Pressed For Time
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Pressed For Time
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Author : Judy Wajcman
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2015
Pressed For Time written by Judy Wajcman and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Computers categories.
The technologically tethered, iPhone-addicted figure is an image we can easily conjure. Most of us complain that there aren't enough hours in the day and too many e-mails in our thumb-accessible inboxes. This widespread perception that life is faster than it used to be is now ingrained in our culture, and smartphones and the Internet are continually being blamed. But isn't the sole purpose of the smartphone to give us such quick access to people and information that we'll be free to do other things? Isn't technology supposed to make our lives easier? In Pressed for Time, Judy Wajcman explains why we immediately interpret our experiences with digital technology as inexorably accelerating everyday life. She argues that we are not mere hostages to communication devices, and the sense of always being rushed is the result of the priorities and parameters we ourselves set rather than the machines that help us set them. Indeed, being busy and having action-packed lives has become valorized by our productivity driven culture. Wajcman offers a bracing historical perspective, exploring the commodification of clock time, and how the speed of the industrial age became identified with progress. She also delves into the ways time-use differs for diverse groups in modern societies, showing how changes in work patterns, family arrangements, and parenting all affect time stress. Bringing together empirical research on time use and theoretical debates about dramatic digital developments, this accessible and engaging book will leave readers better versed in how to use technology to navigate life's fast lane.
Ancient Wisdom For The Good Life
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Author : Ralph Hawkins
language : en
Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers
Release Date : 2022-05-31
Ancient Wisdom For The Good Life written by Ralph Hawkins and has been published by Hendrickson Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-31 with Religion categories.
In Ancient Wisdom for the Good Life, Ralph K. Hawkins turns our attention to the Bible’s Wisdom Literature (Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs) and how it can correct us, train us in righteousness, and ultimately empower us for successful living. These are some of the most inspired writings on the Good Life the world has ever known, in which ancient Israel’s sages wrote about how to live stable, harmonious, productive, and joyous lives. Together, they interlock to cover the entire field of wisdom, providing contemporary readers with the tools to develop a unified world view with God at the center. Ancient Wisdom for the Good Life culls out the guidance of ancient Israel’s sages for a modern society that has been cut adrift from its moorings. Full of wisdom and practically written, this book could be used as a supplementary text in an undergraduate or seminary course in the Wisdom Literature, and it would certainly be useful for pastors in their sermon preparation or even just general reading. Table of Contents: Winning and the Wisdom Literature A Mindset of Integrity A Mindset of Community A Mindset of Communication A Mindset of Cause-and-Effect A Mindset of Goal-Setting A Mindset of Work A Mindset of Health A Mindset of Abundance A Mindset of Joy About the Author Ralph K. Hawkins (PhD, Andrews University) is professor of religion and director of the Program in Religion at Averett University. He is co-director of the Jordan Valley Excavation Project (JVEP) and the author of several books, including The Iron Age I Structure on Mt. Ebal: Excavation and Interpretation (Eisenbrauns), How Israel became a People (Abingdon Press), and Discovering Exodus: Content, Interpretation, Reception (SPCK/Eerdmans). An Anglican priest, Hawkins has also written pastoral books, including While I Was Praying: Finding Insights about God in Old Testament Prayers (Smyth & Helwys), and Leadership Lessons: Avoiding the Pitfalls of King Saul (Thomas Nelson).
Do Nothing
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Author : Celeste Headlee
language : en
Publisher: Harmony
Release Date : 2020-03-10
Do Nothing written by Celeste Headlee and has been published by Harmony this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-10 with Social Science categories.
“A welcome antidote to our toxic hustle culture of burnout.”—Arianna Huffington “This book is so important and could truly save lives.”—Elizabeth Gilbert “A clarion call to work smarter [and] accomplish more by doing less.”—Adam Grant We work feverishly to make ourselves happy. So why are we so miserable? Despite our constant search for new ways to optimize our bodies and minds for peak performance, human beings are working more instead of less, living harder not smarter, and becoming more lonely and anxious. We strive for the absolute best in every aspect of our lives, ignoring what we do well naturally and reaching for a bar that keeps rising higher and higher. Why do we measure our time in terms of efficiency instead of meaning? Why can’t we just take a break? In Do Nothing, award-winning journalist Celeste Headlee illuminates a new path ahead, seeking to institute a global shift in our thinking so we can stop sabotaging our well-being, put work aside, and start living instead of doing. As it turns out, we’re searching for external solutions to an internal problem. We won’t find what we’re searching for in punishing diets, productivity apps, or the latest self-improvement schemes. Yet all is not lost—we just need to learn how to take time for ourselves, without agenda or profit, and redefine what is truly worthwhile. Pulling together threads from history, neuroscience, social science, and even paleontology, Headlee examines long-held assumptions about time use, idleness, hard work, and even our ultimate goals. Her research reveals that the habits we cling to are doing us harm; they developed recently in human history, which means they are habits that can, and must, be broken. It’s time to reverse the trend that’s making us all sadder, sicker, and less productive, and return to a way of life that allows us to thrive.
Be Successful
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Author : Felix Imhof
language : en
Publisher: Balboa Press
Release Date : 2015-06-15
Be Successful written by Felix Imhof and has been published by Balboa Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-15 with Self-Help categories.
Be Successful is your Manual for Getting the Most out of Life. It is combining the innate human desire to achieve a purposeful life with management principles and methods to facilitate personal fulfillment. The author is convinced that knowledge alone, as acquired by formal education, has to be complemented by Life skills (social competence) and Wisdom to accomplish private and professional life objectives successfully. What does it mean for you to be successful and how can you reach your goals? Be Successful gives you the answers and provides you with tools and techniques to achieve your purpose in life: Learn to understand the WEB of Success and to define what success means for you personally; Get a better insight of yourself through a guided Self-discovery process; Follow the Cycle of Success, from your Wishes and Dreams to Visions and Missions, leading you to find and formulate your personal Goals in all areas and roles of your life; Learn to manage and optimise your scarce personal Resources: Time, Money and Energy. Be Successful assists you on your way to success and gives you 34 Mind maps visualizing individual topics, and more than thirty Forms and Worksheets for immediate use, to improve your performance and to effectively and efficiently find the path to realise your own dreams.
Cross Stitch
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Author : Amanda James
language : en
Publisher: Choc Lit Limited
Release Date : 2014-12-09
Cross Stitch written by Amanda James and has been published by Choc Lit Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-09 with Fiction categories.
“Gorgeously romantic” time travel from the author of the award-winning A Stitch in Time (Old Victorian Quill). It should be the happiest day of her life. Sarah Yates is finally marrying her true love, John Needler. But Sarah and John can’t pretend they’re an ordinary couple. They’re time travellers, and slipping in and out of the past to repair problems that can affect the future can put quite a wrinkle on a honeymoon. One minute Sarah is saying her vows and the next she’s hurtled back to Southampton, 1939. England is on the cusp of war, but Sarah’s most pressing battle is with ill-tempered teacher Veronica Ratchet. A fellow time-bounding “stitch,” Veronica spells trouble. Especially when she shadows Sarah back home . . . The past and the present are about to collide, the patterns of fate are coming unraveled, and as a mission of utmost importance is jeopardized, Sarah and John realize that their problems are just beginning. “I loved both Cross Stitch and A Stitch in Time . . . great books.” —Linda Stacey
The Work Life Collision
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Author : Barbara Pocock
language : en
Publisher: Federation Press
Release Date : 2003
The Work Life Collision written by Barbara Pocock and has been published by Federation Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Business & Economics categories.
Longer working hours, insecure jobs, child care, declining birth rates, parental leave, the 'mummy track', the success or failure of feminism - the levels of passion, vitriol, despair and guilt these subjects engender attest to the importance Australians place on them, and rightly so. Their effects go beyond how we feel: they affect vital economic and demographic trends. The Work/Life Collision, grounded in thorough quantitative and qualitative research, analyses how these factors affect each other, in particular the collision of work and care and its implications for how we live. Pocock demonstrates how the existing 'work/care' regime that shapes how we live and work has high social costs - for mothers, fathers, families and those who want to be both workers and carers. She weighs the hidden costs of how we live and work now - costs that can be measured in bedrooms, kitchens, workplaces and streetscapes - and in our declining birth rate and embedded gender inequality. The Work/Life Collision goes further than just explaining our growing anxiety about quality of life, despite the evidence of unmatched material wealth. Pocock proposes ways in which a new 'work/care' regime can be built, through: the redistribution of working hours the rehabilitation of degraded and insecure part-time jobs a new system of leave from paid work, and better support for mothers, fathers and all kinds of dependants. She guides us through the real experiences of Australian households and points to a uniquely Australian solution to a fairer world.
Crafting Selves
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Author : Dorinne K. Kondo
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1990-04-15
Crafting Selves written by Dorinne K. Kondo and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-04-15 with Business & Economics categories.
"The ethnography of Japan is currently being reshaped by a new generation of Japanologists, and the present work certainly deserves a place in this body of literature. . . . The combination of utility with beauty makes Kondo's book required reading, for those with an interest not only in Japan but also in reflexive anthropology, women's studies, field methods, the anthropology of work, social psychology, Asian Americans, and even modern literature."—Paul H. Noguchi, American Anthropologist "Kondo's work is significant because she goes beyond disharmony, insisting on complexity. Kondo shows that inequalities are not simply oppressive-they are meaningful ways to establish identities."—Nancy Rosenberger, Journal of Asian Studies
Sessional Papers Of The Dominion Of Canada
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Author : Canada. Parliament
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1899
Sessional Papers Of The Dominion Of Canada written by Canada. Parliament and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1899 with Canada categories.
"Report of the Dominion fishery commission on the fisheries of the province of Ontario, 1893", issued as vol. 26, no. 7, supplement.
Energy And Water Development Appropriations For Fiscal Year 1983
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982
Energy And Water Development Appropriations For Fiscal Year 1983 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with categories.
Stock Exchange Regulation
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1934
Stock Exchange Regulation written by United States. Congress. Senate. Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1934 with categories.