Extreme Efficiency

Name: Extreme Efficiency
ISBN: 9787210108665

阿米特·奥菲尔 / 吴虹雨Jiangxi People's Publishing House · ChinaFeb 2019

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Word count: 46K words
Chapters: 80
ISBN: 9787210108665

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Summary

Time management is a habit, woven seamlessly into the fabric of daily life. Amit Offir understands this well. Writing as a successful entrepreneur, he shares 60 practical tips on living and working—the very techniques that carved an extra day out of his week and helped him achieve what he calls "extreme efficiency." These tips go beyond saving and allocating time; they convey a positive, diligent, healthy way of living. The internet, for instance, can either sabotage productivity or help us make use of fragmented moments—it all depends on your mindset and how you use what's around you. Ultimately, extreme efficiency comes from knowing yourself, optimizing your habits, and working relentlessly.

Editor's review

Extreme Productivity is not a conventional time-management guide; it reads more like a "thinking and action operating system" drawn from author Amit Offir's own practice. Offir's multiple roles as bestselling author, entrepreneur and productivity consultant give his advice a practical sharpness that goes beyond a simple list of techniques. The book's core value lies in its mindset of "integration" and "optimization." It does not advocate endlessly squeezing time, but teaches you how to intelligently restructure tasks, use fragmented time, and build a sustainable system of efficient habits. Many methods in the book, such as "parallel task processing" and "templated schedules," are ingenious in making efficiency an instinct that requires no deliberate effort to sustain. For modern people worn out by information overload, this book offers a way to "lighten the load"—reducing the energy spent on decisions through better process design, thereby freeing mental space for what truly matters. The writing is direct and the examples concrete, giving the pleasure of a conversation with a highly effective friend and making the book extremely practical.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Professionals and entrepreneurs seeking to break through everyday productivity bottlenecks
Deep thinkers who often feel their time is fragmented and struggle to focus
Self-disciplined learners who want to build a systematic personal management system
Practitioners weary of traditional time-management methods who crave new approaches

Not a good fit for

Readers expecting complex theory or academic argumentation
Those hoping for a "magic" solution that instantly cures all procrastination

Reading tips

Start by reading quickly through the whole book to grasp its core "integration" framework, then read the chapters relevant to your pain points closely and put them into practice
Keep a notebook while reading to record the "productivity combos" that inspire you, and plan a trial for the coming week
Read the book alongside one or two classic time-management works to better appreciate its innovations and distinctive qualities

About the publisher

Jiangxi People's Publishing House China · Founded in 1951

Jiangxi People's Publishing House is a comprehensive local publisher based in Nanchang, with publishing directions covering philosophy and social sciences, politics and economics, history and culture, education, and the collation of ancient texts. Judging from its books in the database, the house offers Chinese translations of world classics such as Ulysses, Les Fleurs du mal, and Letter from an Unknown Woman, while continuing to publish Eastern philosophical classics including The Analects, the Dao De Jing, and the fully translated and annotated edition of Chuanxilu, forming a parallel structure of Chinese and foreign literary and intellectual classics. Translators such as Xiao Qian, Wen Jieruo, and Zhang Qiuhong support its foreign literature translations, while authors such as Confucius, Laozi, Wang Zengqi, and Hai Zi reflect its accumulation in traditional classics, prose and miscellany, and modern poetry. Its common categories include world classics, Eastern philosophy, prose and miscellany, literature, foreign literature, and modern poetry, showing a publishing character that balances academic popularization with general reading.

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引言
第一章从有效率到极度效率
第二章极度效率的11条原则
1.根据自己的风格择业
2.合理规划自己的工作节奏
3.去做让你愉悦的事
4.和积极的人在一起
5.创造“多米诺效应”
6.适时逆主流而行
7.跳出思维定式
8.树立你的权威和声望
9.走出你的舒适圈
10.升级自我营销
11.学会利用跳板
第三章给你每周多一天的60个技巧
1.利用等待时间
2.利用通勤时间
3.创造帮你集中注意力的环境
4.控制“三分钟热度”
5.切忌克扣睡眠时间
6.合理安排工作时间
7.不是每个电话都要立刻接听
8.固定时间查看邮件和消息
9.避免在沟通中浪费时间
10.在工作与朋友、家人中取得平衡
11.利用音乐，避免环境噪音
12.不用影视剧做背景音
13.延迟满足
14.利用家务时间完成多项任务
15.关注饮食，维护健康
16.保持兴趣
17.消除对成功的恐惧
18.消除对失败的恐惧
19.消除自卑和自贬
20.深入细节的社交技巧
21.学会适时说“不”
22.借助信念的力量
23.相信自己会成功
24.避免思维定式
25.懂得自学
26.抛弃非理性观念
27.排列工作优先级
28.抛弃完美主义
29.问对人
30.积极承担责任
31.提高工作速度
32.对漏洞敏感
33.确定强项
34.磨炼毅力
35.不要草率行动
36.应对挫折
37.应对沮丧
38.保持专业水准
39.不放过获得知识和经验的机会
40.精准努力
41.关心周围的人
42.找到工作重心
43.积极接受新事物
44.培养持久性和忍耐力
45.拆解任务，应对压力
46.设定截止日期
47.提高竞争意识
48.进行创造性思考
49.多线任务处理
50.预防小病
51.和态度积极的成功者相处
52.排除消极态度
53.摆正心态，拒绝成瘾
54.持续进步
55.平衡各方面生活
56.精简系统冗余
57.提高系统效率
58.规划替代方案
59.合理利用外力
60.事先建立应对技术问题的机制
结语延续极度效率

FAQ

What are the main differences between this book and classics such as The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People?

This book focuses more on concrete, everyday techniques and strategies for switching modes of thinking, especially practical solutions for "multitasking" and "fragmented time" in modern work and life. Its style is more direct and action-oriented.

Are the methods suitable for creative workers or people who need a lot of inspiration?

Very much so. One of the book's core aims is to teach you to handle routine and administrative matters efficiently, thereby saving and protecting uninterrupted blocks of time for creativity and deep thinking—exactly what creative workers need most.

Does putting these methods into practice take a long time before results appear?

Many techniques (such as using commute time for learning or planning) can be applied immediately and produce small but positive feedback. Building and refining the whole system takes several weeks of continuous adjustment and adaptation—a gradual process of optimization.

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About the author

阿米特·奥菲尔 Author

Amit Offir is known in the Chinese-language book market for a single title, Extreme Efficiency, which is classified as a management book. Public information about him is limited: his nationality, dates of birth and death, education, and professional career cannot be confirmed, and no English original name is recorded in our database, so a complete portrait of the author and his thinking is difficult to draw. Judging from the work available, his writing is practical in orientation, focusing on how individuals and organizations can raise output and streamline processes within limited time. The text emphasizes methods and actionable suggestions rather than theoretical exposition. This subject matter meets current readers' real needs for time management and efficiency improvement, giving the book a place among management titles. A fuller understanding of his ideas will require more works and materials to be translated and introduced.

吴虹雨 Author

Wu Hongyu is an author for whom public information is currently limited; the work attributed to this name is the management title Extreme Efficiency. Based on the available information, the author writes around the theme of efficiency, focusing on how individuals and organizations can raise output and streamline processes under limited time and resources. The book is classified under management, suggesting that its content leans toward practical methods and improvements in work habits rather than purely theoretical discussion. Because further records of the author's life, professional background, and writing trajectory are lacking, it is difficult to judge the author's overall style and intellectual sources, and it cannot be confirmed whether other works exist. Extreme Efficiency can be regarded as an accessible book in the field of efficiency management, suitable for general readers who wish to improve their use of time and pace of execution. A fuller author profile awaits the disclosure of more public information.