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Happier Hour How to Beat Distraction, Expand Your Time, and Focus on What Matters Most

Cassie Holmes

Learn how to reframe your time around life’s happiest moments to build days that aren’t just full but fulfilling with this “joyful guide” ( Our most precious resource isn’t money. It’s time. We are allotted just twenty-four hours a day, and we live in a culture that keeps us feeling “time poor.” Si...

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Hidden Brain

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Hidden Brain

It was discussed as a book that promotes a radically different way of thinking about time and how to be happier by prioritizing activities that matter most. The author suggests a number of techniques to achieve this including time tracking and mindfully spending time on activities.

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In her book Happier Hour Cassie suggests there's a radically different way to think about time.

— Episode: Taking Control of Your Time

Episode: Taking Control of Your Time

It was discussed as a book that promotes a radically different way of thinking about time and how to be happier by prioritizing activities that matter most. The author suggests a number of techniques to achieve this including time tracking and mindfully spending time on activities.

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In her book Happier Hour Cassie suggests there's a radically different way to think about time.

Cassie Holmes is a social psychologist at UCLA. She's the author of Happier Hour, How to Beat Distraction, Expand Your Time and Focus on What Matters Most.

Modern Wisdom

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Modern Wisdom

The book was inspired by the author's experience of time poverty and explains how to make the limited time we have feel richer by focusing on meaningful activities and using practical exercises.

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time poverty is what actually drove me to write the book.

— Episode: #547 - Dr Cassie Holmes - How To Manage...

Episode: #547 - Dr Cassie Holmes - How To Manage Your Time...

The book was inspired by the author's experience of time poverty and explains how to make the limited time we have feel richer by focusing on meaningful activities and using practical exercises.

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time poverty is what actually drove me to write the book.

in happier hour, I have a few exercises that do encourage not just counting times left, but to take this broader life perspective.

my book, I mean, it pulls it all together.

It's not about how much time you have. It's about how you spend the time that you have available.

when I'm saying time rich, it's about looking back on your day and feeling fulfilled, not about not being busy.

Think Fast Talk Smart: Communication Techniques

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Think Fast Talk Smart: Communication Techniques

The book was discussed in relation to clarifying one's purpose to drive decisions regarding how time should be spent. The author mentioned an exercise within the book called the 'five whys' to help uncover what truly drives a person.

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In your book, you emphasize the importance of purpose and its relationship to happiness.

— Episode: 182. Stop Chasing Time and Start Owning...

Episode: 182. Stop Chasing Time and Start Owning It: Commun...

The book was discussed in relation to clarifying one's purpose to drive decisions regarding how time should be spent. The author mentioned an exercise within the book called the 'five whys' to help uncover what truly drives a person.

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In your book, you emphasize the importance of purpose and its relationship to happiness.

there is an exercise that I have my students do, and I talk about in the book, which is the five whys.

I learned it from your book. I did it. And email is the bane of my existence, too.

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