How to Stop Time: Superhuman Time Mastery Miracles that will Skyrocket Productivity and Motivation

by Derek Murphy

"How to Stop Time is a powerful guide for anyone looking to get more out of life. Drawing on ancient wisdom and modern best practices, Derek shares a proven plan for becoming more productive." — Tom Corson-Knowles, Author of Destroy your Distractions. "Derek Murphy is the perfect person to write a book called "How to Stop Time". As an expert graphic designer, publishing consulting and writer, he's one of the people who seems to be able to do it all. If you're looking to add more time to your daily routine, this is the book for you! — S.J. Scott, Habit Stacking. HabitBooks.com There’s just never enough time. You know you could doing more, you should be living the life of your dreams, but you’re stuck in a job you don’t enjoy just to pay the bills. The world seems stacked against you. You wish you had the time and freedom to focus on the things you’re really good at, or enjoy, because you’re sure your mission in life is somewhere waiting to be discovered. Something’s missing. Maybe you want to write a book or start a business, but you can’t seem to get started - you push it off to some day in the future when you can really concentrate on it, because you’re too busy right now. Maybe you feel angry at yourself for procrastinating or guilty for never getting through your to-do list, or finishing projects, or letting your schedule get out of control. If you’ve tried everything else and it hasn’t worked, productivity and time management isn’t really your problem. Nor is motivation. Those are bandaids that people are using to cover up a much deeper wound. In this book, I’m going to offer something else. If you are looking for little ways to be more productive without rocking the boat, without fixing the underlying problem that is sabotaging all your well-intentioned efforts– this book is probably not what you’re looking for. If, on the other hand, you’re dissatisfied with your current life as a whole, and want to trade it in for a whole new one that is mentally stimulating, emotionally healing and financially rewarding, then maybe, just maybe, you’ll find some value in my book that you didn’t find anywhere else. I promise that if you read this book and take the steps seriously, you will leave the safe shores of your comfortable but boring lifestyle and become a time-stopping force of nature producing things that actually matter, taking control of your financial destiny and find the success that you deserve. But don’t wait – the clock is ticking. If you don’t read this book right now, you may continue to procrastinate your life away on Facebook on bad TV, and never live up to potential you saw in yourself.

67 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 23, 2014

About the author

I wrote my MA thesis on Harry Potter and my PhD thesis on Paradise Lost. Now I write YA fantasy novels and design book covers. I blog about self-publishing, book design and book marketing, and was featured in CNN for renting castles.

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Reviews

[Carl · Rating 2 out of 5]

The usual, hire people that do the work for you and create things that keep earning money in perpetuity, cliches on how to make more money, have more free time and be more productive.
As someone that owned a business for years and made good money, I can personally attest that some of us no matter how hard we work or how many books we read will never be good at managing people and will never have those magical skills that enable us to hire those people that let us move on with the other things in our lives.
That is the skill I simply am convinced you are either born with or not and people that have this skill never understand how to teach it to those of us that do not.
I did enjoy the sincerity of the author and though he may not be covering new ground he covers issues that are worth reading about again.
Even if you do not usually enjoy these type books, read just the epilogue, especially if you can get the book for free as that is, by far, what I enjoyed the most.
The next best thing about the book may be its cover, probably the reason I read it. Kudos to the author for understanding the importance of a catchy cover.

[Tia Davis · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book definitely had some gems buried in it. I enjoyed Derek's conversational style and approach to procrastination. I would definitely read his other books, if relevant to something I wanted to learn. There are some really great takeaways for improving my time management that I can implement right away. One thing I appreciated about the book was that Murphy didn't belabor the topics in the book. He got to the point quickly and his insights were relevant. Also, he didn't hand out the usual "helpful" productivity tips and advice. Without giving spoilers, he approaches time management and procrastination from a whole different side. Refreshing.

[Adam · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some of the ideas here challenged me to think about the big picture. Mostly the tone of the author, and the narrow band of people he was speaking to, didn't really do it for me. But hey - short read. Wouldn't recommend.

[Christy Hovey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quick and easy to implement tips to master your time

Derek provides straightforward and engaging advice in an easy to read format. His ideas are innovative and this book is practical and timely. A must-read!