Maybe I was expecting too much from this book, but I had a really difficult time getting through it. I found it dull and overly long. The writing style felt very basic, so my eyes kept glazing over information I'd heard a thousand times before (often offered in a much more engaging way).

Having said that, I did pick up a few ideas I'll be implementing in my daily routine (checking email 3 times a day, touching everything only once, "themed" focus days), but that was about it. The book read like a collection of blog posts, loosely tied together by the overall theme of time management. It lacked depth, and even given the multitude of quotes from successful athletes, students, and business people, the content felt dry and lifeless.

Overall, this was a superficial look at a topic we all struggle with. ( )

While some info was contradictory, there were some truly useful ideas here, and many suggestions on how to implement them personally as well as professionally. ( )

I wish I had read this book decades ago. Oh, the time I would have saved by not spinning my wheels on ineffective scheduling. Time is our most valuable resource and yet we often fail to manage it so that we can directly reach our goals. Logical, practical, insightful, and brilliant are the time management methods used by billionaires and top-performers in every industry. They are revealed here for all to apply. Thank you, Kevin Kruse, for this revelation. I am changing my habits and reducing stress through these tips and techniques. ( )

Quick to read and to the point, this book is full of easy-to-follow advice for time management. It is a combination of the author's own advice, with brief advice and quotes from billionaires, entrepreneurs, Olympic athletes, and straight-A students. Some are the result of the author's own research and enquiries; some he just seems to have borrowed. Still, he does a good job organizing it and making it readable. He also offers a set of mostly memorable time management quotes, although some of them are repeats that he has quoted earlier in the book. He also provides chapters at the end of the book that sum up (i.e., repeat) the advice from the billionaires, athletes, etc. All in all, there is quit a lot of padding to get the book to a minimum book length. Also, widely spaced typography!

Still, I recommend this book highly. A time management book shouldn't take a long time to read. It should get to the point--and this one does.

My biggest takeaway is a simple one: don't add your tasks to a to-do list; schedule them on your calendar. That simple act causes you to make a commitment and keep things real, rather than having a lot of tasks on your list that get pushed back day after day, month after month.

Some of the advice, such as taking lots of handwritten notes, I was already doing, and I can confirm its value.

The author offers additional content online, which is helpful, but mainly designed to get you on his mailing list. How ironic that one piece of his advice is to unsubscribe from as many mailing lists as possible! ( )