# What do you read to improve productivity?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 16, 2014, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-read-to-improve-productivity/695676 "2014-08-16T12:48:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-read-to-improve-productivity/695676/1 "2014-08-16T12:48:35Z")

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What are some websites or other sources that you read regularly to improve productivity?

I do not know if productivity is the right word since people usually think of self-help websites when it’s used. I’m talking about anything you read in order to get better at some area of your life. Some examples:

**Clothes:** I read [/r/malefashionadvice](http://www.reddit.com/r/malefashionadvice) to improve what I wear, and [/r/frugalmalefashion](http://www.reddit.com/r/frugalmalefashion) to do it on a reasonable budget.

**Software/Technology:** I read [Lifehacker](http://lifehacker.com/) and the reviews on [Recode](http://recode.net/). Lifehacker has other productivity tips, but their psychology advice is very shallow and nearly useless. I’m really looking for more sources to improve in this area.  
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Finance:\*\* [Consumersearch](http://www.consumersearch.com/) is great for product reviews.

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-read-to-improve-productivity/695676/2 "2014-08-16T12:58:10Z")

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Psychology and general life improvement sources:

[Eric Barker Barking Up the Wrong Tree](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/)

Lots of cites for all of his stuff.

[http://zenhabits.net/](http://zenhabits.net/)

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**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-read-to-improve-productivity/695676/3 "2014-08-17T11:24:31Z")

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Nothing else? Is everyone just playing candy crush with their free time?

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**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-read-to-improve-productivity/695676/4 "2014-08-17T13:57:10Z")

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A coworker recommended a book called Getting Things Done, which I have yet to even look up because I don’t know how to get things done.