The Little Book of Life Skills: Deal with Dinner, Manage Your Email, Make a Graceful Exit, and 152 Other Expert Tricks

by Erin Zammett Ruddy

With tips from leading experts in every field, The Little Book of Life Skills is the ultimate guide to solving the trickiest tasks in your day, making life easier with more time to do things that bring you joy.

We all have areas of our lives that make us feel disorganised, unprepared or stressed out. From creating a calmer morning routine to setting yourself up for a good night's sleep, and everything in between, there are easy and proven ways to do things better. Whether you need advice on how to end an argument, iron a shirt or keep your inbox under control, Erin has spoken to experts including Arianna Huffington, Gretchen Rubin, Rachael Ray and Dr Oz, and condensed their wisdom into easy to follow steps for all of life's simple and not-so-simple tasks, such as:

- Working from home effectively
- Keeping a houseplant alive
- Unplugging from your phone
- Walking into a room with confidence, and many more

The Little Book of Life Skills offers simple strategies for streamlining your life. It's the perfect guide for anybody who wants to get their life in order, be more efficient throughout the day and finally learn the best way to fold that tricky fitted sheet!

• ISBN10: 1538751704
• ISBN13: 9781538751701
• Publish Date: 15 September 2020
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Balance
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 272
• Language: English

Reviews

[annieb123]

Originally published on my blog: Nonstop Reader.

The Little Book of Life Skills is a nifty handbook and guide for learning how to perform various necessary tasks; "life hacks" if you will. Due out 15th Sept 2020 from Hatchette on their Grand Central Publishing imprint, it's 272 pages and will be available in hardcover, audio, and ebook formats. It's worth noting that the ebook format has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links. I've really become enamored of ebooks with interactive formats lately.

This is a fun and very eclectic collection which includes gems from how to fold sheets to asking for a raise, getting out the door efficiently (and without forgetting anything in the morning, blending the perfect smoothie, jump starting a car and much much more. The tips and tricks are arranged very roughly thematically: wake up and get ready for the day, get from point A to point B, work smarter, have a productive workday, get organized at home, make chores easier, clean anything, be handy, dinnertime tasks, hosting (and guesting), self-care, self confidence (up your personal game), up your interpersonal game, and finish the day strong. There are numerous contributors and the tutorials/suggestions are roughly 2 pages each. There's a contributor bio, lots of links for further reading, and the book seems mostly oriented toward younger fully adult readers, especially those starting out on their own for the first time.

Four stars. Lots of good takeaways here.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.