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The book 'When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing' presents several innovative ideas. One of the most surprising is the concept of a 'temporal affective pattern', which suggests that people's energy and positivity levels follow a daily rhythm, peaking in the morning, dipping in the afternoon, and rebounding in the evening. This pattern holds true across all cultures and countries. Another innovative idea is that our perception of time units, such as hours and minutes, is not natural but invented by our ancestors. The only universal time unit is the day.
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What we think of as natural units of time were really invented by our ancestors; and the one universal time unit is the day. Numerous studies have shown that there is a rhythm to the day that holds across all cultures and countries—a "temporal affective pattern" where people are more energized and positive in the morning, plummet into a trough in the afternoon, then rebound in the evening.
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Why is it so hard to concentrate in an afternoon meeting? Why do some people do their best work in the middle of the night? Are there ways to counter...
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