Time Management

you on the payroll?” This is a key organizing question that you should be asking yourself every minute of every day— especially ...

Keep on Track A second question with regard to key result areas is: “What can only I do that, if done really well, will make a r ...

Define Your Key Result Areas There are seldom more than five to seven key result areas in any job. Each KRA is a specific task t ...

3.Recruiting (finding the right people to work with you to achieve the goals) 4.Delegating (making sure that people know exactly ...

help them to be crystal-clear about the most valuable and important things that they can do, and then to help them achieve those ...

11 Delegate to Others ELEVEN ONE OF THE GREATESTtime management tools is for you to get someone else to do the task completely. ...

that allows you to leverage your talent and skill and multi- ply it timesall the people who can be given smaller parts of the wo ...

The best news is that all business skills are learnable. Every idea in this book is something that you can master with practice ...

Concentrate Single-Mindedly TWELVE CONCENTRATION AND single-handling are essential requirements for all great achievement. Conce ...

Always allow enough time for your top priorities. Figure out how much time it is going to take to do the job and then add 30 per ...

motion studies comparing the output of people who con- centrated single-mindedly vs. the output of people who went back and fort ...

task, you must shift all of your attention and energy to the new task. When you turn back to the previous task, you are simply m ...

weekend, when you can concentrate single-mindedly with- out interruption of any kind. Another key to single-minded concentration ...

13 Overcome Procrastination THIRTEEN IT HAS BEEN SAIDthat “procrastination is the thief of time.” A wise man in one of my semina ...

imum, you must resolve to engage in “creative procrastina- tion” from this day forward. Consciously and deliberately decide whic ...

Completing Larger Tasks Henry Ford once wrote, “Any goal can be achieved if you break it down into enough small parts.” Any big ...

strategy will get you started on the project and make it easier to complete parts two, three, four, and so on. Develop a Sense o ...

14 Create Blocks of Time FOURTEEN YOU REQUIRE UNBROKENblocks of time for maximum accomplishment. The more important your work is ...

Don’t Mix Creative and Administrative You cannot mix creative tasks with functional or administra- tive tasks. You cannot really ...

Another time that you can use to your advantage is lunchtime. This is a great opportunity for you to shut off your phone, turn o ...