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Working From Bed: A Visual Guide to 12 Rules for Beating Laziness and Procrastination Without Changing Out of Your Sweatpants [Print Replica] Kindle Edition

by Michael Dubrovsky (Author), Edgar Covarrubias (Illustrator) Format: Kindle Edition
3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 44 ratings
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This book will give you the skills you need to successfully laugh about working on a personal project from home.

Working From Bed is a coloring-optional book. If you like the e-book, get the paperback and grab some crayons!

Apply the 12 humorous rules, explanations, and accompanying cartoons to working on your ambitious personal project from home.

RULE 1: An apple a day is the best you can do
RULE 2: Wear universal clothing
RULE 3: Caffeinate and recaffeinateRULE 4: Stand up for yourself
RULE 5: No video games, live in bleak reality
RULE 6: There is no wrong way to meditate
RULE 7: Don’t let your to-do board go stale
RULE 8: Don’t sleep in two places
RULE 9: Maintain the ratio
RULE 10: Snack constantly
RULE 11: Don’t get distracted by your social life
RULE 12: Know when to fold and take a walk
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B088HHW8TS
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Productivity in COVID Quarantine Press (May 11, 2020)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 11, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
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Michael Dubrovsky

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Michael Dubrovsky is an engineer and entrepreneur. He is also an occasional Chinese tea-table craftsman, author, and philosopher. He is currently a Fellow in the Advanced Study Program at MIT and was previously a Visiting Researcher at Technion University in the Materials department. He holds a B.S. in Chemistry from ESF/Syracuse University. Michael has never worked full time on a personal project from home, but when he does one day, this book will be his guiding light in the maelstrom of demotivation.

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It gives you something to do with your hands when out of inspiration (specially during shelter in place). And the content depicted will most likely make you feel good about yourself! Bonus: you could try out some of the questionable tips from the author.
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Jacob Kountz
5.0 out of 5 stars Work from home. Quarantine style.
Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2020
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This book is simply needed to work from home, quarantine style.

I was contacted by the author to provide a book review which I was more than happy to. I was happy to see that this book is offered both print and PDF via Kindle (which now I have Kindle on my MacBookPro).

This is the perfect read for those who may have a shorter attention span as it takes 5-10 seconds to read each page. The book is structured where each page is mostly an image (where you can color on) and has a few words of encouragement aka The Rules.

My favorite rule is to know when to take a walk outside. As a mental health therapist who works from home, it's ver important that I know when to call it quits for a moment. Get up. Take a step outside in the sunlight and stand barefoot on the grass so I can attempt to be one with nature.

This is helpful for anyone working from home. This was a great, fast read for those whose thoughts may shift from subject to subject. It's enjoyable, has good content and can easily be navigated via Kindle.

Lastly, because I am an avid reader, I wish there was more meat to this read. In other words, the content is simple and good for those who don't have much time in their day, but for people like me who want to dive deeper, perhaps a volume II to this book would suffice.

The rules are very doable. Give it a read!
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Cynondria
3.0 out of 5 stars Not a guide
Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2023
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Its a Sarcastic coloring book. I thought it was an actual guide book so I was hoping to learn about beating procrastination waah
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Israel Drazin
5.0 out of 5 stars Funny and makes us think
Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2020
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“Working from Bed” is very funny. It also prompts us to think because it is very practical. When we read the book, we see that the author captures what is true. A sample, in my words, is: don’t rely on an apple computer to wake you; eating a real apple when you wake will keep you awake. There are twelve rules, each is on a single page with a drawing that is hilarious but not in color. We may want to adopt some of these funny ideas while we are guaranteed at home because of covid 19.
This is a good book to give to kids, not to read, but to color the many drawings.
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Neil Ludlam
4.0 out of 5 stars A Brief, Pleasant Diversion
Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2020
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At first I was a bit put off by the sheer brevity of this work. Then I realized that I liked it for the same reasons that I follow the daily political cartoons. When we find ourselves in a tough spot, we need humor and satire. These twelve "rules" give us that, along with wise advice. And it's no investment in time; you can read it all in just a couple of minutes. But then keep it where you can consult it again and again.
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Mair
1.0 out of 5 stars Waste off effort reading
Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2021
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I usually don't write negative reviews but I seriously regret the time I wasted reading this book. I understand that it was supposed to come off as humorous but I'm afraid it really just gave the impression of someone trying too hard to be funny. Unfortunately the the commentary lacks the dryness or wit to be at all worth the effort of even looking through. Not worth the effort to peruse it's pages. It's a shame really as the artwork is actually very good.
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Terry W. Sprouse
5.0 out of 5 stars Short, Funny and Motivational
Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2020
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I downloaded a free copy of the book.

I found it to be a refreshing experience. It is particularly useful in these times of pandemic induced stress, when my self-motivation seems to fly out the window.

My favorite part of the book is "RULE 12: Know when to fold and take a walk."

The author advises us to "write-off the midday hours. You can work in the morning and late into the night. Nothing worthwhile has ever gotten done in midday." He notes that, "Victor Hugo, Darwin, Vivaldi all took siestas and so should you. Take a walk with your dog."

This book is like a jolt of brisk and galvanizing arctic air!

Abe Lincoln said, "The best way to predict your future is to create it.”

In these tough times, this book is like the jumper cables that give you a ZAP to move in the right direction.
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Foluso Falaye
5.0 out of 5 stars Take a Structured Approach to Working at Home
Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2020
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If you're working at home because of a pandemic or for another reason, you need rules to keep you going. This book gives you rules you can use, and the illustrations double as a coloring book, to help get you through the slow periods when the ideas just won't come. An unstructured approach to working at home will net you exactly what this kind of approach is worth: nothing. So suck it up and make sure you add structure to your bleak existence. Many great things have been accomplished by people who worked at home, and you have to keep telling yourself that you are going to be one of those people. In addition to giving you rules to live by, this book will look good sitting on your desk, and be a constant reminder not to slack off.
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Lora S.
5.0 out of 5 stars A fun book
Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2020
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So, this book is a cross between a self-help book and a coloring book. It is also fun. Ostensibly it is designed for somebody who is, for whatever reason, working from home with little (or no) supervision.

Mercifully, this is a very short book. There are no intellectual exercises or writing assignments – just 12 short rules for increasing your efficiency and productivity. Some of them have a little bit of explanation. For others, the explanation is in the accompanying pictures. If you get a printed version of the book, you can color the pictures if you want. Unfortunately, that doesn’t seem to be an option with the Kindle edition.
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