Not Today: The 9 Habits of Extreme Productivity

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When their five-year-old son fought for his life, business leaders Erica and Mike Schultz learned a new way to live, work, and succeeddiscovering how to achieve extreme productivity with heart and purpose.

Ari Schultz was an extraordinary baby, beginning life in a pitched battle against heart disease. The same year, his parents launched their business, and they had to keep it going strong, even while living full-time at the hospital for months on end. For the next five years, Erica and Mike Schultz learned how to balance the demands of their jobs, commuting to the hospital, and spending time with their growing familyalong the way, noting the tricks and techniques that allowed them to get work done, even while living in the cardiac ICU and later through heartbreaking loss.

After reflection and recovery, Mike and Erica codified their method of coping and working, and set out to study the work habits of extremely productive people. They discovered what extremely productive people do differently than everyone else, and went on to create The Productivity Codea new approach to productivity that has helped tens of thousands of people manage their time for greatest effectiveness, fulfillment, and happiness.

Now, Erica and Mike reveal the 9 Habits of Extreme Productivity along with easy-to-apply techniques, including:

Reviews

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Problems are the nectar of lifethey challenge us to grow. In this book, Not Today, we see a perfect example of the tremendous strength we all carry deep inside.

Michael A. Singer, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Untethered Soul

I had the honor of calling Ari one of my friends. He inspired me every time we were together with his toughness, spirit and grit. Im certain his story, shared in this book, will inspire you.

Brad Stevens, head coach of the Boston Celtics

Not Today is a memorable and inspiring book. We all have a lot to learn from Ari and the Schultz family about how to face adversity with love, courage, and optimism.

Senator Joseph I. Lieberman

Ari fought a battle no child should be faced with and he did it with such a brave face, constantly surrounded by his all-star family. Were all proud to call Ari and the Schultz family our friends and a huge inspiration.

David Ortiz, three-time World Series Champion

""Not Today is a must-read if you want the secrets to a more balanced life. Starting my day with my GIA is an absolute game changer, and will be for you, too.""

Sarah Johnston, founder of The Briefcase Coach

Poignant, personal, and practical. You definitely need to take the T.I.M.E to read this, and be rewarded to boot!

Barry Z. Posner, PhD, coauthor of The Leadership Challenge and Everyday People, Extraordinary Leadership

Personal, actionable, and generous, this is a book about the choices that each of us make, every single day, and the light we're capable of sharing.

Seth Godin, author of This Is Marketing
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"""I had the honor of calling Ari one of my friends. He inspired me every time we were together with his toughness, spirit and grit. I'm certain his story, shared in this book, will inspire you.""
Brad Stevens, head coach of the Boston Celtics

""Not Today is a memorable and inspiring book. We all have a lot to learn from Ari and the Schultz family about how to face adversity with love, courage, and optimism.""
Senator Joseph I. Lieberman

""Personal, actionable and generous, this is a book about the choices that each of us make, every single day, and the light we're capable of sharing.""
Seth Godin, author of This Is Marketing

""Ari fought a battle no child should be faced with and he did it with such a brave face, constantly surrounded by his all-star family. We're all proud to call Ari and the Schultz family our friends and a huge inspiration.""
David Ortiz, three-time World Series Champion

""Problems are the nectar of lifethey challenge us to grow. In this book, Not Today, we see a perfect example of the tremendous strength we all carry deep inside.""
Michael A. Singer, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Untethered Soul

""I'm bombarded routinely with books promising to make you more productive. They're loaded with charts and ridiculous claims. This book is totally different and refreshingly so. It's rooted in one of the most difficult life experiences imaginable and the efforts of the authors to cope and thrive simultaneously.""
Len Schlesinger, Baker Foundation professor at Harvard Business School and president of Emeritus-Babson College

""Poignant, personal, and practical. You definitely need to take the T.I.M.E to read this, and be rewarded to boot!""
Barry Z. Posner, PhD, coauthor of The Leadership Challenge and Everyday People, Extraordinary Leadership

""Through Not Today, everyone will be inspired by Ari, and learn invaluable lessons about how to thrive when life throws you curveballs.""
Dan Rea, host of NightSide, WBZ News Radio 1030

""Not Today is a must-read if you want the secrets to a more balanced life. Starting my day with my GIA is an absolute game changer and will be for you, too.""
Sarah Johnston, founder of The Briefcase Coach

""Writing from the heart, and with world-class business sense, Mike and Erica help all of us consider how we want to answer that important question.""
Mike Reiss, Patriots reporter for ESPN

""A must-read for everyone. It will make you cry, laugh, and think. It's a blueprint for optimism, hope, confidence, and happiness.""
Steve Fisher, former head coach of the Michigan Fab Five and SDSU Basketball

""This book is pure gold! If you want to be more productive and happier, then dig in because you are about to learn that when you know your why, it transforms how you do your work and life, and this opens the doors to what you have always wanted to do.""
Tom Ziglar, CEO of Ziglar Corporation

""Not only does this have the best and most well-researched productivity advice of any productivity book ever written, you need to readthis story. Both will change your life.""
Gina Gallagher, author of Shut Up About Your Perfect Kid: A Survival Guide for Ordinary Parents of Special Children"

Author Bio

Mike and Erica Schultz are Ari's parents. This is their greatest life achievement. They are also the leaders of RAIN Group, a world-leading sales training company with nine offices globally, 60,000 opt-in email subscribers, and over a million unique visitors annually to RAINGroup.com. Mike and the team at RAIN Group have worked with organizations such as Toyota, Monitor-Deloitte, Harvard Business School, Oracle, Fidelity Investments, Ryder, Quintiles, UL, Navigant Consulting, Hitachi, Lee Hecht Harrison, Lowe's, and hundreds of others to unleash sales performance.