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3.84 AVERAGE
3.84 AVERAGE
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Power Hour: How to Focus on Your Goals and Create a Life You Love by Adrienne Herbert is about carving time for yourself to work on your goals, and the suggestion for when to have your power hour is early in the morning - 5am.
As someone who often wakes up at 5am, this is something I really agree with! I do most of my reading early in the morning, and can sometimes be found blogging then as well.
The idea of Power Hour is that you set your goals and use this time to help you achieve them, as it's time that you have no other commitments during.
This book has suggestions and actions for you to carry out to help you see this time as helpful. I enjoyed reading the book and learning about how Adrienne Herbert uses this time.
Power Hour: How to Focus on Your Goals and Create a Life You Love was published on 31 December 2020, and is available from Amazon , Waterstones and Bookshop.org .
You can follow Adrienne Herbert on Instagram , Youtube and Facebook .
I was given this book in exchange for an unbiased review, so my thanks to NetGalley and to Penguin Random House .
As someone who often wakes up at 5am, this is something I really agree with! I do most of my reading early in the morning, and can sometimes be found blogging then as well.
The idea of Power Hour is that you set your goals and use this time to help you achieve them, as it's time that you have no other commitments during.
This book has suggestions and actions for you to carry out to help you see this time as helpful. I enjoyed reading the book and learning about how Adrienne Herbert uses this time.
Power Hour: How to Focus on Your Goals and Create a Life You Love was published on 31 December 2020, and is available from Amazon , Waterstones and Bookshop.org .
You can follow Adrienne Herbert on Instagram , Youtube and Facebook .
I was given this book in exchange for an unbiased review, so my thanks to NetGalley and to Penguin Random House .
informative
slow-paced
I love the idea of if we can all spare an hour each day to accomplish our goals.
However this book does not take into account people with long term medical conditions, disabailities,m mental health issues or carers and this is where the book fails in my opinion. I did not feel it was inclusive of these groups.
However this book does not take into account people with long term medical conditions, disabailities,m mental health issues or carers and this is where the book fails in my opinion. I did not feel it was inclusive of these groups.
****Copy from NetGalley in return for an honest review******
This is a well put together and well structured look at the concept of dedicating one (early morning) hour to build the life that you want. The author is not the first person with this idea, but she has her own take on it - and has a popular podcast where she interviews fellow power hour devotees.
I thought the book did a really good idea of breaking down the idea and the way to make it happen and how to make it work for you in a really practical way that takes into account (most of) the variations in people's lives. I'm a shift worker and all to often when I read books like this, I feel like the author has never taken into account people like me - who often have to get up at 4am for earlies, or are up all night for nightshifts - and although obviously it's still not going to 100% work for me in my life, it is thinking about shifts and long commutes and making you feel like something like this *is* possible if you want it to be. It did feel a little repetitive at times and I would like some more further resources and links to some of the research that is being references, but generally this is a good resource.
This is a well put together and well structured look at the concept of dedicating one (early morning) hour to build the life that you want. The author is not the first person with this idea, but she has her own take on it - and has a popular podcast where she interviews fellow power hour devotees.
I thought the book did a really good idea of breaking down the idea and the way to make it happen and how to make it work for you in a really practical way that takes into account (most of) the variations in people's lives. I'm a shift worker and all to often when I read books like this, I feel like the author has never taken into account people like me - who often have to get up at 4am for earlies, or are up all night for nightshifts - and although obviously it's still not going to 100% work for me in my life, it is thinking about shifts and long commutes and making you feel like something like this *is* possible if you want it to be. It did feel a little repetitive at times and I would like some more further resources and links to some of the research that is being references, but generally this is a good resource.
informative
inspiring
informative
reflective
fast-paced
I read this with a gifted copy courtesy of publishers Penguin and as part of a Tandem Collective readalong. This review represents my own thoughts on the book.
‘If only I had more time’ is an often heard and used phrase:
If only I had more time to exercise
If only I had more time to study
If only I had more time to plan my day rather than just reacting
Adrienne Herbert has created a successful podcast and now book on the point that you can have more time by getting up an hour earlier. Creating a ‘power hour’ you can use to focus on achieving your goals.
Of course that won’t work for everyone. If you work shifts or have a massive commute getting up an hour earlier and getting enough sleep (as this book also recommends) may be difficult concepts to balance. But, while Adrienne is a strong believer in the value of this being the first hour of the day, the theory of making time to achieve your goals is a useful one no matter when you take it.
Despite the title much of this book is about the power of good habits at any time of the day, rather than simply what you can achieve by setting your alarm an hour earlier.
While some of the book didn’t feel as relevant to me, or at least didn’t feel like anything I haven’t heard before, there were also a lot of positive takeaways.
Thinking about how you use your time, and taking a more conscious approach to what you do with it beyond the doom scrolling is something we can all do. Maybe you do already use every minute of your day on the stuff that needs to be done, but it’s worth checking in with yourself on whether there’s something you could do without to make the time to do what you’ve always wanted to achieve.
An interesting and thought-provoking read.
I’m not a spine breaker so my copy is still pretty pristine, and in the spirit of Adrienne’s wish to share her message I’ll be offering to pass my copy on to any of my colleagues who’re looking for some inspiration to find more time.
4.5
Such a sucker for books about morning routines + habits
Such a sucker for books about morning routines + habits
Loved this book and its been inspirational and motivating for me to pull me back from ill health
This is not a book for runners only – it talks about exercising, sleeping, creating habits, getting rid of the people who are not there for you – making your life a life to love.
I’ve been following Adrienne Herbert since the very beginnings and I love the energy and enthusiasm she spreads. I believe she is one of the most motivational speakers I have ever heard. And reading her book is just like listening to her podcast – it is motivating.
Is it anything revolutionary? No.
Did it make me get up the next morning and do something for myself for an hour? Definitely YES!
And I strongly agree with her when she says: “Don’t have time to do something? It’s not that important to you. We will always make time for the things and the people we value the most.”
The only thing I could not follow through is underlining parts, staining it with coffee or dipping it in the bathwater
I’ve been following Adrienne Herbert since the very beginnings and I love the energy and enthusiasm she spreads. I believe she is one of the most motivational speakers I have ever heard. And reading her book is just like listening to her podcast – it is motivating.
Is it anything revolutionary? No.
Did it make me get up the next morning and do something for myself for an hour? Definitely YES!
And I strongly agree with her when she says: “Don’t have time to do something? It’s not that important to you. We will always make time for the things and the people we value the most.”
The only thing I could not follow through is underlining parts, staining it with coffee or dipping it in the bathwater
"...if you take only one thing away from this book, let it be that it is possible to change and transform your life. You owe it to yourself to pursue a life that your truly love. If you don't know where to start, start with just one hour each day. The first hour. The Power Hour."
Following her podcast of the same name, 'professional motivator' Adrienne Herbert distill her experience and that of those she has interviewed in this manifesto, which is all killer no filler. Divided into seven focused chapters, it introduces the concept of devoting your first, early, hour of the day to yourself. The chapters cover how to create powerful habits (swapping 'bad' habits for 'good' ones), movement, sleep, people (finding supporters) and purpose (goals), finishing with how to create your own Power Hour.
Herbert advocates spending your time wisely and effectively, before the rest of your world is awake, contributing to your goals, big or small. It reminds me of a Gretchen Rubin quote: "What I do every day matters more than what I do once in a while". This book is for those of us who proctrastinate and who feel they don't have time to plan, exercise, work on a hobby and many more. Perhaps your power hour could be half an hour of movement and half an hour of a hobby, or twenty minutes of activity, twenty of mindfulness and twenty of actions to meet your goals.
Herbert is awe-inspiring, clearly a natural-born motivator, like a friend encouraging your to spend your time better instead of making excuses. I love her obsession with learning, which I share. I devoured this, one chapter at a time, using sticky notes to mark pages I will return to. I plan to start my own Power Hour, to incorporate more activity in my currently sedentary WFH life and of course to read more!
"Stop waiting for the right time, or for more time. Start with just one hour today."
Following her podcast of the same name, 'professional motivator' Adrienne Herbert distill her experience and that of those she has interviewed in this manifesto, which is all killer no filler. Divided into seven focused chapters, it introduces the concept of devoting your first, early, hour of the day to yourself. The chapters cover how to create powerful habits (swapping 'bad' habits for 'good' ones), movement, sleep, people (finding supporters) and purpose (goals), finishing with how to create your own Power Hour.
Herbert advocates spending your time wisely and effectively, before the rest of your world is awake, contributing to your goals, big or small. It reminds me of a Gretchen Rubin quote: "What I do every day matters more than what I do once in a while". This book is for those of us who proctrastinate and who feel they don't have time to plan, exercise, work on a hobby and many more. Perhaps your power hour could be half an hour of movement and half an hour of a hobby, or twenty minutes of activity, twenty of mindfulness and twenty of actions to meet your goals.
Herbert is awe-inspiring, clearly a natural-born motivator, like a friend encouraging your to spend your time better instead of making excuses. I love her obsession with learning, which I share. I devoured this, one chapter at a time, using sticky notes to mark pages I will return to. I plan to start my own Power Hour, to incorporate more activity in my currently sedentary WFH life and of course to read more!
"Stop waiting for the right time, or for more time. Start with just one hour today."