CHAPTER 8 Reclaim Your Time

We talked in Chapter 1 about ‘time confetti’ – that state we find ourselves in where our time feels fragmented and bitty, projects get started but not finished, and we never seem to have big enough chunks of time to devote to what’s important.

We all know people for whom life doesn’t seem to be like this. For whom time seems to work differently. In our minds, these people live rich and balanced lives; they do an outstanding job at work and seem to fit in all the other things they love to do also, and at the same time still manage to have a life.

You may well wonder how on earth they achieve so much more than you – considering you both have the same number of hours in the day. What’s their secret?

The truth is, ...

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