The Company You Keep
In his book, The Power of an Hour: Building Life Mastery in One Hour a Week, author Dave Lakhani presents a method for achieving what he calls “fearsome focus” – stop giggling, really! – which is spending one hour of intense, directed thought on a specific personal or professional issue.
To be concise, I found the book tried to cover too much, too quickly, without enough depth, and that it set unrealistic expectations for solving some problems. In my opinion, while an hour spent analyzing obstacles in your path to achieving a set goal might be reasonable, it’s not nearly enough to revitalize an organization’s sales department or redesign a process with proper attention to all aspects of the issue.Perhaps I am wrong, and Lakhani really can achieve massive gains in a mere sixty minutes. If so, I hope he bills by the project and not by the hour!