The Art of Time: Gain New Mastery over Your Life and the Power to Live Your Time Instead of Simply Spending It [Paperback]

Jean-Louis Servan-Schreiber (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 31, 2000

Opinion polls show that people complain more about a lack of time than a lack of money, greenery, or freedom. Could this be the evil of our era? Jean-Louis Servan-Schreiber wrote those words in his original 1984 edition of The Art of Time, but they are just as true in our new techno-congested millennium. Now fully revised and updated, with a new chapter on time in the 21st century, Servan-Schreiber's elegant treatise illuminates the causes of our frequent misuse of time and offers a key to unlocking the "why" behind people's busy schedules. His goal is to incite readers to rediscover their true needs and priorities and begin to live their time instead of simply spending it.

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Servan-Schreiber's 1984 study of time offers guidelines on how anyone can cast off the pressures of the clock and organize their lives in order to complete daily chores without stress. This edition has a new chapter on managing time in the 21st century.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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"...His probings are exciting; his conclusions are sensible, valuable, and highly usable." -- Norman Cousins

"A practical book that will be popular with those pressed for time." -- Library Journal

"So long to lost time!" -- Médecin de France

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Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Da Capo Press; 2nd edition (August 31, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569246475
• ISBN-13: 978-1569246474
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,319,973 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best book about time and life management, April 15, 1998

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This review is from: The Art of Time (Paperback)

This small, concise book is insightful and gets to the heart of time and time management. It is better than any of the popular, larger books or programs on the subject.

5.0 out of 5 stars A thoughtful book on the fundamentals of using your time wisely, March 21, 2011

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Michael Froehls (Austin, Texas) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Art of Time: Gain New Mastery over Your Life and the Power to Live Your Time Instead of Simply Spending It (Paperback)

This is not your "run off the mill" time management book that tells you how to become more efficient by saving a few minutes a day or cutting out certain minor activities. This book is much more fundamental. Servan-Schreiber looks straight at our deficits when it comes to managing our time. Addressing the many culprits for our lack of time, his European perspective should be a great eye opener for anybody who is held hostage to the work ethic and education that places work life above everything else. He addresses issues like couple being too stressed for having sex anymore and how modern life is going against what defines us as human beings. The author makes you think about your priorities in life. This means the priorities of how you spend time. He also gives concrete advice on how to get some or your time back by re-setting priorities. This is a must-read for anybody facing time constraints in his or her life - basically for all of us.