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Zen To Done is a simple system to help you get organized and productive--keeping your life saner and less stressed--with a set of simple habits. Zen To Done takes some of the best aspects of popular productivity systems (GTD, Stephen Covey, and others), then combines and simplifies them, giving you just what you need--and no more. Simply put, ZTD teaches you: (1) The key habits needed to be organized and productive. (2) How to implement these habits. (3) How to organize the habits into a simple system that will keep everything in your life in its place. (4) How to simplify what you need to do. (5) How to implement an even simpler version called Minimal ZTD. If you're tired of doing things the hard way and just want a simple, easy, yet effective way to accomplish your goals, Zen To Done is just what you need.

Is this the right book for me? Improve your Time Management is the definitive guide to the basics of time management - the art of organizing your life so that you are in control. You don't need complicated equipment, dozens of staff or a six-month break to learn how to save time and achieve more. All you need is a willingness to try some of the ideas in this book and the energy to start now. The book starts by asking you what you want to do with your life and explains how to work out how you really spend your time. It helps you to find out what you do that wastes time and tells you how to eliminate it then shows you how to plan your life better so that you deal with important activities and tasks at the most appropriate times. It tackles time-wasting activities such as paperwork, phone calls and meetings. And just to make sure that you aren't the only person in your office working at optimum efficiency, it explains how to instill good time management practices in your staff. By the time you finish the book, you will not only be using your time more effectively but will have more of it. This book will help you turn time into your best friend rather than your worst enemy. Improve Your Time Management includes: Chapter 1: Choose your personal priorities Chapter 2: How much time have you got? Chapter 3: Plan your time Chapter 4: Using transition time Chapter 5: Conquer procrastination Chapter 6: Learn to say 'no' Chapter 7: Reduce paperwork Chapter 8: Subdue your phone Chapter 9: Master your meetings Chapter 10: The art of delegating Chapter 11: Deal with information overload Chapter 12: Time management training Learn effortlessly with a new easy-to-read page design and added features: Not got much time? One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started. Author insights Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author's many years of experience. Test yourself Tests in the book and online to keep track of your progress. Extend your knowledge Extra online articles to give you a richer understanding of time management. Try this Innovative exercises illustrate what you've learnt and how to use it.

Time management is not only a basic management technique, it is also an essential life-skill, and yet for many people 80% of achievement still comes from only 20% of the day. By demonstrating why and where time gets wasted this book will enable managers to be more productive in less time. Covering issues such as delegation, prioritization, personal organization, procrastination and stress it develops new frameworks and theories in improving time management skills, whilst end of chapter action plans ensure that the theory is related to real life.