A Minute to Think
by Juliet Funt
Funt argues that the missing ingredient in modern work is white space, unscheduled time to think, and shows how busyness has become a performance. The 'thieves of time' (drive, excellence, information, activity) and the practice of inserting a strategic pause are useful, and the book is short enough to practice what it preaches.
Read it if…
your calendar has no gaps and your best ideas arrive only in the shower.
Skip it if…
you already protect thinking time; the book will confirm rather than change.
Three things you will actually use
- Schedule white space before the day fills.
- Catch the thieves: more, perfect, everything, fast.
- Ask 'is there anything I can let go of' at the start of each task.
Do this first
Put two fifteen-minute blank blocks in tomorrow's calendar and do nothing productive in them.
Our verdict
A brief, persuasive case for doing less, faster.
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