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Arnold Bennett

How To Live On Twenty-Four Hours A Day

Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform April 2, 2013)
'How to Live on Twenty-Four Hours a Day' (1910), written by Arnold Bennett, offers practical advice on how one might live (as opposed to just existing) within the confines of 24 hours a day. Bennett addressed the large and growing number of white-collar workers that had accumulated since the advent of the Industrial Revolution. In his view, these workers put in eight hours a day, 40 hours a week, at jobs they did not enjoy, and at worst hated. They worked to make a living, but their daily existence consisted of waking up, getting ready for work, working as little as possible during the work day, going home, unwinding, going to sleep, and repeating the process the next day. In short, he didn't believe they were really living. He addressed this problem by urging these "salarymen" to seize their extra time, and make the most of it to improve themselves. Extra time could be found at the beginning of the day, by waking up early, and on the ride to work, on the way home from work, in the evening hours, and especially during the weekends. During this time, he prescribed improvement measures such as reading great literature, taking an interest in the arts, reflecting on life, and learning self-discipline.
ISBN
1483988201 / 9781483988207
Pages
60
Weight
4.2 oz.
Dimensions
5.0 x 0.14 in.

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