Harriet Takes the Wheel: A Fable that goes from Frenzy to Freedom
Feeling frustrated? Running in circles? Need a break? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this is the book for you. Harriet will help you break away from this frenzy to a life of comfort and ease. Author, Cathleen O’Connor, is an inspirational speaker, writer and consultant, and the inspiration for the book stemmed from her own busy life.
Harriet’s tale is about taking charge of your life. Harriet is a busy hamster who works for Seeds International runs a household. Lately, Harriet has been feeling unmotivated and lethargic. She meets with the Hamsters Capital Management Group (hamster resources, like human resources) where Percy the hamster resource representative signs her up for a time management seminar. Harriet goes to the seminar and tries to follow the steps the instructor gave her but at the end of the week she realizes that the time she’d allotted for each task had prevented her from doing any work at all. Harriet was unable to finish the work that she’d allotted, because her strategy meetings ran overtime and there were a few problems with her European counterpart Bruno.
Harriet’s effort for work life balance is achieved through trial and error. She tried making a lists of the things to do based on urgency and importance and also tried hoga (yoga for hamsters),Though helpful for some hamsters, Harriet felt that they weren’t for her. She later discovers the secret weapon when she meets an interesting hamster who had also been stuck in the corporate cycle. Finally it was the secret weapon that helped Harriet achieve balance and she was all the happier for it.