168 Hours

by Vanderkam, Laura

• ISBN13: 9781591844105
• ISBN10: 159184410X
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-05-31
• Publisher: Portfolio

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Your 168 Hours	p. 7
The Myth of the Time Crunch	p. 9
Your Core Competencies	p. 30
@ Work	p. 51
The Right Job	p. 53
Controlling Your Calendar	p. 80
Anatomy of a Breakthrough	p. 105
@ Home	p. 127
The New Home Economics	p. 129
Don't Do Your Own Laundry	p. 155
A Full Life	p. 179
168 Hours, Day by Day	p. 205
The Hard Work of Having It All	p. 207
Acknowledgments	p. 239
Notes	p. 242
Index	p. 256
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