- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: Saint Martin's Press Inc.; 1 edition (4 Jan 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0312571356
- ISBN-13: 978-0312571351
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 618,213 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"The Other 8 Hours" is a whole new way of living life to the fullest. Most people cram too much into their already overscheduled calendar, and Robert Pagliarini is here to help. With his guidance, readers will begin looking beyond their 9-5 job, hour commute, credit card debt, and that gnawing feeling that life is just passing them by. This book provides a program for carving out more time and finding the inspiration to spend that free time in a more productive way - whether it's starting a business, writing a blog, losing weight, or developing a hobby. Instead of mindlessly watching the time go by, Pagliarini helps readers use the 8 hours they are not sleeping or at work to radically improve their lives and grow their bank account. Since "The Six-Day Financial Makeover" was published, Pagliarini's platform has skyrocketed. Pagliarini is a familiar face on "Good Morning America", and has appeared on "Dr. Phil", "20/20", "ABC Morning News", and "NPR's Marketplace". He has also shared his expertise in "The Wall Street Journal", "Newsweek", "Money Magazine", and many other publications.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
As Tony Schwartz explains in The Way We're Working Isn't Working, the results of various research studies clearly indicate that peak performers require at least 8 hours of rest (including sleep) to renew their energy. On average, those who are employed full-time must commit at least eight hours a day to their work. According to Robert Pagliarini, the other time while awake each day (about eight hours, hence the title of his book) will "determine your happiness and net worth." He appreciates the need for energy renewal. He respects employment obligations that must be met. He also seems to have little (if any) patience for those who waste whatever discretionary time they have each day.
Yes, people also need to renew energy on Saturdays and Sundays and although they may not log time at the office or complete job-related tasks at home, they seldom (if ever) have all of Saturday and Sunday to do whatever they wish. I urge those who read this review and, hopefully, the book not to get hung up on specific numbers of hours. Many single parents tell me they have less discretionary time weekends than they do weekdays. Time and energy allocations vary from one person to the next, and for each person, one day to the next. Pagliarini's objective, stated bluntly, is to help as many people as possible to "escape from the Living Dead and the Dead Broke."
He divides his material into four sections. First, he introduces a framework and a mindset (Chapters One and Two); next (in Chapters Three and Four), he explains how to adjust allocation decisions so that more time can be devoted to what is most important in terms of achieving personal goals, whatever they my be; then in Chapters Five through Eight, he offers his own version of financial advice, comprised of "some new, unconventional strategies" for those whose who have not been well-served by "traditional" financial advice; finally, in Chapters Nine through Eleven, Pagliarini provides what he characterizes as a "blueprint" for "how to get a life," based on his own experiences as well as those of countless others he has encountered.
Although Pagliarini may object, I again suggest that although "the other 8 hours" are important, perhaps even essential to personal happiness and financial security, the number itself is far less important than the mindset one has with regard to discretionary time, and, the determination (indeed tenacity) one has to make the best use of that time.
Yes, people also need to renew energy on Saturdays and Sundays and although they may not log time at the office or complete job-related tasks at home, they seldom (if ever) have all of Saturday and Sunday to do whatever they wish. I urge those who read this review and, hopefully, the book not to get hung up on specific numbers of hours. Many single parents tell me they have less discretionary time weekends than they do weekdays. Time and energy allocations vary from one person to the next, and for each person, one day to the next. Pagliarini's objective, stated bluntly, is to help as many people as possible to "escape from the Living Dead and the Dead Broke."
He divides his material into four sections. First, he introduces a framework and a mindset (Chapters One and Two); next (in Chapters Three and Four), he explains how to adjust allocation decisions so that more time can be devoted to what is most important in terms of achieving personal goals, whatever they my be; then in Chapters Five through Eight, he offers his own version of financial advice, comprised of "some new, unconventional strategies" for those whose who have not been well-served by "traditional" financial advice; finally, in Chapters Nine through Eleven, Pagliarini provides what he characterizes as a "blueprint" for "how to get a life," based on his own experiences as well as those of countless others he has encountered.
Although Pagliarini may object, I again suggest that although "the other 8 hours" are important, perhaps even essential to personal happiness and financial security, the number itself is far less important than the mindset one has with regard to discretionary time, and, the determination (indeed tenacity) one has to make the best use of that time.
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78 of 91 people found the following review helpful
Not for everyone.
26 Feb 2010
Format:Hardcover
I think this book is well written, and it certainly explores a VERY interesting concept. What it doesn't provide is a roadmap for folks whose lives don't fit nicely into the 8 hour pie - 8 hours work, 8 hours sleep and 8 hours to develop your life. I'm over-simplifying but you can get the point.
My 8 hours to develop my life go about like this: 2 hours commuting, daily, watching my two toddlers after work, dinner, laundry, cleaning, and then there's shopping, car maintenance. So, I watch TV - EXHAUSTED at 9 pm for 1 hour while I wait for the sleeping meds to work and the dryer to finish. And I am back at it again, starting at 4:45 am. I am so damn wiped by 9 pm - it was kind of insulting to me to be told to work on my life. And I don't even watch TV every night - a lot of nights I read for a bit.
On my commute - I make sure the ipod is packed with lots of great learning materials - that's a no-brainer. Anyone with an hour commute has figured this out, usually their first week. That was a useful tip - but everyone already knows it.
The chapter on swapping off time for other people doing your tasks - like I cook three meals - and my one neighbor does something for us and then the other neighbor does something else for us - for the meal. OMG - WHAT FRIGGGGIN world is the author living in???
I guess the book left me kind of outraged. And desperate - because I thought this could be a bit of a roadmap, or at least I get some ideas. I didn't.
Although a lot of other people did. And if you are watching 5 hours of TV EVERY night - this book had better speak to you - and loudly.
But on the other hand,if you have kids, are pretty much carrying the entire world on your back and commuting quite a bit - and really need your job - this might not be the best book for you. I was kind of annoyed, felt preached at and now feel pretty bad that I should be doing more.
My 8 hours to develop my life go about like this: 2 hours commuting, daily, watching my two toddlers after work, dinner, laundry, cleaning, and then there's shopping, car maintenance. So, I watch TV - EXHAUSTED at 9 pm for 1 hour while I wait for the sleeping meds to work and the dryer to finish. And I am back at it again, starting at 4:45 am. I am so damn wiped by 9 pm - it was kind of insulting to me to be told to work on my life. And I don't even watch TV every night - a lot of nights I read for a bit.
On my commute - I make sure the ipod is packed with lots of great learning materials - that's a no-brainer. Anyone with an hour commute has figured this out, usually their first week. That was a useful tip - but everyone already knows it.
The chapter on swapping off time for other people doing your tasks - like I cook three meals - and my one neighbor does something for us and then the other neighbor does something else for us - for the meal. OMG - WHAT FRIGGGGIN world is the author living in???
I guess the book left me kind of outraged. And desperate - because I thought this could be a bit of a roadmap, or at least I get some ideas. I didn't.
Although a lot of other people did. And if you are watching 5 hours of TV EVERY night - this book had better speak to you - and loudly.
But on the other hand,if you have kids, are pretty much carrying the entire world on your back and commuting quite a bit - and really need your job - this might not be the best book for you. I was kind of annoyed, felt preached at and now feel pretty bad that I should be doing more.
33 of 37 people found the following review helpful
the book for those who don't know watching TV is making you less productive
10 May 2010
Format:Hardcover
I'm pretty shocked at the generally high reviews of this book. While I found there to be some vaguely useful tips, in general it's pretty long winded and short on usable info. In particular the folksy story that started each chapter were useless. The frequent references to church and the bible are fairly annoying and borderline preachy. How is it that he manages to incorporate faith in almost every chapter of a book on how to maximize your time??
In short I would say that if it hasn't occurred to you that watching less television would be a good way to increase productivity in the other 8 hours of your day, then you could probably benefit from reading this book. If you're already somewhat analytical about how you're spending your time, then this book might be a waste of your time.
I'm giving it a star for some useful websites that could be helpful in starting a business, but even then his treatment of how business are started isn't particularly thorough. He frequently mentions angel investors vs. VC investors without describing the important differences between the two. Is the author assuming his audience who doesn't know video games are a time suck already aware of the differences in these two important funding sources for getting their business off the ground?? Throughout the book the author recommends putting together an e-book to test the waters for your business idea, and in the end this book reads like a bunch of 20 page e-books compiled in to a collection of tips, not a comprehensive study on time management.
DO NOT PAY FOR THIS BOOK. Get it from your local library. The small amount of useful information is not worth the space it will occupy on your bookshelf.
In short I would say that if it hasn't occurred to you that watching less television would be a good way to increase productivity in the other 8 hours of your day, then you could probably benefit from reading this book. If you're already somewhat analytical about how you're spending your time, then this book might be a waste of your time.
I'm giving it a star for some useful websites that could be helpful in starting a business, but even then his treatment of how business are started isn't particularly thorough. He frequently mentions angel investors vs. VC investors without describing the important differences between the two. Is the author assuming his audience who doesn't know video games are a time suck already aware of the differences in these two important funding sources for getting their business off the ground?? Throughout the book the author recommends putting together an e-book to test the waters for your business idea, and in the end this book reads like a bunch of 20 page e-books compiled in to a collection of tips, not a comprehensive study on time management.
DO NOT PAY FOR THIS BOOK. Get it from your local library. The small amount of useful information is not worth the space it will occupy on your bookshelf.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Very reinforcing and loaded with great ideas
21 Jan 2010
Format:Hardcover
When I first heard of the book I thought. Oh no, now a time management system that figures out what to do instead of sleep - which for me would be the other 8 hours (well actually, I would rarely sleep that long).
But the gist of The Other 8 Hours discussed in the book are the hours that you're not sleeping and not working. So it's the time after work essentially.
I think the book would be more appropriately targeted to those who have a job. To those who, like myself, work for themselves or are serious executives, working much more hours than full time jobs, the book is not as appropriate.
The gist of the message I completely agree with and that is get off the couch and learn something or do something with the other 8 hours. That's the best and easiest way to get ahead. One of the reasons this works for getting ahead is so many other people simply sit on the couch with the channel changer.
In addition to that basic thesis, the book is chock full of time saving ideas, like use two monitors. I learned this from my years at SYNNEX and it's very tough to work with just one monitor after you've used two.
The book talks about the things that steal productivity, listing a huge long list of things that maybe don't need to be done.
One reason might be appropriate for people who have a job is much of the talk is about money and how to make more or save more money, with lots of tips. It's a good book, well written, well organized, easy to read.
Whenever I give my Time Management presentation, my goal is always to have people leave with two or three habits that they continue doing and are doing six weeks after the presentation. I don't consider my presentation to be a success unless this happens.
This book has so many ideas I would think only people who use the most polished of systems wouldn't be able to get a few ideas they could use. I found the book very reinforcing.
But the gist of The Other 8 Hours discussed in the book are the hours that you're not sleeping and not working. So it's the time after work essentially.
I think the book would be more appropriately targeted to those who have a job. To those who, like myself, work for themselves or are serious executives, working much more hours than full time jobs, the book is not as appropriate.
The gist of the message I completely agree with and that is get off the couch and learn something or do something with the other 8 hours. That's the best and easiest way to get ahead. One of the reasons this works for getting ahead is so many other people simply sit on the couch with the channel changer.
In addition to that basic thesis, the book is chock full of time saving ideas, like use two monitors. I learned this from my years at SYNNEX and it's very tough to work with just one monitor after you've used two.
The book talks about the things that steal productivity, listing a huge long list of things that maybe don't need to be done.
One reason might be appropriate for people who have a job is much of the talk is about money and how to make more or save more money, with lots of tips. It's a good book, well written, well organized, easy to read.
Whenever I give my Time Management presentation, my goal is always to have people leave with two or three habits that they continue doing and are doing six weeks after the presentation. I don't consider my presentation to be a success unless this happens.
This book has so many ideas I would think only people who use the most polished of systems wouldn't be able to get a few ideas they could use. I found the book very reinforcing.
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