Timeboxing
The Power of Doing One Thing at a Time
by Marc Zao-Sanders
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Pub Date Mar 19 2024 | Archive Date Apr 02 2024
St. Martin's Press | St. Martin's Essentials
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Description
The gloriously simple practice of choosing one thing to do, when to do it, and getting it done.
Every day, a billion knowledge workers wake up, gravitate towards a pixelated screen and process information for eight hours or more, facing an endless and bewildering array of work and life choices. We’re confronted with countless always-on options; untimely, unsolicited notifications; and a constant competition for our attention. This depletes our faculty for choosing the right things to do, leading millions to become perplexed, frazzled, anxious, or depressed.
Timeboxing by Marc Zao-Sanders is a comprehensive guide to carefully and intentionally selecting what to do, specifying start and finish times, focusing solely on that single activity, and getting it done to an acceptable standard within that timeframe. This is the fundamental, transcendent time-management practice; countless luminaries, from Carl Jung and Albert Einstein to Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, have employed some form of it in their daily lives. Zao-Sanders provides an informative and accessible look at every aspect of this revolutionary method– how to do it consistently, and how to do it well.
Timeboxing offers guidance on what you can, should, and will do at any given moment. This pragmatic and life-changing practice of intentional daily activity has been proven to yield what almost every human being wants most: a chosen, cherished life.
Advance Praise
“A masterclass in intentional living. This book on timeboxing is essential for anyone seeking focus in a distracted world. I've long championed the benefits of timeboxing, and Marc’s book brings it to life."
—Nir Eyal, bestselling author of Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life
“Timeboxing can help you get things done, but more importantly, it can help you do more of what you love and less of what you hate. Zao-Sanders will explain to you how timeboxing the stuff you have to do but don't want to do as well as the things you do want to do will help you get more pleasure and less tedium out of life. As you internalize the lessons of this exceptionally wise book, you’ll begin to feel the presence of a coach who’s there with you every step of the way.”
—Kim Scott, author of Radical Candor
“Timeboxing is a delight. The book is interesting and practical. Each chapter serves a purpose. Best of all, the method really works. For over 30 years I’ve sought to optimize my work and my life. I thought I had things pretty much figured out. But then I read Timeboxing. The impact was immediate and dramatic. My new habit of timeboxing each morning has lifted me to a new level of focus, calm, and productivity. We all can benefit from more focus and more impact. That’s exactly what Timeboxing offers. The short chapters are well-organized and easy to read. You can use the techniques immediately to boost productivity with less stress each day. If my Stanford students could read only one book this year, I’d want it to be Timeboxing by Marc Zao-Sanders.”
—BJ Fogg, author of Tiny Habits
“Now more than ever effective focus is a problem many, probably most of us feel. We are confused and overwhelmed on a daily basis. This smart and engaging book presents a deceptively simple, subtly powerful technique for structuring our lives and work to actually get things done. It's a revelation.”
—Michael Bhaskar, New York Times bestselling author of Curation and co-author of The Coming Wave
"Timeboxing is an eminently practical book that changed my habits almost immediately—and also changed the way I think about time itself. Box time on your calendar right now to read this book."
—Luke Burgis, author of Wanting
“Constraint=Freedom. In Timeboxing, Marc Zao-Sanders explores the why behind constraining your time as well as the practical details of how to make it happen. The goal isn't to live a rigid existence but instead a life vibrant with intention and full of what truly matters to you. If you feel like you're floating through life without a plan, read this book.”
—Elizabeth Grace Saunders, time management coach and author of The Three Secrets to Effective Time Investment
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781250340153 |
| PRICE | $16.00 (USD) |
| PAGES | 320 |
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Featured Reviews
Amy M, Reviewer
This is a book that I’d review in two ways. One way for the time management method proposed and a second for the life philosophy behind it. The time management portion of this book is strong, but you won’t find a new life philosophy here. I don’t think this book is a very good stand-alone book; better used as a companion book to something else. What that something else might be is pretty open, the time boxing the author is proposing would fit well with a lot of other ways of thinking about what is important to you, what your goals are, what you want your life to look like day to day and in the long term. This book will not help you decide on a larger life philosophy. Several are mentioned but only briefly. In spots where ideas like flow and meditation are engaged with it’s done without much depth. As for the time management system, the time boxing, this book is a good introduction to it. It provides easy ways to get started and pointers on how to troubleshoot if you are having trouble with the method. This nuts-and-bolts part of the book is by far the strongest part of the book. The author also spends a fair bit of time on what comes across as a hard sell of time boxing. I found that unnecessary, like most systems of time management this one will either work for you or it won’t. Consider this book if you are wanting to try a different way of implementing your life goals.
Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of this book.
Rebecca B, Reviewer
This was a great resource for getting your to-do list done. It talks about blocking off time to do things. This is something I've done for years I call it time blocking but it's the same idea.
This is a great book to help anyone who struggles with getting things done or feels overwhelmed. I highly recommend this book.
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