The Power of An Hour: Business and Life Mastery in One Hour a Week

by Dave Lakhani

Every day, we set out to create a better life, a better career, or a better business. We often fail because we fall into old patterns. But what if by devoting just one single, focused hour a week we could make big improvements in our professional lives? And what if we knew in advance exactly what to focus on so that we could utterly destroy our old patterns?

THE POWER OF AN HOUR gives the listener the blueprint for making these changes one at a time. Different from most audiobooks that are too focused on one particular aspect of life, this holistic guide offers practical, everyday actions the listener can use to supercharge his personal and business development.

Designed by a successful entrepreneur to work specifically within the busy executive's or business owner's schedule, this insightful, enlightening guide is broken down into two groups of lessons: those hours dedicated to personal issues and those dedicated to business issues. The listener will learn about managing time, improving personal relationships, and creating and following a vision of future success.

Genres: Business, Self Help, Nonfiction, Productivity, Audiobook, Personal Development

Audio CD

First published May 19, 2006

About the author

Dave Lakhani is an in-demand speaker, trainer, and the President of Bold Approach, Inc., a business acceleration firm consultancy. Bold Approach has been nominated twice as one of Fast Company magazine's Fast 50 Companies. A successful entrepreneur, he is a popular speaker on the topics of persuasion, influence, sales, marketing, ideation, and business acceleration. He is also the author of Persuasion: The Art of Getting What You Want, from Wiley.

Reviews

[Nancy · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you've never read a time management book, this is a great place to start. If you have, you'll be bored. There's nothing new hear, but t works as a great introduction to tactics of the masters. Or a brief refresher course in the tips you already knew, but forgot.

[Geraldine Dwlf · Rating 3 out of 5]

De zaligheid van een audioboek op de achtergrond die me vertelt hoe ik mijn leven beter kan aanpakken. Goed advies? Ja. Ga ik het toepassen? Kleine kans

[Jeff · Rating 1 out of 5]

This audio book and I got off to a bad start and I stopped it within the first chapter.

It's not you, it's probably me. Sorry it didn't work out.

[Sunshine Hunter · Rating 1 out of 5]

Don’t waste your time on this book.
The ideas are outdated and uninspired.

To simplify, the key points are:
• Make lists
• Create a distraction-free environment
• Don’t assume what you think is true—do your research, check statistics, etc.
• To cultivate a more creative mind, do things you wouldn’t typically do, such as “eat ethnic food.”

It feels more like common sense than anything insightful.

[Thiru]

How to use an one hour in a work

[Lori Grant · Rating 4 out of 5]

A should-read book on business life.

[Kamana · Rating 2 out of 5]

Yawn.

2 stars for the two principles that I thought could be of some value. Don't bother unless you are stuck in an island with no other book but this.

[Stacey Moore · Rating 5 out of 5]

Use "fearsome focus" to make changes that have significant impact with minimal effort.

[هبه · Rating 5 out of 5]

أجمل 3 نصائح في الكتاب هم كالآتي:
1- امنح ذهنك عُطلة وكوّن منظوراً عاماً للحياة
العقل كالجسد بالضبط بحاجة لوقت استرخاء ليستعيد نشاطه من جديد؛ لذا أنظر لتلك النصيحة من منظور أن كل عطلة تمنحها لعقلك ستجعلك تنظر للحياة من منظور جديد، وستساعدك غ التخطيط لمستقبلك بشكل أفضل
2- أعِدْ تشكيلَ ذاتِك باستمرار
لو اكتشفت أن شخصيتك الآن هي نفسها شخصيتك بالأمس؛ فعليك ان تعيد النظر في تلك النصيحة، وتحاول أن تُغير من نفسك للأفضل
3- قم بِشحذ تركيزك على العمل
كل مجالات العمل تحتاج لتركيز حتى العمل الذي يعتمد على المجهود البدني؛ فلو وضعت عقلك قبل قوتك البدنية ستنجز أكثر وأسرع من الآخرين الذين اعتمدوا على قوتهم البدنية فحسب

[Chrisman · Rating 2 out of 5]

2025 re-read (originally read 2015)

Startlingly short for a Dark Tower novel.

I complained about Susannah having a reduced role in the previous novel, and then speculating that she'd have more to do in *Song of Susannah* and that turned out to be the case.

This felt like a brief layover. Just a bridge from *Wolves* to the final book. A setting of the stage. A transition to the final episode.

It was fine. I don't necessarily recommend it. Probably the least interesting of the seven core books. It just needed to happen so the story could progress to its ending.

[Kathleen Newton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some good tips and thinking questions but awfully specific. I was hoping more fire generic strategy for maximizing an hour.

[Nicola Corti · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good book about time management with a special focus on running a business. Some chapters might not be really relevant if you don't own/run a business.

[Daniel B · Rating 5 out of 5]

An interesting concept. Very Cleary written and consise. Not really ground breaking ideas. But a very good concept and well put together.
I will see how implementing these goes helps my life.

[Bruce Stopher · Rating 4 out of 5]

I got the audio book through the library app and realized there's enough value in Lakhani's questions at the end of each chapter that I bought a hard copy of the book to use regularly.

[Simona · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like reading time management books so of course things are going to be repetitive, but in each book there can be something new and here I got some new useful perspectives.

[Seemy · Rating 2 out of 5]

At first judging by the title of this book I thought it must be about time management - however it turned out to be much more - far too much more!

I would give this 1 star but gave it 2 due to the sheer large amount of content and wealth of topics covered by the the author - I do respect he put a lot in...

However that is it's exact downfall - you can't just fit all THAT into one book? I couldn't decide ehT this group was about ... Time Management ... Sales and Marketing ... People Management... Self Help.... Negotiation ... Goal Setting ... Business Growth.... Customer Service... Damn! Getting tired writing it all out let alone listening to it as I did on audio - too much to the point you forget and get bored

Spread too thin to be an effective and memorable book let alone even being able to go through the mono tone text book kinda vibe I got

Anyone reading this agree or we where am coming from...?

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[Chris Miller · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought this book was okay. I didn't agree with everything the author suggested, but I did find some interesting info in some of the chapters. I was surprised by his recommendation to look long and hard at friendships and associates to see which relationships were value added to your life. This seemed a little cold at first. However, after thinking about it some, I have realized that I spend way too much time at work talking with acquaintances and listening to their problems, which means I have less time (and energy) to listen to my wife and kids. This means that I have been choosing people I hardly know over my own family. So I did learn an important lesson from this book, and I will be looking to make appropriate changes in my work and personal life moving forward.

I have read better personal development books than this one. However, I do believe there are good lessons in this book that someone can apply to improve their life.

[Jay French · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found the equal measures of life and business discussion refreshing - it seems that usually books that try to cover both give cursory attention to one or the other, but this book dived deep into both sides. I listened to this on audio, and although I usually greatly dislike audio listening to books that are heavily dependent on lists, the narrative and stories of Power of an Hour played well in audio. I would suggest having the book handy as a reference if you do listen to audio, though, as you may want to do the exercises or to see the to-do lists the author comes up with. The lists are long and specific, but you can certainly make your own lists or approach these topics at different levels.

[DeLoria · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought this was a great book. I listened to it on audio. After listening to it and applying some of the principles outlined in the book, I noticed more productivity in my everyday tasks both at home and at work.

It tells you how to be more productive in 45 minutes to an hour, it stresses the importance of networking, and it talks about how to grow your business through marketing, just to name a few.

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Power of an Hour is a good book for teaching out the basics of action planning and time management. The author breaks the book down into 18 different hours of focus to impact your business and your life.
If you are looking for tips to get organized and impact your business, take a look at his tips. Can't hurt; might help.

[Terri · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting, I used some tips from this book to aid in my business.

[Charles · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found the book readable and quite interesting. That said, it isn't for everyone - mainly because it's basically a highly structured approach that (I feel) won't gel with everyone.

[Sanntint · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very efficient hours are detailed by the author and still explored by and large ! Thank you very much for having this book read !

[Renee Martin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Spend an hour doing stuff. Then work on time management.

[Charmin · Rating 4 out of 5]

HIGHLIGHTS:
1. Fearsome focus 45 min, 15 admin/break.

2. Next step task.

[Yeap Naw · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great tips to get you organized and focused on taking of business in any field

[Aslan Umarov · Rating 5 out of 5]

Отличная книга для самоанализа

[Mike · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a good book on self improvement and time mastery. The idea of giving a focused hour and how to accomplish this was worth the read.