Highly Effective Methods

Name: Highly Effective Methods
ISBN: 9787220113864

泰勒·本-沙哈尔 / 安格斯·里奇韦 / 王媛Sichuan People's Publishing House · ChinaJun 2023

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Word count: 129K words
Chapters: 20
ISBN: 9787220113864

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Summary

Work goals always fall short, days are nonstop busy yet unproductive?

Team members are listless and going through the motions?

Why do some people stay energetic and handle work and life with ease?

The SHARP Method gives you a performance-multiplying approach from Harvard University and McKinsey to help teams and individuals break free from low-efficiency states and achieve high performance.

Positive psychology leader Tal Ben-Shahar and former McKinsey senior partner Angus Ridgway found through research that strengths, health, absorption, relationships, and purpose are the five key factors that multiply effectiveness, summarizing them as the SHARP model. The book explains the exact meaning of each factor and, drawing on scientific theory in both mindset and action, provides concrete development strategies—showing how to use these multipliers and how individuals and teams can put the SHARP model into practice at work.

Editor's review

This book elevates "high efficiency" from a time-management trick to a sustainable performance system: a positive psychology scholar and an author with a consulting background jointly propose the SHARP model, treating strengths, health, absorption, relationships, and purpose as the five pillars of effectiveness, and offering actionable strategies on both the mindset and the action side for each. Its value lies not in handing you yet another to-do list but in reminding readers that inefficiency is often not a matter of willpower but of missing or mismatched pillars. The book includes both self-checks and exercises at the individual level and a discussion of how teams can put the model into practice, making it useful for comparison when your work rhythm is off balance, your goals keep falling through, or your team atmosphere feels flat. There is no need to read it in one go; it is better to pick your weakest pillar as you read and run a small experiment, observing changes over a few weeks. For those weary of the "work harder" narrative and hoping for a more systematic way to restore energy and output, this book offers a relatively pragmatic framework.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Working professionals who are busy over the long term yet feel their output is limited and want to systematically diagnose the causes of inefficiency
Managers leading teams who want a shared framework to improve members' states and collaboration
Readers interested in the combination of positive psychology and performance who want actionable strategies
People who often fail to meet goals or easily run out of energy and want to build a sustainable work rhythm

Not a good fit for

Readers expecting instant-results quick tips; the book emphasizes systematic practice and adjustment
Those who want only pure academic theory; the book focuses on putting the model into practice and on action strategies
Readers whose work environment leaves them no room to adjust; some strategies require a certain amount of latitude

Reading tips

Read the SHARP overview first, then closely read the one item where you are weakest; do not spread your effort evenly.
After each chapter, pick one micro-action to practice for a week, record changes in energy and output, then adjust.
If using it with a team, first establish the model's language with colleagues, then discuss specific scenarios for implementation.
When you reach the sections on relationships and purpose, take notes comparing them with recent real work cases.

About the publisher

Sichuan People's Publishing House China · Founded in 1952

Sichuan People's Publishing House is a comprehensive publisher whose list spans social fiction, art, foreign literature, finance and biography; the 358 titles in the database show a catalogue balancing classics with general reading. Representative books include Lu Xun's A Madman's Diary, Feng Zikai's Paintings for the Protection of Life, works associated with Li Shutong, and foreign-literature translations such as André Gide's Strait Is the Gate and Yasunari Kawabata's Snow Country and The Dancing Girl: Classic Works of Yasunari Kawabata. In finance there is Security Analysis, and in biography the New Biography of Su Dongpo. Authors represented include Lu Xun, Feng Zikai, Li Shutong, Li Yumin, Zhu Zuci and Ye Zongmin. The publishing profile emphasizes literary classics alongside art books, and uses thematic series such as the "banned books" collection to address intellectual and scientific themes. Public information is limited, so this introduction focuses on the directions reflected in the database.

版权信息
泰勒·本-沙哈尔
安格斯·里奇韦
中文版序在不断变化的世界中，获得持续提升与发展
引言掘自身潜能，成为“10倍领导者”
第一部分飞速变革的世界需要效率倍增的领导力
01 全新的经济模式为企业带来三种新常态
02 关于领导力的六大误区
第二部分 SHARP模型：使你效率倍增的领导力提升法
03 专注优势，找到自己的最佳领导区
04 比消除压力更有效的是安排精力
05 拥有“时间的富裕”才是高效领导者
06 真实和积极的态度才能带来最优领导关系
07 优秀领导者的意义感来自平凡日常每一天
08 SHARP相伴，静待成功
第三部分提升领导力，持之以恒是关键
09 我真的能够成功改变自己吗
10 用“勒温模型”持久实现效率倍增
结语重温效率倍增法，成就自我与团队
致谢

FAQ

What five factors does the SHARP model refer to?

According to the book's framework, SHARP corresponds to strengths, health, absorption, relationships, and purpose—five performance multipliers. The authors explain the meaning of each and offer development strategies on both the mindset and action sides, helping individuals and teams identify which link they are stuck at rather than vaguely demanding that they "work harder."

How is this book different from ordinary time-management books?

It does not just deal with scheduling and task ordering; it brings often-neglected pillars such as health, relationships, and purpose into a performance system. The authors stress that inefficiency may reflect a missing element in the system rather than a lack of willpower, so their strategies lean toward long-term, sustainable ways of working rather than a stack of short-term tricks.

Can team managers copy the book's practices directly?

They can borrow the model's language and self-check approach, but should not copy them mechanically. The book discusses how individuals and teams can implement SHARP; managers are better off first understanding the meaning of the five pillars, then choosing one or two scenarios in light of their team's actual situation to pilot, observing the feedback before gradually expanding, rather than rolling it out all at once.

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About the author

泰勒·本-沙哈尔 Author

Taylor Ben-Shahar is an author known primarily for writing in the inspirational and personal-growth genre. Publicly available information about him is limited, and his nationality, education, and life experience are not clearly documented. The library holds one work by him, titled The Efficient Method. Judging from the title and its category, the book focuses on personal efficiency and self-improvement and is aimed at general readers who wish to improve how they work and enhance their capacity for growth. The author's style tends to center on methods and practice rather than on recounting personal experience, so readers' understanding of him comes mainly from the work itself. Overall, Taylor Ben-Shahar is an author with few works and relatively limited information in the Chinese-language book market; his writing is concentrated in the fields of inspiration and personal growth and is suitable for readers interested in this subject.

安格斯·里奇韦 Author

Angus Ridgway is an author about whom public information is currently limited; his known work is The Efficient Method, which is classified under self-help and personal growth. Based on the available information, he focuses not on empty slogans but on practical ways of getting things done: how to organize time, clarify priorities, cut wasted effort, and turn goals into executable steps. Writing of this kind usually stresses the workability of the methods themselves, with direct language and a clear structure, and is suited to ordinary readers who want to improve their efficiency and self-management. Since his biography, nationality, and educational background are unconfirmed, this profile makes no guesses about them. In this one book, Ridgway's writing tends toward the practical and concise, relying not on personal legend but on action advice readers can understand and try. For those new to efficiency literature, his book can serve as an introductory reference; for more experienced readers, it offers a chance to review their own habits. Its influence currently lies mainly within this subject area, and more materials and works are needed to present a fuller picture of the author.

王媛 Author

Public information about Wang Yuan is limited; her nationality, dates of birth and death, and educational background are not clearly documented. Judging from the sixteen works included in the library, her writing and editorial work cover a wide range: social-science translations such as The Invitation to Anthropology: Recognizing the Self and the Other; biographies of Chinese worthies including Gong Zizhen and Xin Qiji; and foreign-literature titles such as the full-color upgraded edition of Moana. In addition, The Efficient Method and Land Operation, Government Management and China's Urbanization point respectively to the fields of inspirational growth and finance and management, while The Invited Spatial Intrusion: Human Territoriality in Shared Accommodation Experiences reflects her scholarly interest in contemporary life. Overall, her works span social science, biography, literature, and finance, combining popular knowledge with specialized research and presenting a diverse writing profile.