Time Management Proven Techniques for Making Every Minute Count

Chapter 8 Get Organized ...

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A report issued by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in 1999 on stress in the work- place conclu ...

T I M E M A N A G E M E N T Recognize the Reality We face many tasks, from the small and insignificant (oiling that squeaky hing ...

fer excessively from others’ attempts to take advantage of you. But generally, others are just trying to do their jobs, and the ...

T I M E M A N A G E M E N T “Spending time with family”? You certainly can capture your son’s weekly lacrosse games and your dau ...

and squirting a few drops on the hinge... and wiping up the oil that dripped on the floor. If you know where to find the oil and ...

T I M E M A N A G E M E N T reach your goals, so it’s necessary to define your goals before you can determine your priorities. D ...

Figure 8.2 Either of these grids offers an excuseless means of qualifying the nature of a task. You may wish to assign a rating ...

T I M E M A N A G E M E N T in which to complete the plan. A to-do list by itself does not accom- plish this, and makes your tas ...

us will not be surprised, however, but will continue to schedule tasks in the time slots remaining, and when the schedule is ful ...

T I M E M A N A G E M E N T priority score, decide how much time you want to allocate to each. A two-hour task may not be worth ...

Chapter 9 Is It really Important— or Merely Urgent? ...

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W hat’s next? You face that question hundreds of times each day, from the moment you wake up until you lapse back into sleep. Yo ...

T I M E M A N A G E M E N T consciously. You may now be choosing your level of clothing (if not the specific tie or earrings) by ...

with, the single most important person to you on the face of the planet. Now do you want to answer the phone? Well, sure, of cou ...

T I M E M A N A G E M E N T Case B is a little tougher. Of course you care about Carol and Bobby and the whole unfolding soap op ...

is at stake (or at least seems to be, and there’s no way you’d take a chance with something like that), and the situation demand ...

T I M E M A N A G E M E N T We also have extremely important choices that don’t carry with them any sense of urgency. Of course ...