The 4% Fix How One Hour Can Change Your Life

✍ Scribed by Brown, Karma

• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 272
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

How to find guilt-free time for what you really want to do, and why it matters

• Do you feel like you're always busy, even as your to-do list continues to grow?
• Do you think you can't keep up as it is, let alone add another thing to your plate?

An award-winning journalist, avid reader and new mom, Karma Brown dreamed of writing her first novel. But between diapers and tight deadlines, how could she? Like so many of us, she felt stretched taut and hyper-scheduled, her time a commodity over which she had lost control. For Brown, the answer to this problem was to rise earlier every day and use that time to write. Although she experienced missteps along the way, after committing to her alarm clock and an online community of early risers, she completed a debut novel that became a national bestseller.

In The 4% Fix, Karma Brown reveals the latest research about time management and goal-setting and shares strategies that have worked for her as well as for others. Refreshingly, her jargon-free approach doesn't include time-tracking spreadsheets, tips on how to squeeze in yoga exercises while cooking dinner, or methods that add bulk to those never-ending lists.

How will you use this one hour—only 4% of your day—to change your life?

✦ Table of Contents

Cover

Title Page

Dedication

Epigraph

Introduction: It’s About Time

Part One: Own Your Time (Or It Will Own You)

You Need a (Good) Reason to Get Out of Bed

The First 4%

Set. Your. Alarm.

The Oxygen Mask

The Focused Four

Newbie Nation

“Selfish” Is Not a Bad Word

Go to Bed

Creatures of Habit(s)

Is It a BHAG or a PHAG?

Fear Not

Everyone Out of the Pool!

Part Two: Find Your Time (It May Be Earlier Than You Think)

The Marshmallow Test

Ration the Roadblocks

Adulting Is Exhausting

No Wiggle Room

That Natural Feeling

Morning Larks and Night Owls

Sleep: Why We Need It

Sleep: How It Works and How to Get It

Garden Toast (a.k.a. Perfection)

It’s Not Deprivation, It’s Opportunity

Part Three: Rescue Your Time (Find, and Use, That Life Preserver)

The Choice Is Yours

Write It Down

Go with the Flow

Don’t Be Fussy

A Little Goes a Long Way

Drop a Ball or Two

Procrastination vs. Motivation

Operation Project Naked

No, Thanks

Time to Dig Deep

Part Four: Enjoy Your Time (The Point of It All)

Dare to Be Idle

The Problem with Passion

Know Thyself

Stop Making Excuses

A Word on Creativity

Groundhog Day

Put It into Practice

This Is an Experiment

Trust the Process

One Last Word: We All Sleep In Sometimes

Resources: In the Interest of (Saving) Time

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Copyright

About the Publisher

✦ Subjects

time management and goal-setting and shares strategies