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A review by mnstucki
I Know How She Does It: How Successful Women Make the Most of Their Time by Laura Vanderkam
5.0
Like so many of the non-fiction books that I've listened to recently, this got filed directly in the "want to read again" category because it had so much good stuff I want to delve deeper into. While listening to audiobooks in the car on my commute has been great for my reading count and for avoiding road rage in Dallas traffic, it doesn't always allow for me to stop and think about what I'm reading or take some time to write about a particularly thought-provoking sentence or paragraph because by the time I'm in a situation to do so, I've forgotten what exactly it was that really struck me. This was definitely one of those books that I want my own hard copy of so I can go back and highlight and underline and write notes in the margins.
While I take issue with a few of her assertions for various reasons, none of them are unsettling enough for me to hash them out here. I felt that this book held a lot of really good, useful advice about time management that departs from the norm of "quick fixes" and "short cuts" that you find in lots of magazine articles and the like. These are meaningful strategies because they are anchored in really powerful (and true) philosophies about the nature of time and our relationship to it.
In short, I really REALLY enjoyed this and would recommend it to anyone. My husband caught brief snatches of it on various car rides together and he said he felt like it was really sound advice for anybody who wants to further their career. I agree, but I would also say the principles are applicable to stay-at-home parents (and anyone else) as well.
While I take issue with a few of her assertions for various reasons, none of them are unsettling enough for me to hash them out here. I felt that this book held a lot of really good, useful advice about time management that departs from the norm of "quick fixes" and "short cuts" that you find in lots of magazine articles and the like. These are meaningful strategies because they are anchored in really powerful (and true) philosophies about the nature of time and our relationship to it.
In short, I really REALLY enjoyed this and would recommend it to anyone. My husband caught brief snatches of it on various car rides together and he said he felt like it was really sound advice for anybody who wants to further their career. I agree, but I would also say the principles are applicable to stay-at-home parents (and anyone else) as well.