There are 168 hours in a week. This is your guide to getting the most out of them. It's an unquestioned truth of modern life: we are starved for time. We tell ourselves we'd like to read more, get to the gym regularly, try new hobbies, and accomplish all kinds of goals. But then we give up because there just aren't enough hours to do it all. Or if we don't make excuses, we make sacrifices- taking time out from other things in order to fit it all in. There has to be a better way...and Laura Vanderkam has found one. After interviewing dozens of successful, happy people, she realized that they allocate their time differently than most of us. Instead of letting the daily grind crowd out the important stuff, they start by making sure there's time for the important stuff. When plans go wrong and they run out of time, only their lesser priorities suffer. Vanderkam shows that with a little examination and prioritizing, you'll find it is possible to sleep eight hours a night, exercise five days a week, take piano lessons, and write a novel without giving up quality time for work, family, and other things that really matter.
Author(s): Laura Vanderkam
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Portfolio Trade
Year: 2011
Language: English
Pages: 272
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 6
Dedication......Page 7
Introduction......Page 8
PART 1 - YOUR 168 HOURS......Page 11
• 1 • - The Myth of the Time Crunch......Page 12
• 2 • - Your Core Competencies......Page 23
PART 2 - @ WORK......Page 35
• 3 • - The Right Job......Page 36
• 4 • - Controlling Your Calendar......Page 52
• 5 • - Anatomy of a Breakthrough......Page 68
PART 3 - @ HOME......Page 83
• 6 • - The New Home Economics......Page 84
• 7 • - Don’t Do Your Own Laundry......Page 98
• 8 • - A Full Life......Page 113
PART 4 - 168 HOURS, DAY BY DAY......Page 130
• 9 • - The Hard Work of Having It All......Page 131
Acknowledgements......Page 158
Notes......Page 160
Index......Page 174
