The Joy of Missing Out
Live More by Doing Less
- Work, Money & Leadership
- Publisher: Nelson Books (Thomas Nelson)
- Published: 2020
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Publisher's Description
Overwhelmed. Do you wake up in the morning already feeling behind? Does the pressure of keeping it all together make you feel anxious and irritable? Tanya Dalton, CEO and productivity expert, offers you a liberating shift in perspective: feeling overwhelmed isn't the result of having too much to do -- it's from not knowing where to start. Doing less might seem counterintuitive, but doing less is more productive because you’re concentrating on the work you actually want to be doing. Through this book, you can learn how to: Identify what is important to you and clarify your priorities. Develop ways to streamline your specific workflow. Discover your purpose. Named Top 10 Business Book of the Year by Fortune magazine, The Joy of Missing Out is chock-full of resources and printables. This is a legitimate action plan for change. Once you reject the pressure to do more, something amazing happens: you discover you can finally live a guilt-free, abundant life. "This book is two things. It’s an eye-opener to the fact that we don’t have to do a million things to be productive (or successful). And it’s a coach that helps us trim the fat, get real with our purpose, and start living more intentionally." - Goop "Dalton helps readers by teaching us to focus on the most important things and create our own operating systems that are exclusive to our lives as individuals. By doing this, we can simplify and make life even better." - San Francisco Book Review "Dalton’s ground-up approach to productivity teaches readers to identify their real priorities and, in doing so, cut their massive to-do lists down to size by learning to say no to the tasks that pull them away from their North Star."- Grateful
Endorsements (10)
“If you’ve ever said ‘yes’ to an obligation when you really wanted to say ‘no,’ read this book. If you’ve ever felt like your to-do list is longer at the end of the day despite your best efforts, read this book. If you’ve ever wished there was a twenty-fifth hour in the day, read this book. If you’re ready for more joy and less fear, read this book.”
“In a world that continually tells you to do more, this book gives you permission to do less. Tanya shares why ‘missing out’ is exactly the right choice to make and encourages you to live a life aligned with what’s important!”
“We all have dreams and desires to live a life of great relationships, meaningful work, and purpose. Yet the demands of time, the needs of others, and our own expectations of who we should be, overwhelm us and muddy the waters. Tanya Dalton’s thoughtful system to get back in control of your life is workable and simple. She helps you become focused on the truly significant and gives you the courage to prune back those to-do’s that are holding you back from the person you were made to be.”
“One of the biggest challenges we face today is overwhelm and a constant feeling of being busy. Tanya Dalton’s The Joy of Missing Out is the antidote we have been waiting for—empowering us through productivity to live our best lives.”
“The Joy of Missing Out will give you permission to want what you really want and to chase after it without apology. I can’t think of a better, more experienced, or more productive person to learn this from than Tanya Dalton—the champion of JOMO.”
“Many things in life are worth missing out on. This book is not one of them. Pick this book up if you want to discover what your deepest-held priorities should be, get to know yourself better than you have before, and actually act on what’s important every day. I loved this book and couldn’t put it down.”
“Feeling effective is more satisfying than feeling busy. In this gentle and encouraging book, Tanya shows you how to focus your mind and your time on what matters and how to stop worrying about everything else.”
“The Joy of Missing Out didn’t tell me to be less ambitious and slow down, instead it gave me the tools I needed to have purpose and clarity about my to-do lists. Tanya helps you take all the pieces floating around in your life and be intentional about them. If the words busy and overwhelmed frequent your vocabulary, do yourself a favor and read The Joy of Missing Out.”
“Tanya is like the fairy godmother of productivity for the modern woman. In a world where we feel pressure to do it all but end up empty inside and achieving nothing at all, Tanya swoops in with a fresh message that gives women permission to get off the hamster wheel. Instead of doing everything, she gives us a practical and inspirational guide on how to reconnect with what truly matters most, how to architect the lives we desire on our own terms, and how to establish bliss in the middle of our messy, busy lives.”
“In this important and necessary book, Tanya Dalton gives us the greatest gift we could ask for: permission to be ourselves by relieving us of the pressure to be anyone else. The Joy of Missing Out will allow you to rediscover what really matters to you—and help you say no to the things that don’t.”
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