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An indispensable guide to help women reclaim hours in their day by overcoming the four Ps: People Pleasing, Procrastination, Perfectionism, and (time) Padding.
Women often carry a different kind of time load – one that adds up in ways that aren’t always visible but deeply felt. And often, the way we approach these responsibilities is driven by habits and behaviors that fall into “The 4 P’s”. Whether it’s getting caught in a cycle of saying yes to everything, rewriting an email for the tenth time, or hesitating to start a project, these patterns chip away at our hours and our self-esteem, leaving less time for the things that truly matter.
In Twenty Minutes Is the New Hour, Hauser shows professional women how to apply “the twenty-minute mindset” to create more time and space for themselves and their most meaningful work. Embracing a twenty-minute mindset means recognizing that progress doesn’t always require an hour you don’t have; it can start with the twenty minutes you do have. It’s the shift from waiting for perfect conditions to taking small, doable steps that move your work, life, and wellbeing forward. Readers will learn:
– The script for delivering a quick and kind “no” without apologizing
– How to use a to-don’t list to avoid decision fatigue (and allow you to get through your inbox faster)
– The secret recipe for getting an effective meeting done in 20 minutes
– Adopting a messy action mindset to just start
– How to streamline projects and negotiations that have gotten unnecessarily complicated
Twenty Minutes Is the New Hour is the antidote to our always-on, overworked world and a fresh take on productivity – this is the book every woman needs to reclaim her time.
An indispensable guide to help women reclaim hours in their day by overcoming the four Ps: People Pleasing, Procrastination, Perfectionism, and (time) Padding.
Women often carry a different kind of time load – one that adds up in ways that aren’t always visible but deeply felt. And often, the way we approach these responsibilities is driven by habits and behaviors that fall into “The 4 P’s”. Whether it’s getting caught in a cycle of saying yes to everything, rewriting an email for the tenth time, or hesitating to start a project, these patterns chip away at our hours and our self-esteem, leaving less time for the things that truly matter.
In Twenty Minutes Is the New Hour, Hauser shows professional women how to apply “the twenty-minute mindset” to create more time and space for themselves and their most meaningful work. Embracing a twenty-minute mindset means recognizing that progress doesn’t always require an hour you don’t have; it can start with the twenty minutes you do have. It’s the shift from waiting for perfect conditions to taking small, doable steps that move your work, life, and wellbeing forward. Readers will learn:
– The script for delivering a quick and kind “no” without apologizing
– How to use a to-don’t list to avoid decision fatigue (and allow you to get through your inbox faster)
– The secret recipe for getting an effective meeting done in 20 minutes
– Adopting a messy action mindset to just start
– How to streamline projects and negotiations that have gotten unnecessarily complicated
Twenty Minutes Is the New Hour is the antidote to our always-on, overworked world and a fresh take on productivity – this is the book every woman needs to reclaim her time.
Reviews
A practical road map . . . women seeking to make their day-to-day more manageable will find this a welcome resource.
Fran employs her signature combination of decades of executive experience and humility to share a relatable self-examination of our flawed conditioning around time and work in this realistic and tangible guide on how we can slowly test ways to regain our time (and perspective) back. As so many women reach for ways to make work and life feel more sustainable, Twenty Minutes Is the New Hour offers a solution.
Fran Hauser turns the 'nice girl' notion on its head.
In Twenty Minutes Is the New Hour, Fran Hauser offers a liberating reframing of time in a culture that equates busyness with worth.
In her new book Fran Hauser helps us rethink our relationship with time in very practical ways - all to ensure that we do less, better, in a joyful, guilt-free way!
Is it possible to be both kind and a total badass? Yes - and Fran Hauser tells us how.
Most time management books tell you to do more. Fran Hauser asks a smarter question: Why are you wasting time in the first place? Your subconscious habits are costing you hours every week, often without you noticing. This book names the pattern clearly and gives you real tools to break it.
Regardless of where you are in your career, Twenty Minutes Is the New Hour is the time management guide you need to reclaim your time and get ahead. Everyone [. . .] will find something useful in these pages.