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Timelock: How Life Got so Hectic and What You Can Do About It

When traffic gets so congested that it can no longer move, engineers say it has reached a state of "gridlock". According to Ralph Keyes, many of us are in a state of "timelock". This is the condition that occurs when claims on our time grow so demanding that we find it impossible to wring one more second out of a crowded calendar. In this informative and entertaining book, which is filled with real-life examples, Keyes explains how we got ourselves into this exhausting position. He considers the "vanishing pause," "speed inflation," and "the convenience catch." Paradoxically, Keyes says, a key source of timelock are the very tools we've adopted to save time: computers, faxes, microwave ovens. Keyes doesn't just assess the sources of timelock but suggests how we can get out from under its pressure. 

• Book-of-the-Month Club selection

• excerpted in Reader's Digest, Sesame Street Parent

• featured in Parade

• discussed in Management Review, USA Today, Entrepreneur, Working Woman, Woman's World, Glamour, McCall's, Executive Female