonderful and insightful book. I learned so much about business, relationships and life. I'll be buying it to lend to others. Great read.

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I read Four Seconds after listening to an HBR podcast featuring an interview with Peter Bregman. The podcast included enough thought-provoking suggestions to justify borrowing the audiobook for the daily commute. Going into the book, it wasn't clear what Bregman's expertise or credentials were - after finishing, it's still not clear (and no, I haven't taken the time to Google his name and find out). The beginning of the book highlighted the importance of pausing before responding, allowing your rationale mind to catch up to your physiological responses to events. This was sage advice. The rest of the book covered a wide range of topics. Most of them were entertaining enough to justify the listen on my commute, many of them were useful or insightful, and some of them seemed random, arbitrary, or unsupported by science. Many of them fall in the category of "life tips" generally, which were welcomed when backed by science but less so when they seemed like one man's opinion. Overall, it was a worthy listen and a well-written book, but it's hard to advocate for it in response to any specific need or area of interest.

The title is misleading as the book meanders across many other areas. Most of the advice makes sense and, if you take emotions out of it, are obvious. However, in the heat of the moment we react differntly and escalate things in the wrong direction... this is where "4 seconds" comes in - time to take a breath and give you a chance to realign. But, rvrn with that "4 seconds" many people wont calm down enough to get it right... so much of the advice is aspriational and would have benefitted from more concrete "how to" guidance.

If you're someone who's looking for strategies, ideas, or tactics on becoming more productive, then check out this book by Peter Bregman. He's got a plethora of ideas on how you can increase your productivity in both your personal and professional life. I actually had the chance to interview him. If you're interested in the review with him, here's a link to the review: https://youtu.be/vErd8tS-Gmc

A good follow up to 18-minutes. I am excited to put these tips into practice as I develop my year of focus. Though I plan to start at my birthday, rather than the usual calendar year start. Mr. Bregman provides valuable and easy-to-implement lessons in leadership, as well as reminders to be kind to yourself and others.

I tried the Audiobook version and it was my first experience with audiobooks which made it a bit hard to focus and get used to but as I moved forward I coped with it and also would suggest the book as it introduces how just taking a moment or as it says in the book 4 seconds our reactions can be changed and within that how we can change the outcome.

I love this self-help book. What every chance that will happen if you try to stop 4 seconds in every responds? A lot. This book gave those explanation with a lot of practical stories. Worth to read, not just some shits about theories.

This book has a lot of good tips on how to adjust your thinking and behavior in just about every area of your life. I listened to the audio book and will eventually read the ebook to reabsorb everything.

A good book on how can one manage impulsive reactions & get better at that. The book is in the form of short stories which the reader can relate better to than a dry theory content.Thats what makes the learning interesting.

I've not time to think - Scariest words from a leader. Pause/reflect for 4 seconds and act. Resist the impulse to write-off people. No power-point rule has the greatest impact because it keeps the energy where it should be: solving problems together