Margin: Restoring Emotional, Physical, Financial, and Time Reserves to Overloaded Lives

Author: Richard A. Swenson, M.D.
Publisher: Revised Edition; Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2004. 214 pages
Category: Time, Self-Control

Synopsis: As a medical professional, Dr. Richard Swenson has witnessed the debilitating effects that living overloaded can have on individuals and families. This book is his attempt to make us aware of the different forces and interests that tend to gather and crowd our lives to the point where we are working too hard with little to no room left for the unexpected. His remedy to burnout is to create and defend a margin in our calendars, pocketbooks, and energy levels so that we can successfully navigate the demands of life.

Value: This book manages to inform us of scientific information that is valuable for life as well as provide practical and relevant advice for solving the problem of being to overloaded. Because the demands on a man’s time only increase in intensity over the years, we could benefit greatly from Dr. Swenson’s Bible-based wisdom.