So many books are about productivity for productivity’s sake, or productivity for ambition’s sake. This is the first book that seemed to care that I actually have a good life and not just a good work life. This book changed my life. It was the first time I realized I really could have it all despite having a demanding job. I had bought into the myth that I felt stressed and overworked simply because of my work hours and that there was nothing I could do about it. Luckily I was wrong.

Despite the content of the book, the topic is already inspiring you that morning hours are most precious in daily life. Then I started reading the book at bed time. And I ridiculously set my alarm at 6:30, which I don't usually do. I woke up this morning at 6:30 (again this is amazing! i usually woke up at 9) and I read the book again. I feel my mind are so fresh as I have never had. This book has really inspired me a lot. And it is worthy to spend two bucks only by viewing what successful people do and imitate their habits. The only con is the 168 hour ads in the book. I'm an ad hater but I guess every author will do ads. I'll move on N read 168 since this book is also a highly ranked one.

The author seemed to use much of this book to brag about her own ability to do it all. The overall tone was a bit preachy and had an "if I can do it, everyone can do it" attitude. What the author seems to forget is that we're not all self-employed upper-class urbanites with the ability to make our own schedules and hire babysitters and domestic help at will. There was some good advice on time management, but nothing I haven't heard before. If you are a self-employed upper-class urbanite, this book may be helpful. However, if you don't fit into this demographic, I would keep looking.

A lot of great ideas that I am anxious to try. I am a stay at home mom, and consider myself blessed to be home. In my life before children, I was a paramedic...there were no options for things such as adjusting work schedules to have more time with my children, so we felt this was the best decision for our family. I felt the authors attitude at times was that with a little schedule adjusting women can have a career and plenty of time with their children and I don't feel every career makes that possible. I would have liked to have seen some focus on stay at home moms instead of making them feel bad that we are taking a "sabbatical".