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How to Live on 24 Hours a Day

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It is hard to imagine that this little book could be so persuasive. I consider it a classic, and an early precusor to many others that have attempted to demonstrate how time is our own and ours to manage and expand our boundaries of our selves. In the thirty minutes it takes to read, you will be left forever vigilant, and will never sit idle, unless you consciously choose to sit idle, while you ride a train, wait for plane, or drive home from what once may have been a routine. Read it, study it, and live again.

Though it was written 90 years ago, "How To Live" addresses the inadequacies, frustrations, disappointments of people today in all walks of life and it does so with humor and wisdom. A daily dose of "How To Live" is at least as nourishing for the brain and soul as a multi-vitamin for the body. Arnold Bennett created a classic of its kind, a self-help book that really helps.

Arnold Bennett's book "How to Live on 24 Hours a Day" is an excellent piece of classic work. Arnold Bennett (for those of you who don't know) was a popular English novelist in the late 1800's and early 1900's.

This book contains timeless advice about squeezing the most out of everyday life. Everything from training your brain to concentrate to living happily is discussed in full.

The book is short enough to be read in an hour or two (around 80 pages in length), and contains sufficient humor and conversational tone to make the read extremely enjoyable.

If you're looking for practical life advice to help improve your daily quality of life, you will find no better book than this.

Also: I read this book on the Kindle, and it was rendered perfectly. It is the full version of the book, and contains no weird issues (like some of the other free kindle books do).

This book was recommended as a 'must read' in Dale Carnegie's 'How to develop self-confidence and influence people be public speaking' which I had picked up for a group presentation.

I immediately downloaded it onto my kindle. It is a short book. I read it about an hour and a half, and I am a slow reader.

The author is British and the book was written in 1905. So by modern standards the advice it contains may seem a little harsh and paternalistic and the language somewhat stilted. But I really enjoyed the presentation compared to many modern politically correct but stylisticaly banal works. The humor is subtle but effective. The arguments are witty and thought-provoking and ultimately persuasive.

He begins with urging us to review our day and set aside time from outside our work hours, that we often waste by doing nothing, to do something truly worthwile. He recommends literature and the arts for building self and character but acknowledges that if one truly has no inclination towards these areas then they could do whatever else they enjoy that is interesting and mentally stimulating.

Besides the activity itself, though, he urges mental discipline and reflection. He stresses that the path to self-development is difficult and requires hard work and persistence. He warns against taking on too much to start with since that could result in failure and lowered self-esteem. He also cautions against going down the path only to become an insufferable prig looking down on everyone else.

While these are some of the bare-bones points he talks about, it is his language and style that makes the book such an enjoyable and inspiring read.

Recommended.

As recommended by William H. Danforth in his "I Dare You" (another excellent book), this book will help you to get more done in less time. Don't believe me? Read it! What more is there to say? It works if you'll only try it.

This book is filled with very general, basic concepts. The kind of concepts you would find in an average, unexciting book.

If you have put any kind of serious though into time management, you would realize many of the points the author tries to create by your own means. You can do better, much better.

I believe the author faults at only briefly going into the subject of time management. This book is a mere 45 pages, and it does not use all of them to the full extent. Quantity weighs far less than quality, but without quality to begin with you have a problem. The author attempts to teach successful time management theories in a short amount of time, briefly.

You can't conquer Rome in a day.

The author has a authoritative style that preempts your rationalizing why it won't work. This style is very pleasant and you can feel that the author truely desires that the reader finds improvement and a better life.

It is fun to read that people 90 years ago had the same thoughts and struggles as we do today.

I was attracted to this book because it is short. I'm one of those "No time for anything!" kind of guys. But this book changed my opinion on time mangement. I used to be constantly disappointed in my failure to keep to a strict schedule. Read the book and find out why I'm now much more relaxed and efficient.

This is a very instructive book telling us how to efficiently and effectively use our time. Actually author tells us how to efficiently and effectively use our free time.

However, this book raised two questions: (1) Why do people always want to impose their ideas on others? (2) Why do we live, or do we live only for the invaluable commodity - time?

if you are looking for practical tips how to save your time, this book is not going to help you. it is 90 years old book full of reference to another books - classical or philosophical pieces. it is written for britissh officers reading newsper while commuting every morning to their work by train. on the end of a day, they are tired and dont have much time to work on themselves and on their higher "spirit". if that is your case, i think this book may help you. otherwise, i do not recommend it to you.