"Forget the 24/7 lifestyle; productivity expert Juliet Funt explains how to avoid burnout, speed execution, reduce waste, and help teams do more meaningful work by introducing strategic pauses--what she calls "whitespaces"--into their work days and theirpersonal lives"-- Provided by publisher.

Part I. The culture of insatiability -- The missing element: our hidden yearning for space -- The false god of busyness: why work is so much work -- Part II. The white space way -- The strategic pause: making space a daily reality -- The thieves of time:identifying the forces against us -- The simplification questions: reclaiming the best by removing the rest -- Hallucinated urgency: unhooking from the culture of now -- Part III. Applying the principles -- The tool that turned on us: defeating the emailbeast -- How the best teams talk: elevating our communication -- Meetings done better: experiencing the gains of getting together -- The white space team: creating new norms together -- Life beyond work: don't miss the ride -- Epilogue: under the limestone mountain.