The Secret Pulse of Time: Making Sense of Life's Scarcest Commodity

What is time—and why is there never enough of it? Journalist and writer Stefan Klein, author of the bestseller “The Happiness Formula,” believes this question cannot be answered clearly or quickly. In this new audiobook, he examines how we perceive time, drawing on data from psychology, philosophy, and neurophysiology—and reaches unexpected conclusions.

It turns out that “inner clocks” follow their own laws and don’t match the passage of time outside. That’s why joyful moments fly by instantly, while unpleasant ones feel endless. The author explains why, due to fatigue, the sense of the present disappears, where that constant rush comes from, and why, with age, years start to feel subjectively faster.

There’s also good news: your internal rhythm can be corrected. Klein shows how to develop concentration, reduce anxiety, and redistribute your workload differently so you can feel again the fullness and richness of life. For practical ways to “tune” your sense of time, listen to the audiobook “The Feeling of Time.”