[brador]

TL;DR: Set aside 90 minutes a day for self improvement. Mostly through knowledge gain, mostly through books.

Still, I recommend skimming the work. There's some good stuff in the chapters. If short of time skip the storytelling at the start.

[PaulAlvares]

Thanks, another members posted this, if you've already read the original this might re-inforce the points in plain old english :) http://lesswrong.com/lw/37y/how_to_live_on_24_hours_a_day/