Intentional: How to Finish What You Start

Intentional: How to Finish What You Start

It turns out, the secret to finishing what you start isn’t sheer willpower or the latest productivity hack. It’s becoming more intentional.

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.

Integrating the science of desire, values, and procrastination with the wisdom of Buddhist monks, Bailey lays out step-by-step strategies for intentional accomplishment, covering how to:

Publisher Penguin Life
Author Chris Bailey-
Country USA
Publication Date 08/01/2026
Pages 271
Edition first
Size 14.53 x 2.34 x 21.67 cm
About the Author Chris Bailey is an author and lecturer who explores the science behind living a more productive and intentional life. He has written hundreds of articles on the subject and has garnered coverage in media as diverse as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, GQ, HuffPost, New York magazine, Harvard Business Review, TED, Fast Company, and Lifehacker
Publisher Address penguinpublicity@penguinrandomhouse.com
ISBN ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0593833056