Little embellishment is needed for these gems. Next time you plan to be on a plane for a few hours, on the bus for half an hour or having breakfast alone by moonlight, read these timeless classics on personal productivity:

Paul Graham’s marvelous Power of the Marginal.

Marc Andreesens’s Guide to Productivity.

What’s ironic is that the folks who’ll take the time to re-read them word for word are the ones who are already highly productive and the folks who can benefit by them the most will be turned off by their length and will read something shorter and easier to digest.