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    24/6: The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week
    24/6: The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week
    24/6: The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week
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    24/6: The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week

    Written by Tiffany Shlain

    Narrated by Tiffany Shlain

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    Winner of the Marshall McLuhan Outstanding Book Award
    Entrepreneur’s 12 Productivity and Time-Management Books to Read

    “I’m won over to a day with people, not screens….I tried Shlain’s idea. I highly recommend it.” —The New York Times
    “Tiffany Shlain is a modern-day prophet, brilliant and incredibly funny in equal measure...24/6 is timeless and timely wisdom.” —Angela Duckworth, #1 New York Times bestselling author

    This “wise, wonderful work” (Publishers Weekly starred review) demonstrates how turning off screens one day a week can work wonders on your brain, body, and soul.

    Do you wish you had more time to do what you love, think deeply, and focus on the people and things that matter most? By giving up screens one day a week for over a decade, Internet pioneer and renowned filmmaker Tiffany Shlain and her family have gained more time, productivity, connection, and presence.

    Shlain takes us on a thought-provoking and entertaining journey through time and technology, introducing a strategy for flourishing in our 24/7 world. Drawn from the ancient ritual of Shabbat, living 24/6 can work for anyone from any background. With humor and wisdom, Shlain shares her story, offering the accessible lessons she has learned and providing a blueprint for how to do it yourself.

    “Bolstered with fascinating and germane facts about neuroscience, philosophy, psychology, and the history of the concept of a day of rest” (Publishers Weekly), 24/6 makes the case for incorporating this weekly reset into our 24/7 lives, issuing a call to rebalance ourselves and our society.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateSep 24, 2019
    ISBN9781508296614
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    Tiffany Shlain

    Honored by Newsweek as one of the “Women Shaping the 21st Century,” Tiffany Shlain is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker, and founder of The Webby Awards. Her films and work have received over eighty awards and distinctions, including being selected for the Albert Einstein Foundation’s Genius: 100 Visions of the Future, NPR’s list of the best commencement speeches, and the Neil Postman Award for Career Achievement in Public Intellectual Activity. The Museum of Modern Art in New York premiered her live cinematic essay show Dear Human and her solo art exhibition Human Nature was presented by the National Women’s History Museum in Washington, DC. Her films have premiered at top festivals including Sundance. . Find out more at TiffanyShlain.com and follow @TiffanyShlain. 

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    • 5/5
      If you are needing that final nudge to change your screen habits, this is a must read! She includes facts about how screens affect your body which are absolutely fascinating. Please read, it’s one of the best books I’ve read in a while ?

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      I finished this book just in time to make Tech Shabbat my New Year's resolution. The book felt like a breath of fresh air. Every time the author read off a list of things to do on a weekly screen free day, I found myself longing to do every one of those activities immediately. I felt starved for that kind of leisurely quality time of my youth. I have two small children and I anticipate the day before Tech Shabbat taking some practice to get everything organized. But I feel energized to practice this resolution. I can't wait to start recommending this book to friends as I invite them over for weekly dinners! This makes me so much more excited to welcome the year 2020, and to look back on my family's progress a year from now.

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    • 4/5
      I enjoyed this book more than other books I've read of the same genre and subject area.
      The author is very authentic and genuine with her experience of the 24/6 living. She sounds warm and wanting to be helpful!

      I have already done one day of no technology while reading this book and I loved my experience.

      I got this book to read while already being interested in doing this, so persuading wasn't necessary in my case. I enjoyed her writing as well as her message. She also includes many great suggestions for your time off-technology.

      I recommend!