Index
ABCDE method of lists, 35–36
action, vs. reaction, 5
activities, of greatest value, 55
administrative tasks, vs. creative
tasks, 71–74
advertisements in magazines, 91
agenda
for meeting, 86–87
for phone call, 82
Akerson, Dan, 33
alternatives, 18–19
anxiety, 11
lack of control and, 1
assumptions, 18
attraction of distraction, 66
balance, 98, 99
Banfield, Edward, 21
batching tasks, 78–80
reading, 90–91
beginning of day, task choices, 42
behaviors, visualizing change, 8–9
beliefs about yourself, 6
Bierce, Ambrose, The Devil’s
Dictionary, 16
Billings, Josh, 28
blocks of time, 71–74
books, decision to read, 91–92
boss, key result areas of, 58
burnout, avoiding, 11–12
change in behavior, visualizing, 8–9
charting projects, 29–33
checklists, 29
clarity, 27, 57–58
in goals, 30
on key result areas, 53
in outcomes, 17
cluttered desk, vs. clear, 96–97
comfort zone, 37, 41
commuting, audio programs
during, 94
concentration, 62–66
consequences of tasks, 35
conversation, with coworkers, 75
correspondence, batching tasks, 78
Covey, Stephen, 17
creative tasks, vs. administrative
tasks, 71–74
curiosity, 81
cushion, in time planning, 63
daily “to-do” list, 34–39
deadline, for goal, 32
decision making, 7, 22–23
decisiveness, 2
delegating work, 37, 59–61
deleting tasks, from to-do list, 37
delusion, quadrant of, 51
depression, lack of control and, 1
desire, 2