HOW TO
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Arnold Bennett - "Which of us lives on twenty-four hours a day? And when I say "lives," I do not mean exists, nor "muddles through." Which of us is free from that uneasy feeling that the "great spending departments" of his daily life are not managed as they ought to be? [
...] Which of us is not saying to himself -- which of us has not been saying to himself all his life: "I shall alter that when I have a little more time"? We never shall have any more time. We have, and we have always had, all the time there is."
How to Live on
24 Hours a Day (1910), written by Arnold Bennett, is part of a larger work entitled How to Live. In this volume, he offers practical advice on how one might live (as opposed to just existing) within the confines of
24 hours a day.
In the book, Bennett addressed the large and growing number of white-collar workers that had accumulated since the advent of the
Industrial Revolution. In his view, these workers put in eight hours a day, 40 hours a week, at jobs they did not enjoy, and at worst hated. They worked to make a living, but their daily existence consisted of waking up, getting ready for work, working as little as possible during the work day, going home, unwinding, going to sleep, and repeating the process the next day. In short, he didn't believe they were really living.
Bennett addressed this problem by urging these "salarymen" to seize their extra time, and make the most of it to improve themselves.
Extra time could be found at the beginning of the day, by waking up early, and on the ride to work, on the way home from work, in the evening hours, and especially during the weekends. During this time, he prescribed improvement measures such as reading great literature, taking an interest in the arts, reflecting on life, and learning self-discipline.
Bennett wrote that time is the most precious of commodities. He said that many books have been written on how to live on a certain amount of money each day. And he added that the old adage "time is money" understates the matter, as time can often produce money, but money cannot produce more time.
Time is extremely limited, and Bennett urged others to make the best of the time remaining in their lives.
This book has seen increased appeal in recent years due to the explosion of the self-improvement phenomenon, and the book has much relevance in today's world. (Summary adapted from
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Chapter listing and length:
00 PREFACE - 00:11:17
01 THE DAILY MIRACLE - 00:07:30
02 THE DESIRE TO EXCEED ONE'S PROGRAMME - 00:07:04
03 PRECAUTIONS BEFORE BEGINNING - 00:07:17
04 THE CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE - 00:07:10
05 TENNIS AND THE IMMORTAL
SOUL - 00:07:41
06 REMEMBER HUMAN NATURE - 00:06:27
07 CONTROLLING THE
MIND - 00:06:46
08 THE REFLECTIVE MOOD - 00:07:14
09 INTEREST IN THE
ARTS - 00:06:49
10 NOTHING IN
LIFE IS HUMDRUM - 00:06:44
11 SERIOUS READING - 00:07:15
12 DANGERS TO AVOID - 00:07:09
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- published: 20 May 2015
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