Work a Four-hour Day: Achieving Business Efficiency on Your Own Terms

In the early twentieth century, economic pundits predicted that by the 1990s, through technology and increased productivity, we would be able to work less and play more. The symbol of America's prospective conquest of time became the four-hour workday. But anyone with a child, a full-time job, or both knows only too well that computers and faxes are anything but time-saving panaceas, and that modern-day pressures have left us with too few hours for all the things we want to do. And while there are a host of "time-saving" books currently on the market, most simply tell you how to organize better and open letters faster, inevitably making you take on even more work. No book has yet addressed how to actually rearrange your entire life so that you spend your time on what you want to spend your time on - until now! In Work a Four-Hour Day, motivational and business-time expert Arthur K. Robertson argues that most of us do not make that thing that is most important to us - be it family and leisure time, or our work - our top priority, and instead let others impose their agendas and beliefs on us. Robertson first helps you identify how the agenda you set for yourself compares with those others have set for you. He then offers practical suggestions on finding your "rhythm of life"; understanding transition time; breaking through the time barriers of resistance, paperwork, and other people's agendas; and finally setting a four-hour workday that is satisfying to both you and your boss. For anyone who has not felt satisfied with his or her day, Work a Four-Hour Day is the cure.