Summary

Part II: The Solution: The Four Rules for Fair Play

Chapter 3 is titled “Rule #1: All Time Is Created Equal” and opens with the statement, “Let's call a spade a spade” (51). Eve was on her way to the airport when her husband texted that someone left a beer and a jacket on her lawn. She could not imagine what she was supposed to do about it from the road. When she got home, she found the jacket and beer were still on the lawn. Her husband had put the kids to bed hours earlier and had time to do other things, including work out, leaving the jacket and beer for Eve to handle. It took her 12 minutes to throw the items in a bag and take the bag to the outdoor bin, and wondered why this was...