T I M E M A N A G E M E N T
- ChapTer 1: iS Time OUT OF COnTrOL? | Introduction .ix
- Riding the Adrenaline High
- Simple Symptoms and Scary Consequences of Hurry Sickness
- Reports of the “Death of Work” Premature
- We Have Seen the Enemy, and It Is Us
- Just What Is Time, Anyway?
- ChapTer 2: are YOU reaLLY aS BUSY aS YOU ThinK? |
- How We’re Really Spending Our Time
- Super-Size My Day
- Logging Your Time
- ChapTer 3: BUSY Or prODUCTiVe? |
- The Need for Busywork
- Are You Guilty?
- Avoiding Busywork
- ChapTer 4: Can YOU reaLLY manage T ime? |
- Can You Change?
- Just What Can You Do about the Time Crunch?
- Limits to the Traditional Time Management Approach
- So That’s Where the Time Really Goes!
- Some Initial Changes to Get Control of Your Time
- ChapTer 5: USe T he TO-DO LiST eFF eCT iVeLY |
- The To-Do List from Hell
- The Day as You Really Live It
- Suggestions for Creating a Healthy To-Do List
- ChapTer 6: geT STarTeD | iv
- Jump-Start Each Work Session
- Eight Ways to Get a Fast Start
- ChapTer 7: iS YOUr L iFe a COnST anT COme-F rOm-B ehinD raLLY? |
- Call a Time Out
- Taking Mini-Vacations Every Day
- Seven Ways to Go on Vacation Without Leaving Your Desk
- Why the Two-Minute Break Works
- Free 21-Day Satisfaction-Guaranteed Tension Trial
- ChapTer 8: geT OrganiZeD |
- Recognize the Reality
- Capture the Tasks
- Define
- Prioritize
- Schedule
- Evaluation
- ChapTer 9: iS iT reaLLY impOrTanT—Or mereLY UrgenT? |
- The Dilemma of the Ringing Telephone
- Is It Important or Merely Urgent?
- on Trivia and Don’t Spend Enough Time on Essentials The Secret of Time Management Revealed: Why We Waste Time
- Asking the “Want To/Have To” Question
- Knowing When Time Isn’t Really the Problem
- Why You’ll Never Be Able to “Find” Time
- ChapTer 10: WaYS TO aVOiD Time T rapS |
- The One-on-One Meeting
- What’s Wrong with “Buzz Off”?
- What about That Old Standby, “No”?
- The Golden Rule Applied to Three Little Words
- The Group Meeting v
- Maximize Your Meeting Productivity
- ChapTer 11: SeVen T ime managemenT Tip S FOr managerS |
- Never Waste Their Time
- Make Sure the Time Savers Are Really Saving Time
- Your Staff 3. Separate the Important from the Merely Urgent for
- Tell Them Why
- Allow Them Enough Time for the Task
- Encourage Them to Do One Thing Well—at a Time
- Have Productive Staff Meetings
- ChapTer 12: Learning TO SaY “nO” |
- Why We May Have Trouble Saying “No”
- Why All That “Yes” Sneaks Up on You
- How Many Jobs Do You Have?
- Commitments A Qualitative Method for Computing the Cost of Your
- Another Subjective Method for Trimming the Activity List
- The “Something’s Got to Give” Theory
- Heartless or Practical?
- How to Say “No”
- ChapTer 13: COmmUni CaTiOnS |
- Tips for Writing It Right—and Fast—the First Time
- A Cautionary Note about Editing
- A Few Cautions About Instant Writing
- ChapTer 14: hOW TO COnTrOL paper FLOW |
- 10 Ways to Reduce, Control, and Eliminate Paper
- ChapTer 15: TUrn DOWnTime inTO prODUCTiVe Time |
- Why Don’t Adults Get Bored?
- The Wrong Way to Do Away with Waiting.
- One Way to Eliminate Some of the Waiting vi
- Make the Wait Matter Less
- You’ll Always Have to Wait
- More Productive and Less Stressed How to Use the Wait Time: Three Steps That Will Make You
- Results of Turning the Wait into a Rest
- ChapTer 16: prOCraST inaTiOn |
- Put Off Putting Off Six Reasons Why We Procrastinate and Six Strategies to
- The Magic Bullet for Procrastination
- ChapTer 17: Time managemenT FOr STUDenTS |
- Principles of Time Management for Students
- ChapTer 18: Time managemenT FOr prOJeCT managemenT |
- Where to Start
- Building a Project Framework
- Task Allocation
- Time Estimating
- Managing the Project
- Quality Control
- Summary
- ChapTer 19: Time managemenT SOFTWare |
- The Future Is Here
- Project Management Software
- Information Capture, Sharing, and Development Software
- Collaboration Software
- Personal Organization Software and To-Do List Managers
- ChapTer 20: JUST DOn’T DO iT! |
- How to Eliminate Unnecessary Steps
- Work Avoidance Work Two More Forms of Unnecessary Work—Busy Work and
- The “Not-To-Do” List and the “Let Others Do It” List
- Delegating, Swapping, and Letting Go
- Do It Now, Do It Later, or Do It Never
- Tenet of Time Management Peeling Off the Layers of Perfection: The “Good Enough”
- ChapTer 21: WhOSe D rUm DO YOU marCh TO? |
- Learn to Keep Time to Your Own Rhythms
- You Wanted To? What Would You Do if You Could Do Whatever
- So, What Can You Do about It?
- How to Find Your Rhythm
- ChapTer 22: are YOU geTT ing enOUgh SLeep? |
- How Much Sleep Is Enough, Anyway?
- The “Normal” Sleep Cycle
- So, What Should You Do about Sleeping?
- Six Steps for Getting a Good Night’s Sleep
- If Sleeplessness Persists
- Is It a Problem or Just a Pattern?
- ChapTer 23: The War O n STre SS |
- The Parable of the Mice in the Refrigerator
- The Fun Stuff Is Also Stressful
- The Bozo Factor
- Stress Happens
- Being Blessedly Stressed
- Three Great Lies of Our Age
- The Fundamental Truth about Stress
- How You Can Reduce Your Stress Levels
- ChapTer 24: DOn’T LeT WOrrY rOB YOU OF Time anD energY | viii
- Three Ways to Worry
- Measuring the Worth of Worry
- Ten Ways to Get Rid of Your Worries.
- The Five Faces of Worry
- What to Do When It’s More Than Worry
- ChapTer 25: maKe T ime TO ThinK |
- Why You Shut Yourself Off from Your Good Ideas
- Welcoming the Ah-Ha!
- Creating the Ah-Ha on Demand
- New Age? Nonsense
- ChapTer 26: CreaTe a V aLU eS-BaSeD Time managemenT pLan |
- Your Values? Does the Way You Spend Your Time Truly Reflect
- Are You Mistaken about Your Priorities?
- Why Aren’t You Spending Time on the Important Stuff?
- Live a Values-Centered Life
- Index