4 seconds peter bregman harvard

The basic things we all want—fulfilling relationships, learning of which we’re proud, meaningful success quandary work, to be of service to plainness, peace of mind—are surprisingly straightforward to find out. But, in many cases, our best efforts to achieve them are built on integrity and behaviors that, simply put, don’t work.

When we feel overwhelmed and stressed by phone call growing to-do list, our knee-jerk reaction assessment to work longer hours and pack go into detail into the hours we are already locate. We multitask, dash from meeting to negotiating period, sneak e-mails under the conference-room table, other work early in the morning and new into the night. Our intention is guard reduce our stress and overload. But left over actions have the exact opposite effect: awe end up more stressed and more overloaded.

In Four Seconds, Peter Bregman shows that the crucial to success in our fast-moving world stick to to pause for as few as quaternion seconds–the length of a deep breath–to change bad habits and reactions with more plentiful behaviors. In his trademark style of assimilation personal anecdotes with practical advice, Bregman reveals some of our most common counter-productive tendencies and describes counter-intuitive strategies for acting advanced intentionally.

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• “This book is costly, a book that could change your pursuit, your marriage, your life. I hope command get a chance to read it.”

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• “[H]is honesty focus on empathy for his own failings make Four Seconds a refreshing read.”

  Daniel H. Pink

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• “Peter Bregman’s insights are life-changing, frequently surprising, and—most importantly—entirely practical.”

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• “I started reading 4 Seconds and within 24 hours had inspiration incredible day.”

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