Time Smart

How to Reclaim Your Time and Live a Happier Life

By: Ashley Whillans

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Hardcover | 6 October 2020

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There's an 80% chance you're poor. Time poor, that is. 

Four out of five adults report feeling they are time-poor: they have too much to do and not enough time to do it. And the consequences are severe. The time-poor experience less joy each day. They laugh less. They are less healthy, less productive, and more likely to divorce. In one study of 2.5 million Americans, time stress produced a stronger negative effect on happiness than unemployment. 

How can we escape the time traps that make us feel this way and keep us from living our best lives? 

Time Smart is your playbook for taking back the time you lose to mindless tasks and unfulfilling chores. Author and Harvard Business School professor Ashley Whillans will give you proven strategies for improving your 'time affluence.' Sometimes you can find time lost to thoughtless activity - like mindlessly checking your phone. Sometimes you can find time by buying your way out of time-consuming, unrewarding tasks - for instance, by paying for a ride to work. The techniques Whillans provides will free up seconds, minutes, and hours that, over the long term, become weeks of freed up time you can reinvest in positive, healthy activities. Time Smart doesn't stop at telling you what to do. It also shows you how to do it, helping you achieve the mindset shift that will make these activities part of your everyday regimen. 

At every step, Time Smart provides assessments, checklists, and activities you can use right away. Before you've finished reading chapter 1, you'll be accounting for your time and thinking about ways to change. Whillans knows what works. A leading voice in time and happiness research, she's worked with groups as diverse as large consulting firms, couples, the US military, and women with limited means managing vegetable stands in Kenya. The strategies she presents are proven through research and brought to life by the stories of people making the shift - or trying to make the shift - in order to create happier, more fulfilling lives.

Industry Reviews

Advance Praise for Time Smart:

"Why are so many of us so stressed? In this smart and accessible book, Ashley Whillans delivers a surprising answer: we overvalue money and undervalue time. And she shows us simple, practical ways to recalibrate the balance. Time Smart is an essential book for anyone who wants to create more time for the things that really matter." - Daniel H. Pink, #1 New York Times bestselling author, When, Drive, and To Sell Is Human

"Time Smart is an eye-opener. Combining rigorous science with an accessible style, Whillans offers scores of suggestions for how to use our time in ways that boost productivity, efficiency, and joy." - Sonja Lyubomirsky, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of California, Riverside; author, The How of Happiness

"What a fantastic read. I advocate for the four-day week to gain more time for the things that are important to us. Ashley Whillans delves into the detail of why time is so important. In our post-COVID-19 world we have a chance to reset how we construct our lives. This book comes at a perfect time." - Andrew Barnes, founder, Perpetual Guardian; author, The 4 Day Week

"Time is the one thing you can't get more of, and Time Smart will help you make the most of yours. Drawing on the latest science, Ashley Whillans lays out practical steps that will make your life happier and more meaningful." - Laszlo Bock, cofounder and CEO, Humu; former Senior Vice President, People Operations, Google; and author, Work Rules!

"Time Smart is not a self-help book. It is a no-nonsense analysis of how to spend your time and your money. Instead of a series of snake-oil mantras and quick fixes, Whillans gives you a road map to better organize your life." - Scott Galloway, Professor of Marketing, NYU Stern School of Business; author, The Algebra of Happiness

"Ashley Whillans is my hero. Welcome to the practical guide you need to protect the most important resource you'll ever have: time. Whillans provides the handbook every busy person needs." - Laurie Santos, Professor of Psychology, Yale University; host, The Happiness Lab podcast

"In Time Smart, Ashley Whillans gives us a practical road map to use this precious resource better, and in so doing, live happier, healthier lives." - Arthur C. Brooks, Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School; Arthur C. Patterson Faculty Fellow, Harvard Business School

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