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Four bestsellers.
900,000+ copies. 40+ languages.

Over the last decade, I have written four books that have been published in more than 40 languages. Each one helps you solve a different problem—how to become more intentional, how to overcome burnout and anxiety, how to develop the skill of managing your attention, and how to become more productive in every facet of your work and life.

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900,000+ Copies · 40+ Languages · 4 Bestsellers · 2016 → 2026
Intentional: How to Finish What You Start
2026

Setting goals is easy.
Following through? A whole lot harder.

With Intentional, bestselling author Chris Bailey distills a decade of deep research on productivity to deliver a profound, practical, and counterintuitive road map to getting things done.

Forget extensive to-do lists and a never-ending workload. To reach your goals, you must structure your daily actions around what's most important to you—and let go of the rest. This way, getting things done becomes second nature.

"A powerful guide to turning ambition into action—by focusing not on willpower but on what matters most."

Charles Duhigg · Author of Supercommunicators

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How to Calm Your Mind
2023

How to Calm Your Mind

Finding presence and productivity in anxious times.

It took an on-stage panic attack for me to recognize how critical it is to invest in calm at the same time that we invest in becoming more productive. How to Calm Your Mind is my guide to achieving calm, navigating anxiety, and staving off burnout—and the practical strategies that help us reclaim presence in an anxious world.

Pages272
FormatHardcover

"A clear-eyed, concise method that marries science and self-help."

Oprah Daily

2018

Hyperfocus

How to manage your attention in a world of distraction.

Hyperfocus provides a fresh angle on how to do more with less. It serves as a practical guide to managing your attention—the most powerful resource you have to get stuff done, become more creative, and live a meaningful life.

Pages256
FormatHardcover

"Becoming more productive isn't about time management; it's about attention management. Chris Bailey offers actionable, data-driven insights for sharpening your focus—and finding the right moments to blur it."

Adam Grant · Author of Think Again

Hyperfocus
The Productivity Project
2016

The Productivity Project

Accomplishing more by managing your time, attention, and energy.

This book shares the 25 most powerful productivity tactics I encountered while exploring the science of personal productivity for a year—boiled down from the hundreds I experimented with—weaving these together with stories from my (admittedly pretty weird) productivity experiments, as well as interviews with the most renowned productivity experts from around the world, from David Allen to Charles Duhigg.

Pages304
FormatHardcover

"Here's a book that promises, in the title, to pay for itself. And, the truth is, it will, in just a few days. And you'll even enjoy the journey."

Seth Godin · Author of Linchpin

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