When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing - Softcover

Pink, Daniel H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0525535047 ISBN 13: 9780525535041

Publisher: Riverhead Books, 2018

Synopsis

Instant New York Times Bestseller
#1 Wall Street Journal Business Bestseller
Instant Washington Post Bestseller

"Brims with a surprising amount of insight and practical advice." --The Wall Street Journal

Daniel H. Pink, the #1 bestselling author of Drive and To Sell Is Human, unlocks the scientific secrets to good timing to help you flourish at work, at school, and at home.

Everyone knows that timing is everything. But we don't know much about timing itself. Our lives are a never-ending stream of "when" decisions: when to start a business, schedule a class, get serious about a person. Yet we make those decisions based on intuition and guesswork.

Timing, it's often assumed, is an art. In When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing, Pink shows that timing is really a science.

Drawing on a rich trove of research from psychology, biology, and economics, Pink reveals how best to live, work, and succeed. How can we use the hidden patterns of the day to build the ideal schedule? Why do certain breaks dramatically improve student test scores? How can we turn a stumbling beginning into a fresh start? Why should we avoid going to the hospital in the afternoon? Why is singing in time with other people as good for you as exercise? And what is the ideal time to quit a job, switch careers, or get married?

In When, Pink distills cutting-edge research and data on timing and synthesizes them into a fascinating, readable narrative packed with irresistible stories and practical takeaways that give readers compelling insights into how we can live richer, more engaged lives.

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Review

"Praise for Daniel H. Pink: 'Provocative and fascinating" (MALCOLM GLADWELL, author of Outliers)

"Bold and persuasive" (RICHARD WISEMAN, author of 59 Seconds)

"Pink is rapidly acquiring international guru status . . . He is an engaging writer, who challenges and provokes" (Financial Times)

"When brims with a surprising amount of insight and practical advice . . . Pink delivers the bad news about our time-based weaknesses with some good news about how to compensate for them. More delightful still, many of these tips involve simply slowing down, taking breaks and stealing naps. Alas, none of this advice will prevent time from flying by, but at least there are proven ways to fill our hours a bit better" (Wall Street Journal)

"Radical, surprising, and undeniably true" (Harvard Business Review)

"Inspiring" (Guardian)

"Daniel H. Pink is a phenomenal populariser of research. He has a rare gift for synthesising scientific, psychological and sociological studies and showing their radical relevance to work, society and schools through engaging storytelling" (Times Education Supplement)

"A gifted writer who turns even the heaviest scientific study into something digestible - and often amusing - without losing his intellectual punch" (New York Post)

"Intriguing . . . written with a light, assured touch" (ROBIN McKIE Observer)

"The breadth of the book's scope is impressive . . . Engaging, conversational and tightly edited, making it an easy yet important read" (Daily Mail)

Book Description

When unlocks the scientific secrets to good timing to help you flourish at work, school, and at home; from the internationally bestselling author of Drive and To Sell is Human

About this edition

• Publisher: Riverhead Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0525535047
• ISBN 13: 9780525535041
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256