Living at the speed of life
Time Rich
After more than two decades of deadlines and late night finishes as an international business consultant, serial entrepreneur Pete Read is all too familiar with the elastic nature of time.
Pete’s ‘Time Rich’ concept offers a new perspective for everyone struggling with feeling time poor, habitual lateness and procrastination evoking the question “Where does the time go?”
In his book, speaking and podcast, Pete explains the neuroscience behind being time poor, and reveals the antidote to the breakneck pace of modern life in ten lifetime management strategies, showing you how to take back control, slow down time and live your life to the full!
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WHAT I DO
Speaker, author and podcast host
Keynote Speaker
I am a thoughtful, inspiring and experienced speaker, who has delivered keynotes, plenaries and panel sessions in 15 countries around the world, and hosted many public talks as a Director of the Royal Geographical Society. I speak about the neuroscience of being time poor, and how to break free with lifetime management strategies that really work.
Book: Time Rich
“Everything’s going too quickly, Dad! How can I slow down time?” It was the big question from my 18 year-old daughter that set me on the path to writing Time Rich: Living At The Speed Of Life. My book explores why we feel time poor and what we can do about it. It is packed with practical ideas empowering even the most time-challenged to take back control.
Interviews
I’ve had the good fortune to be invited to share my research and ideas on TV, radio and in many newspapers and magazines. Examples include Bloomberg, Brainfeed Magazine, China Global Television, CNBC TV, Education Technology, Lessons4Life, Management Today, Marketing, TechCrunch and The Times.
Time Rich Podcast
Listen to my podcast where I discuss real life case studies about the lifetime management problems we all face – such as being a slave to other people’s agendas, monotonous daily routines, chronic lateness and procrastination – and how to break their crippling grip by adopting ten time rich strategies.
lifetime management strategies
Take back control. Slow down time. Live your life to the full!
What is our most valuable resource? Water? Language? Freedom? No. It’s time! But only one in 20 people now feel they have enough time in their lives. So how do the other 95% of us stop time flying by uncontrollably?
Take back control
Many of us live under the illusion that we have little control over our time. We allow other people, external events and internal demons to dictate how we use it. This is not helpful, people! Strategies such as following your own agenda, being on time and just starting can shift this unhealthy perspective.
Slow down time
Time can feel like it’s speeding by in a blur of days, gone before you really appreciate them. Perception of time is influenced by how many inputs your brain is processing, and the emotions linked with what you are doing. Staying busy with purpose, changing your scenery and taking time to pause all help to slow down time.
Live your life to the full!
In day-to-day life, routines often take centre stage. But predictable, repeated activities blend together when you look back, making you feel time poor. To avoid this compression of time and live your life to the full, while also keeping your brain healthy for longer, mix it up, make time for exercise and never stop learning.
speaking and interviews
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Time Rich topics
Can You Slow Down Time?
Whether you can actually slow down time or not (spoiler: you can’t) doesn’t really matter. It’s only your perception of time that makes it feel like life is speeding by, out of control. That, you can change.
Follow Your Own Agenda
Take back control by choosing intentionally to follow your own agenda, rather than allowing other people and events to hijack your time.
Stay Busy
A life filled with high-density, meaningful experiences, conscious engagement and positive emotions makes your brain process more information, effectively stretching and slowing down time.
Mix It Up!
Variety is an important part of the antidote to feeling time poor. Research on neuroplasticity shows that greater cognitive engagement slows down your perception of time.
Be On Time
40% of people are often late, eroding trust and causing stress. The lost self-respect and integrity can be regained, by taking six simple steps, from planning ahead to accepting accountability.
Just Start
Procrastination is an invisible demon causing a paralysing compression of time. But anxiety about a task is almost always worse than the task itself, and I have many tips to help you get started.
Change Your Scenery
New visual environments disrupt the brain’s energy-saving automaticity, laying down more memories. Slow down time by making simple changes to your locations, workplace and your home.
Make Time for Exercise
While lack of time is the number one reason given for not exercising, physical activity is in fact one of the most effective tools for slowing down time. It is a keystone habit for lifetime management.
Take Time To Pause
Taking time to pause is a counterbalance to the modern obsession with constant striving and greater productivity. I show you how taking pauses is a very necessary element of living your life to the full.
Never Stop Learning
Lifelong learning is one of the best ways to create the mental markers that make time feel slower. And there’s a bonus: Learning enhances ‘cognitive reserve’, slowing the decline in brain function as you age.
Keep Looking Forwards
“Look where you’re going, not where you’ve been!” Investing time in shaping your future instead of ruminating over the mistakes of the past, is the final strategy bringing it all together for a Time Rich life.
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Let’s talk
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