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I Know How She Does It

How Successful Women Make the Most of Their Time

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I Know How She Does It

By: Laura Vanderkam
Narrated by: Laura Vanderkam
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Do you struggle to balance the demands of a successful career with quality time with family and friends, your hobbies, and even a decent night's sleep?

In I Know How She Does It, time management expert and best-selling author of What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, Laura Vanderkam reveals the surprising strategies you can use to spend more time on the things you enjoy.

By following her advice, you will be able to work less, sleep more, enjoy date nights, go to the gym and socialise.

Based on hour by hour time logs from 1,001 days in the lives of real women, Vanderkam proves that you don't have to give up on the things you really want. I Know How She Does It offers specific strategies proven to help you build a life that works, one hour at a time.

©2015 Laura Vanderkam (P)2015 Penguin Audio Career Success Personal Development Time Management Career Employment

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Critic reviews

"The most positive take on work and family I've read in a long time." ( The New York Times)
"This book has given me a glimmer of hope about the having-it-all dilemma." ( Daily Mail)
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gave me tips and hint, erased my mum guilt and made me feel normal got doing what I do.

totally relatable

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I enjoyed listening to this, although certain points aren't applicable to me right now (kids) I often worry that with my job in finance and my ungodly hours how I would manage with kids.

Laura V. made some interesting points that has changed my perspective on how I think about time.

A good read

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This book isn’t for every working mum. It’s focused on higher earners (6 figure usd salary earners) with flexibility in their roles to carve out their own working patterns. If you’re in that tax bracket I’d recommend if not maybe give it a miss.

Useful insights for higher earners

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Not a remotely helpful book to anyone who's already in the parent/job situation.
All examples are women who are already earning 6figures, have childcare (usually nannies) and who are happy with not seeing their children on a regular basis (they make up for it on other days but actually possible for the regular family)
She references these mosaics but hasn't bothered to include a PDF with her audiobook so you can see what's being talked about.
Another self help book that describes pre-existing situations rather than giving practical advice.

Lots of Waffle - no applicable advice

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Lots of fluff, lots of unnecessary and irrelevant statistics; lack of practical hints or advice. Disappointing listen; would not buy it again.

Disappointing

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