How to Live on 24 Hours a Day
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Tags: Classics, Non-Fiction, Self-Help
ISBN:1406501530
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With the advent of the modern corporate workplace in the twentieth century, more and more Americans were toiling away behind desks, wearily clocking the standard forty-hour week. By 1910, writer Arnold Bennett had observed a worrying trend of exhausted wage-earners whose waking hours revolved around their jobs and who had little time to spend on the business of actually living. Self-improvement was Bennett’s prescription for a speedy escape from the woes of the rat race. In his popular work How to Live on 24 Hours a Day, he advised those starved for time to set manageable goals for themselves and to pursue fulfilling activities—in much the same way that modern self-help experts urge today’s busy people to seek enlightenment, relaxation, and satisfaction in a chaotic world. Take a break from your busy day and let Arnold Bennett’s still-fresh advice help you find the contentment and calm you seek.
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This preface, though placed at the beginning, as a preface must be, should be read at the end of the book.
I have received a large amount of correspondence concerning this small work, and many reviews of it--some of them nearly as long as the book itself--have been printed. But scarcely any of the ...
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4/5
Reviewed by jogrebe on Apr 3, 2009
times change
But the core to the message does not change even though how we define living vs merely existing does from age to age.
2/5 
Reviewed by HillbillyTaz on Mar 3, 2009
Not recommended
It was alright. Not what I expected. A lot of things have changed in 100 years.
4/5
Reviewed by solarchakra on Feb 10, 2009
24 Hours a Day
Kind of an amusing read. Definitely outdated in some ways, not so in others.
3/5 
Reviewed by electronjam on Nov 14, 2008
Mixed bag
You might expect from the title that this book will be some kind of time management tome, but it is anything but that. The author is intent on making sure that people 'live' rather than merely 'exist'. He proposes just one method for this 'living': to use your time wisely and learn to expand your mind and concentration. Some of his advice may seem archaic, and yet it is still quite relevant today. In this age of mindless entertainment, it may be even more important to make an active decision in how to use your daily allotment of hours.
3/5
Reviewed by TravisHellstrom on Oct 9, 2008
Fairly Good
The language in this English book can be hard to follow at times, but generally speaking his advice on mindfulness and diligence are well worth hearing. Most men lead lives of quiet desperation, following the advice in this book can help avoid that in many ways.
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Ratings for 'How to Live on 24 Hours a Day' by Bennett, Arnold
| dkaufman1 | | Read review | 2008-09-24 |
| electronjam | | Read review | 2008-11-14 |
| EmmaLouise |  | 2009-01-24 | |
| HillbillyTaz | | Read review | 2009-03-03 |
| jogrebe | | Read review | 2009-04-03 |
| lucyt | | 2009-01-21 | |
| mmreyna1 | | 2009-06-20 | |
| nieske | | 2009-01-15 | |
| smeg |  | 2009-01-21 | |
| solarchakra | | Read review | 2009-02-10 |
| TravisHellstrom | | Read review | 2008-09-24 |
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