Book description
Every significant choice, every important decision we make, is
determined by our perception of time. This is the most influential
force in our lives, yet we are virtually unaware of it. In this
fascinating book, the award-winning past president of the American
Psychological Association, Philip Zimbardo, and his co-author, John
Boyd, show how:
- the way you perceive time is as unique as your fingerprints
- these individual time perspectives shape your life, and the world
around you
- you can change the way you perceive time, so you get the most out
of every minute
- if you don't, the power of time in the modern world is so immense
that it will take its toll on you
The Time Paradox is a highly readable, stimulating look at a
subject that absorbs us all.
Philip Zimbardo is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Stanford
University and has also taught at Yale, NYU and Columbia, and is past
president of the American Psychological Association. He is renowned
for his world-famous Stanford Prison Experiments, his studies on
shyness and, more recently, for his breakthrough work on time. He also
presented the award-winning video series Discovering Psychology. He
lives in San Francisco but travels widely. See his website www.
zimbardo. com
John Boyd received his doctorate in psychology from Stanford
University, where he worked closely with Philip developing the
Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory. He is currently Research Manager
at Google.
