Why is it that, with the same twenty-four hours, some people seem to accomplish so much while others simply endure? In this unabridged classic—complete with a new introduction and expert reader's notes—Arnold Bennett offers an answer that is neither mystical nor punishing. With the directness of a sensible friend, he urges you to stop treating time as something that happens to you and instead to claim it as your own. He does not promise a busier day, but a richer one: turning the commute into a habit of thought, the morning hour into a sanctuary, the evening into a space for genuine leisure. Bennett's advice is timeless because it addresses the fundamental human problem of attention. This edition preserves every word of the 1908 original, now annotated for the modern reader. Part of The Classic Success Library.