 | The Art of Time: Gain New Mastery over Your Life and the Power to Live Your Time Instead of Simply Spending It by Jean-Louis Servan-Schreiber
Buy used from: $4.00 This was one of the first books I read that gave me practical ways to change my personal beliefs and habits around time. His writing style is understated and lyrical.
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 | Time Wars - by Jeremy Rifkin -
Buy used from: $19.69 One of the most pivotal books I've ever read. The paradigm shift at the heart of this book is still a radical concept for most Americans. Rifkin proposes that we treat time the way we've treated the environment, as a force to be dominated, and that we must reframe that attitude and develop a more natural relationship with time.
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 | A Sideways Look at Time by Jay Griffiths
Buy new: $11.96 / Used from: $0.01 An encyclopedic and juicy romp through time concepts. Griffiths is truly a bard--she bends reality through the skillful use of language. Her style is playful, breezy and witty. She advocates for more creative time, more holiday time, more women's time.
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 | Take Your Time: Finding Balance in a Hurried World by Eknath Easwaran
Buy used from: $4.47 A good book on the benefits of slowing down with practical suggestions (including an eight step plan) from a teacher of meditation.
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 | Slow Time: Recovering the Natural Rhythm of Life by Waverly Fitzgerald
Buy new: $19.95 / Used from: $19.94 The book I wrote based on what I learned from reading all of the books on this list and experimenting with them. It contains twelve weeks of creative exercises and intriguing ideas about how to explore different time intervals from the moment to the lifetime and adapt them to provide a sense of time abundance.
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 | Sabbath: Finding Rest, Renewal, and Delight in Our Busy Lives by Wayne Muller
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $3.89 This book extols the virtues of time off, whether it comes in the form of the Jewish ritual of lighting Sabbath candles on Friday night, or in other activities that encourage us to slow down and enjoy the sensual pleasures of life. Short, inspiring and beautifully written essays followed by practical suggestions.
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 | Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence by Joe Dominguez
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $5.09 Although ostensibly about money, this book is really about time. The authors make the point that when we work we exchange our life energy for money. Filled with exercises to help answer that question so you can spend your time doing the things you love.
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 | Take Back Your Time: Fighting Overwork and Time Poverty in America
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $3.89 A collection of essays by various experts, including economists, activists, doctors, clergy, looking at the consequences of time scarcity and overwork.
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 | In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed (Plus) by Carl Honore
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $4.41 A thoughtful look at the various slow movements surfacing all over the planet, including slow food, slow cities, slow sex, slow medicine, slow work and slow children.
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 | Slow is Beautiful: New Visions of Community, Leisure and Joie de Vivre by Cecile Andrews
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $5.49 Cecile Andrews, one of the champions of the Simple Living movement, offers suggestions for how to slow down and enjoy life.
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