“Time is money” - with this capacious aphorism Benjamin Franklin has gone down in history forever. In fact, if you think about it, time is much more valuable than money. Time is life, says the classic of Russian literature Daniil Granin in his book. Every day, every half hour is a life that cannot be returned for any money. So you shouldn't think down on seconds ...
This Strange Life was first published in 1974, then has been reprinted many times and has been translated into several languages, including English and German. The book describes unique System time tracking created and used scientist Alexander Lyubishchev. This System, which Lyubishchev applied for 56 years (from 1916 to 1972) every day, regardless of weekends and holidays, personal and social upheavals. And this System has shown its exceptional effectiveness in achieving the greatest creative output from versatile scientific activities.
The system of scrupulous recording of the time of his own life allowed the scientist to increase the resource of his life for his own and public benefit and thus became an important tool not only for increasing labor productivity, but also for the moral fulfillment of life. In fact, Granin argues, the productivity of Lyubishchev's work was much - several times more than that of himself, although Granin was generally satisfied with the results of his creative work. But Lyubishchev did much more in his "strange" life. The system disciplined and motivated him to control time, and this led to amazing results. It is all the same as if Lyubishchev additionally lived another full life. And at the same time, he did not deny himself anything - he talked, wrote letters, walked, bathed, observed nature, read many books, listened to music, attended the opera. He had enough time for everything, for which an ordinary modern person often does not have time. He lived in the province (in last years in Ulyanovsk), did not strive to make a career. He was, and did not seem. And he did not work at night, but he had enough time for everything.
In addition to the System, Lyubishchev had several interesting rules:
1. I have no binding orders.
2. I do not take urgent orders.
3. In case of fatigue, I immediately stop work and rest.
4. I sleep a lot, about ten hours.
5. Combine tedious activities with enjoyable ones.
Most people imperceptibly and thoughtlessly spend their lives, not setting high goals for themselves and not even imagining what they are capable of and what they could accomplish in their lives. Anyone who at least once became acquainted with the Lyubishchev System falls under its magnetism and then returns to it again and again. I can state this with full responsibility, since I first read this book four decades ago. And all this time, I quite often returned in my thoughts to the ideas gleaned in This Strange Life. I will not lie: I did not use the Lyubishchev System in its entirety, which can only be regretted. But I involuntarily applied some important basic ideas of this book in my life and achieved something precisely thanks to the moral lesson learned from the creative fate of Lyubishchev. Daniil Granin writes about the same, regretting that he did not apply the System in his life:
“It is sad, of course, that the age is not the same and you cannot use the experience of Lyubishchev. You shouldn't even count how many years and other things were lost (for no good reason). On the other hand, one must be consistent: if no time is short, then it means that it can never be too late to enter into a new relationship with Time. No matter how long a person is left to live and on what distance this thought may catch him! .. And even the less time is left, the smarter it is to spend it. "
The most important lesson that this book teaches is not pedantic accounting at all, but moral, ethical. And to live with full dedication is not at all a feat or labor heroism, but simply a well, reasonably lived life, which cannot be reduced to only one benefit.
Daniil Granin wrote his book in the genre of documentary prose. It was with great pleasure that I contradicted this book, excellently published by the publishing house "Mann, Ivanov and Ferber", and again became convinced that many of Granin's thoughts and metaphors make a strong impression on me. The ancient Greeks compared time to a stream. Lyubishchev in this stream is a hydroelectric station, a hydroelectric unit, with its blades a breathtaking stream going through us. It can be said in another way: Granin showed the vastness of Time within us, whole undeveloped deposits discovered by Lyubishchev, huge deposits of Time in the depths of human existence. This is the true wealth of life. But I liked another metaphor even more: every day in the Lyubishchev System absorbed the most important, essential - like a green leaf absorbs the sun with its entire surface. And the rest of the people are left with dead, lost Times, lost years, once full of youthful strength and hopes, which turn into empty, dried remains of Time, like dried leaves ...
Once, in my student years, I relished this book by Daniel Granin, enjoying every page, every idea, every turn of thought ... Then this book was perceived as a sensation, as a real guide to action, helping to understand something extremely important and intelligently organize my own a life. Today, everyone around has become business, everyone values their precious time, there are many books and courses on time management. But it offers purely technological methods and tricks, but not new ethics. That is why I recommend to everyone who has not read it before, by all means turn to this solid and time-tested, like a good cognac, book by Daniel Granin. And be sure to give this book to children to read. It is very important that as many young people as possible get distracted from their computers and social networks and have read this valuable book. (I suspect that all these fashionable gadgets and smartphones do not save time, but kill it under all sorts of plausible pretexts.) Maybe then the current generation will not be lost, but will be able to concentrate their consciousness on vital goals and learn how to achieve them.
Daniil Granin is the winner of the 2012 Big Book Prize. I happened to see and listen to the famous writer during the International Book Fair of Intellectual Literature non / fictio№14 at the Central House of Artists in Moscow on November 28, 2012. For a long time, Daniil Granin did not touch his front-line heritage, although he went through almost the entire war. He wrote about "his war" only 65 years after the Victory, and at the age of 93 he received the Grand Prix of the most prestigious Russian literary prize "Big Book" for the novel "My Lieutenant". Many readers know and love the books of Daniil Granin with early years, after all, many were brought up on his books "I'm going into a thunderstorm", "Bison", "Painting", "Rain in a strange city", "namesake". He presented at last year's non / fiction fair a new edition of The Blockade Book, written by him together with the writer and publicist Ales Adamovich. At one time in Soviet Leningrad, this book was banned for publication. At the fair, Granin was awarded a well-deserved prize "For Honor and Dignity".
Life stories famous people always motivate. They point the way to success. Do you think, "If this guy managed to pull this off, how am I worse?" And then the colossal work on self-improvement begins - priorities change, habits change. But the main difficulty lies in the search for the "correct" book that can turn consciousness. The story "This Strange Life", written by Daniil Granin, is an ideal candidate for the role of a moral mentor and ideological inspirer. The book tells about the life and scientific work of Alexander Lyubishchev, a brilliant scientist who knew how to subordinate time, and not obey it.!
The writer of the Soviet period preferred to write about the life and work of famous academicians, physicists, mathematicians, biologists, focusing not only on known facts from their biographies, but also on the inner world of geniuses.
It is no coincidence that Daniil Granin chose Alexander Lyubishchev as the hero of the book This Strange Life. The author is impressed by the life charter, which guided the hero of his story. The author was faced with a difficult task - appealing with boring facts to create an exciting story that fully reflects Lyubishchev's relationship to the then system. Thus, the reader is offered a story not only about the scientist's contribution to the development of science, but also about his personal achievements related to the perseverance of character, disobedience and courage. The dominant features of the protagonist were chosen - determination and strength. The strangeness of the academician, which was noticed by everyone who knew him, also did not go unnoticed by the writer. However, the main achievement of Alexander Lyubishchev is the creation effective system distribution of time, which he used throughout his life. The method of increasing personal effectiveness according to Lyubishchev is very similar to modern time management practices, and therefore the scientist is credited with the authorship of this system. You can listen to the audiobook in mp3 or read online "This Strange Life" by Daniil Granin on KnigoPoisk.
In his book This Strange Life, Daniil Granin describes the life of a dedicated person. His hero does not recognize authorities and can accurately calculate his time for a day, a month, and even a year in advance. It was the temporary registration system that allowed Lyubishchev to become what history remembered him to be. This is something worth learning from him.
The modern variety of books on self-development and motivation offers a colossal number of textbooks to increase personal effectiveness by keeping time records, and few people take this book seriously, and in vain. Easy narrative style of the author, Interesting Facts and everyday background will tell you in the best way how to master time management and apply its canons in practice.
A strong motivational boost is what you get after reading This Strange Life. It's never too late to start, the main thing is not to stop - the main conclusion that you will make for yourself, but by no means the only one. Read to anyone looking for a powerful dose of motivation and inspiration!
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This Strange Life is a book by the Russian writer Daniil Granin, which has been reprinted many times over the more than forty years of its existence. In his work, the writer tells about the life of Alexander Lyubishchev, a famous Soviet biologist and mathematician. His way of life can be called strange in some ways. This person is considered one of the founders of time management, although earlier it was called differently.
Many people strive to plan their time, but every now and then they deviate from the plan, because life sometimes presents surprises. And sometimes it is done deliberately at all. It is difficult to imagine someone who is able to constantly monitor all his affairs, who will know what he will do tomorrow, in a month or a year. And Alexander Lyubishchev knew it. All his life he lived according to a clearly written plan and went to his goals. With almost 100% probability, everything that he planned happened.
The ability to control your time and follow your own created laws of its distribution for many, many years evoke a feeling of deep respect. The scientist highly appreciated every moment of his life and that is why he was able to make a great contribution to science. He, as a true scientist, questioned everything, and only facts could convince him. His diaries are clearly structured and accurately describe what happened in his life at a particular point in time. This not only surprises and delights, but also motivates, showing that you can do a lot in life if you only know how to manage your time.
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This strange life
I wanted to tell about this man in such a way as to adhere to the facts and to make it interesting. It is rather difficult to reconcile both of these requirements. Facts are interesting when you don't have to stick to them. One could try to find some fresh method and, using it, build an entertaining plot out of the facts. That there was mystery and struggle and danger. And so that, with all that, the reliability remains.
It was customary to portray, for example, this man as a soldered lone fighter against powerful opponents. One against all. Better yet, all against one. Injustice immediately attracts sympathy. But in fact it was just - one against all. He attacked. He was the first to jump in and crush. The meaning of his scientific struggle was quite complex and controversial. It was a real scientific struggle, where no one manages to be completely right. It was possible to ascribe a simpler problem to him, add it, but then it was inconvenient to leave the real name. Then it was necessary to give up many other surnames. But then no one would have believed me. In addition, I wanted to pay tribute to this person, to show what a person is capable of.
Of course, authenticity got in the way, tied my hands. Much easier to deal with a fictional hero. He is both docile and frank - the author knows all his thoughts and intentions, his past and future.
I had another task: to introduce into the reader all the useful information, to give descriptions - of course, amazing, amazing, but, unfortunately, not suitable for literary work... Rather, they were suitable for a popular science essay. Imagine that there is a description of fencing inserted in the middle of The Three Musketeers. The reader will surely skip these pages. And I had to force the reader to read my information, because this is the most important thing ...
I wanted a lot of people to read about him, for the sake of this, in essence, this thing was started.
... The secret could also be hooked on. The promise of a secret, a secret - it always attracts, especially since this secret is not invented: I really fought for a long time over the diaries and archive of my hero, and everything that I got from there was a discovery for me, a solution to the secret of an amazing life.
However, to be honest, this secret is not accompanied by adventures, chases, intrigues and dangers.
The secret is about how to live better. And here, too, one can arouse curiosity by announcing that this thing - about the most instructive example of the best arrangement of life - gives a unique System of life.
"Our System allows you to achieve great success in any field, in any profession!"
"The system provides the highest achievements with the most ordinary abilities!"
"You get not an abstract system, but a guaranteed, proven by many years of experience, affordable, productive ..."
"Minimum costs - maximum effect!"
"The best in the world!.."
One could promise the reader to tell about the unknown to him outstanding person XX century. To write a portrait of a moral hero, with such high rules of morality that now seem to be old-fashioned. The life he lived is outwardly the most ordinary, according to some signs even unlucky; from the point of view of the layman, he is a typical loser, but according to the inner meaning he was a harmonious and happy person, and his happiness was of the highest standard. Frankly, I thought that people of this magnitude have grown up, these are dinosaurs ...
As in the old days the earth was discovered, as astronomers discover the stars, so a writer may be lucky enough to discover a person. There are great discoveries of characters and types: Goncharov discovered Oblomov, Turgenev discovered Bazarova, Cervantes discovered Don Quixote.
This was also a discovery, not of a general type, but of a kind of personal, mine, and not of a type, but rather of an ideal; however, this word did not fit either. For the ideal, Lyubishchev was also not suitable ...
I was sitting in a large, uncomfortable audience. A naked light bulb sharply illuminated the gray and bald patches, the sleek comb of graduate students, the long hairs and fashionable wigs and the curly blackness of the negroes. Professors, doctors, students, journalists, historians, biologists ... Most of all there were mathematicians, because it happened at their faculty - the first meeting in memory of Alexander Alexandrovich Lyubishchev.
This Strange Life is a book by Daniil Granin about the Soviet genius of time management, Alexander Lyubyashchy. In fact, this book is a creatively interpreted biography of Alexander Alexandrovich Lubyuschiy - a man who planned and took into account every minute of his life, i.e. brought time management techniques to the max.
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Name: This strange life
The year of publishing: 1974
This Strange Life is a book by Daniil Granin about the Soviet genius of time management, Alexander Lyubyashchy. In fact, this book is a creatively interpreted biography of Alexander Alexandrovich Lubyuschiy - a man who planned and took into account every minute of his life, i.e. brought time management techniques to the max. At the same time, D. Granin clearly demonstrates that the total control of his time by A.A. Loving people led the latter not to the mechanization of life and detachment from the world, but on the contrary to the rich, rich and fruitful history of the great scientist, thinker, personality.
This book was suggested by Alexander Chupin
Alexander Alexandrovich Lyubishchev (1890-1972) - entomologist, specialist in one of the most complex subfamilies of leaf beetles, the so-called earthen flea beetles (Chrysomelidae: Alticinae), and plant protection. Known for his work over general by application mathematical methods in biology, by common problems biological taxonomy, theory of evolution and philosophy.
He created a time tracking system, which he used for 56 years (from 1916 to 1972). Actually, he is the founder and developer of the principles of goal setting and time tracking, today called time management.
He spoke several languages: English, German, Italian, French, and the first two he studied in transport.
about the author
Granin Daniel- a classic of Russian literature, whose writing career began back in 1949. Author of more than 30 books, over a dozen of them have been filmed. Laureate of foreign and domestic literary prizes, twice laureate State Prize, winner of the 2012 Big Book Prize.
