Time Management Proven Techniques for Making Every Minute Count

Chapter 12 Learning to Say “No” ...

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A re you one of those busy people who can always be counted on to take on an additional job? You’ll not only serve on the volunt ...

T I M E M A N A G E M E N T Behind this desire may even lurk the fear that, if you don’t work so hard, those around you will sto ...

Why All That “Yes” Sneaks Up on You Glaucoma is a gradual hardening of the eyeball, which if left untreated, can cause blindness ...

T I M E M A N A G E M E N T How Many Jobs Do You Have? Your list of extra commitments may not be complete. You also need to figu ...

Put some numbers next to the items on your activity list. Esti- mate the amount of time you spend in a week, a month, or perhaps ...

T I M E M A N A G E M E N T Another Subjective Method for Trimming the Activity List Go through your activity list twice more. O ...

The “SOmeThing’S gOT TO giVe” TheOrY OF Time managemenT The next time someone asks you to take on a new activity... The next tim ...

T I M E M A N A G E M E N T especially if you don’t get to see them much during the week. Can you work another trade? You’d have ...

How to Say “No” All this figuring and calculating and deciding won’t do you a bit of good if you aren’t able to act on your deci ...

T I M E M A N A G E M E N T This technique works best, obviously, if Bill is not part of the conversation and cannot object. It ...

Chapter 13 Communications ...

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A ll of us communicate, and many of us communicate in writing. We may not write books—or even annual reports or business plans. ...

T I M E M A N A G E M E N T to include and what you can leave out, what points to emphasize, and in what order they need to be p ...

3. Get Off to a Flying Start Formal outlines are a waste of time unless the outline is going to become part of the document, or ...

T I M E M A N A G E M E N T 4. Sustain the Flow Take breaks before you need them. Writing is one of the most tiring things you c ...

The cooling-off period will allow you to gain some objectivity (although you will never be totally objective about your own work ...

T I M E M A N A G E M E N T to the boss why your report caused the client to cancel the contract. No amount of time or effort wi ...