In I Know How She Does It, time management expert Laura Vanderkam offers powerful insights from the diaries of successful women to show you how to rethink the hours of your week – and build a life that works for you. Do you struggle to balance the demands of a successful career with quality time with family and friends, your hobbies, and even a decent night’s sleep? In I Know How She Does It, time management expert and bestselling author of What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast Laura Vanderkam reveals the surprising strategies you can use to spend more time on the things you enjoy. By following her advice, you will be able to work less, sleep more, enjoy date nights, go to the gym and socialise. Based on hour-by-hour time logs from 1,001 days in the lives of real women, Vanderkam proves that you don’t have to give up on the things you really want. I Know How She Does It offers specific strategies proven to help you build a life that works, one hour at a time

Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it’s awful.’ This line from the play was adopted by Jean Anouilh to characterize the first production of Waiting for Godot at the Théâtre de Babylone in 1953. He went on to predict that the play would, in time, represent the most important premiere to be staged in Paris for forty years. Nobody acquainted with Beckett’s masterly black comedy would now question this prescient recognition of a classic of twentieth-century literature

Now, the bestselling 7 Habits are available to a new generation – teenagers and those who love them.

« Take a break and read Rest: you’ll make smarter decisions, have better relationships, and be happier and more creative » James Wallman, author of Stuffocation

Do you regularly find yourself too tired after a long day at your desk to do anything other than binge TV, or scroll mindlessly through social media? Do you go on holiday and still compulsively check your email? Do you work through your lunch-break, often not even leaving your desk to get some fresh air?

For most of us, overwork is the new norm, and we never truly take the time to rest and recharge. But as Silicon Valley consultant Alex Soojung-Kim Pang explains in this groundbreaking book, rest needs to be taken seriously and to be done properly, because when you rest better you work better.

Drawing on emerging neuroscience, Rest is packed with easy practical tips for incorporating rest into our everyday:

– Go for a long walk to stimulate and sustain creativity
– Schedule deliberate active rest periods into your diary to try out new activities like painting or learning a language
– Stop working on a task when you know what the next step will be, this will make it easier to get started the next day
– Establish clear boundaries between work and rest time
– Take a nap during the day to increase alertness, boost your concentration and decrease fatigue
– Get good quality sleep at night to stay healthy, solidify memories and generate new ideas

When you rest better you’ll find that it won’t just be your work which improves – you’ll have more time for hobbies, stronger relationships and you’ll sleep better, too.