Week 30, 2018 - On scientific timing - reading #ABookThatCouldChangeYourLife

Once again, I have been able to let myself be driven less by immediate value and more by serendipity and general interest. Therefore, this is another week where #SevenThingsIReadThisWeek continues in vacation mode - centered not around seven articles a week, but rather around a single book - #ABookThatCouldChangeYourLife.
This time, I have had the pleasure of reading "When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing" by Daniel Pink.
I have to admit that I have been enthusiasticly following Daniel Pink since the day I saw the video he made together with Adam Grant on the promise made to the readers by a writer, and through his books and Pinkcasts, I have not been disappointed. So I also very early on preordered the book - and then it was put onto the backlog of books to read... and that is a big one, so I ended up waiting all the way to the summer vacations to get back to it.
And I must say: "the scientific secrets of perfect timing"... it started me off with the feeling that this was a big promise made by this book.
But I was not disappointed. Based on a lot of practical examples, ranging from the bridge of the Lusitania to the daily life of the dabbawalas of Mumbai, Daniel Pink gives the scientific explanations for the phenomena that governs our everyday lives, covers the psychology of beginnings, middles and ends, and explores the time keeping that we humans have perfected, which has maked it possible for us to synchronize with each other and become the extremely organized and successful species that we have become.
The book is packed with footnotes, if you want to delve deeper into any of the fascinating information you're presented with - and best of all, I like the chapters from the "Time Hacker's Handbook" that concludes each main chapter. Here, we get tips and tricks on how to handle the topics in our daily life: how to guide our daily decisions on when to do things, when to go first and when not to, how to improve your group timing, when to quit a job - there is plenty of good advice, based in the individual chapters. 
Daniel Pink is too modest to answer the most interesting question: When is it the right time to read the book? I would say now, any time, as soon as possible. Personally, I kind of regret that I did not read it earlier - however, I am very happy that I have read it now - as among other things, I have learned things about myself and the reasons why I do things that will help me through my afternoon trough, things that will make my beginnings, middles and ends better, and things that will help me synchronize with other people. It has changed my life, from the daily glass of water in the morning to making me consider to join a choir.
If this has sparked your curiosity, other reviews can be found, e.g. at amazon following the link below:

(And as a disclaimer, like before: yes, the above is an Amazon Associate link - it seemed to me to be the easiest way to provide you with an image and a link to have a closer look on other reviews. It is not my plan to use this as a mean to become rich - and if you prefer, you can just as well have a look by following this link - or better still: go support your local book store...)