Time Management: Proven Techniques for Making Every Minute Count

✍ Scribed by Richard Walsh

• Publisher: Adams Media
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 317
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Are you a slave to your to-do list? At the end of the day, is your list longer than when you started? Are you awash in a sea of sticky notes and memos? Stop! Instead of listing your important tasks, schedule them with a start time and end time. This will help you create a mini-plan for each task, and a workable, productive agenda for your day. This is just one tip from Time Management, Second Edition. And there's more-a lot more. You'll learn how to: Distinguish between the important and the urgentSay "No" and avoid time-wasting tasksDelegate for greater productivityCommunicate more effectivelyUnderstand the many time-management software programs availableCope with stressThis book provides both a framework for building a personal time philosophy and the real-world tips and techniques for becoming more efficient and productive.You have more time than you think. Time Management, Second Edition

✦ Table of Contents

Cover Page......Page 1
Title Page......Page 2
Copyright......Page 4
Contents......Page 7
Introduction......Page 20
Is Time Out of Control?......Page 24
Are You Really as Busy as You Think?......Page 38
Busy or Productive?......Page 50
Can You Really Manage Time?......Page 58
Use the To-Do List Effectively......Page 68
Get Started......Page 85
Is Your Life a Constant Come-from-Behind Rally?......Page 94
Get Organized......Page 103
Is It Really Important — or Merely Urgent?......Page 118
Ways to Avoid Time Traps......Page 130
Seven Time Management Tips for Managers......Page 140
Learning to Say “No”......Page 149
Communications......Page 163
How to Control Paper Flow......Page 174
Turn Downtime into Productive Time......Page 183
Procrastination......Page 195
Time Management for Students......Page 206
Time Management for Project Management......Page 210
Time Management Software......Page 219
Just Don't Do It!......Page 227
Whose Drum Do You March To?......Page 238
Are You Getting Enough Sleep?......Page 250
The War on Stress......Page 262
Don't Let Worry Rob You of Time and Energy......Page 281
Make Time to Think......Page 294
Create a Values-Based Time Management Plan......Page 306