How about showing your kids that grown-ups and families have work and that work--whatever honest work it happens to be--is worthwhile. At one point, the author even suggests outsourcing anything in your professional and personal life you don't want to do.

I have been sharing my experiences with carving out time for creativity and improving at my craft over the years. After interviewing dozens of successful, happy people, she realized that they allocate their time differently than most of us. I guess I am just the wrong audience for this book, but I think the title or book jacket should of at least narrowed down whom this book was targeting.

I've yet to read any magic technique that will tell you that you are getting the most out of your life.

First, 'My boss said I had to' or 'My client said I had to' is no more a reason to do something than "I don't have time" is an excuse not to do something else. You'll only have a couple of hours a day to spend with your kids, but that's okay, because you can plan exciting and enriching activities to do in those hours. New York City-based author Vanderkam (Grindhopping ) uses time surveys and relates countless stories of friends and clients who have achieved breakthroughs in creating time to enjoy life.It was hard to see myself and my priorities in this book when her's were so different and her opinions on what was best so strong. But there are some major flaws in logic that Vanderkam commits to 'prove' her theories about time management that reduce the author's credibility as an expert in this field.

I shared these results with my husband who, too, agreed that we weren't maximizing our core competency areas.I would usually give a book like this one star as it could be boiled down to fit on a 3X5 index card, but instead was bulked out into book-length form by adding dozens of examples of perfect people who “have it all.