Book Titles

…one of the key distinguishing factors between lucky and unlucky people is that lucky people are willing to deviate from their routines and keep an open mind.

…leaving time in your life to go off script is likely to pay dividends.

When we help others, we help ourselves.

…we often avoid requesting extensions because we worry it will make us appear less competent and unmotivated.

Burnout produces bad work and demoralized workers.

In an increasingly noisy, crowded, and busy world, institutions can help us value time and become more time affluent.

…debt, combined with the fear of losing a job in a volatile market, conspire to make us focus ever more on earning money at the expense of time.

Work has never loomed larger in our minds. Work also excels at wasting our time.

When forced to wade through workplace drudgery, we’re reminded of other tasks we could be doing, increasing our time stress.

…we now know that financial incentives carry costs that may outweigh the productivity gains.