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Want to get more done in your life...? Want to create more space
for yourself...? Want to transform the way you look at your
time...? You do? Here's how we can help: A small book, full of big
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water goes cold. A provocative book to get you thinking differently
in no time. Drawing on insights gained through coaching thousands
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addressed, in order to help you get more of the important things
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drive improvements in your personal productivity. So, do you want
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Time Management is the most essential part of a successful life.
The most successful individuals are the ones that have mastered
their time management. Time is money indeed and the more you use
time efficiently, the more wealth you can create. Everyone has the
same amount of time. You have 84,600 seconds a day. The question
is: how will you use that time? What will you do with it? This book
offers simple ways that will help you manage your time more
efficiently, make better use of it. It will also show you ways to
waste much less time. You will be able to learn quickly how to be
pro-active and not get stopped by procrastination. Slavica Bogdanov
retired at age 39 by using proven methods of success. She always
says she has a lot of time on her hands and many are puzzled on how
much she can accomplish in a short amount of time. She shares 101
Easy Ways to Save Time Every Day so that, you to, can have more
time to enjoy life and its pleasures. http: //www.slavicainc.com
Time management is a common problem faced by most of us. Often
times, when you are swarmed with multiple tasks at once, it becomes
extremely difficult to identify which ones you must complete first.
Too often, people eat up what is supposed to be their free time to
be able to accomplish all pending tasks in time.
The Pitfalls of Multitasking in Business and Society This fast
paced era is characterized by a constant influx of information in
the form of Email, Facebook, Twitter Alerts, etc. Our social and
professional lives have become so demanding that sometimes
multitasking seems like the only solution to the multitude of
problems and complications that characterize our lives. However,
according to science, this is merely a deception because
multitasking does not help us accomplish anything out of the
ordinary. I was a so called "multitasker" at one time, until one
day I discovered that multitasking really did not exist. I
personally found that it was conjured up by industrial gurus and
consultants in an effort to increase productivity using less
people. Organizations thought it would be better to have one person
do several tasks simultaneously. This philosophy led to
"downsizing," which was in reality the sacking of several
employees, decreased budgets and overall more responsibilities. It
worked fairly well for a one-person business and very small
business, but could not succeed in major companies and
organizations where profit margins increased but productivity and
quality decreased. People that were left on the job, after the huge
downsizing, simply did have more work to do, thus they had to start
what became popularly known as, multitasking . My personal
definition of this word is: "the Perception of doing more than two
things in one single instance of time." This happened all across
the industrial board and quality has definitively suffered. Its
overall effects of diminishing quality are yet to surface, but they
will Why You Should Stop According to different scientific studies,
we do not possess the ability to carry out different tasks that
require a conscious effort on our part. If we engage in two or more
conscious activities at the same time then the accuracy and quality
of our work will be affected. Therefore, due to our inherent
limitations, it is imperative for employers and managers to realize
that the multitasking culture that they support is in fact
unhealthy for them and the employees, as well as the company or
organization. It is important to associate realistic expectations
with a person's ability to multi task. This does not mean that we
should not engage in multitasking at all; it means that we should
be wise about the tasks that we decide to pair. If we are working
on a demanding task then we should pair it with a task that does
not involve much use of our mental faculties (the routine tasks).
However, before going any further and accepting the relevance of
multitasking, it is crucial to ask ourselves if multitasking is
really the solution to our problems. Benefits of this Book The idea
behind this book is not to dismiss the fundamentals of multitasking
but to adopt certain strategies to do several tasks, focusing and
concentrating on each one separately for the perfect execution of
each. If you are spending time worrying and getting stressed out
about too many "to-dos" on your list NOT getting done, you should
add The Pitfalls of Multitasking in Business and Society" to your
reference library now. It is guaranteed to reduce your stress to a
comfortable level.
There fs just too much to do There is a lot to do. There is a lot
to do at home or at work. Sometimes it just feels overwhelming. Don
ft you wish you could be more productive?The Special Forces Green
Berets are known as masters at getting things done. By normal
standards, some of their missions would be deemed impossible. Often
times they are expected to operate far behind enemy lines with
limited resources. Their training gives them principles and
techniques in being extremely effective and doing more with less.
By using some of their principles you will be able to: Plan and use
your time more effectively Increase your confidence Reduce
distractions Train for success Improve commitment and much
moreMichael Martel uses his real experiences as a Green Beret to
illustrate how you can use these techniques in your life to gget er
done. h It is a great, interesting read that will make you much
more effective in your daily activities.
Tina, a graphic designer, is struggling to build her own
business in the face of mounting financial pressure as her
husband's work hours have been cut. When a business conference
doesn't go according to plan, Tina cashes in all her frequent flyer
miles for a first-class upgrade for the return home.
On the flight, she begins a friendship with Regina King, an
elderly business woman with a past. The older woman offers Tina a
gift: an antique silver pocket watch. This watch has a secret: the
inscription changes each day, sharing messages of inspiration, and
challenging the owner to improve their life.
Can Tina master the lessons of The Secret Watch and turn her
business (and her life) around before time runs out?
The Secret Watch is the first-ever business parable written
specifically for women entrepreneurs. Each inscription is based on
the Five Key Areas of Success that Lisa Robbin Young coaches her
clients on in The PEACE System priority management program for
creative entrepreneurs.
An easy-to-use analysis and synthesis of the advice of 25 of the
world's top time management experts presented by the authors of the
five volume Guru Guide series. Covers.... How to define personal
and professional goals, How to identify and reduce time wasters,
How to prepare and use a To-Do List, How to stop procrastinating,
How to say NO, How to hold effective meetings, and How to use the
5S process to get organized. Contains over 200 tips, tools, and
techniques for getting organized and managing your time from 23 of
the world's experts on time management.
In today's 21st workplace getting results to keep your professional
edge is of the utmost importance. Yet in today's fast past, high
demand work environments, getting meaningful results is feeling
ever more elusive. More and more in today's work climates the
satisfaction of results is being replaced with feelings of
overwhelm and stress. With layoffs and budget cuts, many are
struggling to stay afloat let alone enjoy a sense of meaningful
accomplishment. They are swimming in mounds of paperwork and emails
while negotiating the pressures of competing priorities and the
demands of their boss. If this remotely describes your work
experience, this book is meant to come to your rescue It's based on
the wildly popular seminar of a similar name and addresses many of
the challenging elements of a work day that impact that feeling of
meaningful achievement and success. The content of this book
addresses many of components of the everyday work experience and is
written through the lens of time and organizational management. It
has been delivered to thousands of seminar attendees across the
country, from a breath of public, governmental and non profit
companies. The foundational premise of this book - every activity -
is really a time management issue. "Consider this activity list..."
-managing interruptions -paperwork -your boss -finding items in
your workspace -competing priorities -feeling stressed and
overwhelmed -how you make decisions -email overload -how your
personality impacts your productivity -to name a few This book
addressed them all, and that's what makes this book different.It's
doesn't address just one singular element (e.g. only time
management), but covers many areas and thereby offers more value
than a typical "how to manage time or get more organized" book. So
if you want to... - feel more in control and competent - find
things in your workspace quickly - confidently negotiate your work
load - effectively manage interruptions with tact - get more done
in the same amount of time - minimize feeling stressed - be a more
skilled decision maker - get simple tips for efficiently managing
email - experience higher levels of work satisfaction then this
book is for you Consider it your portable seminar and me, your
portable coach To your success
Most people often misunderstand time management. They see it in a
very limited sense as synonymous to constructing the timetable of
daily or weekly activities and strictly following that schedule.
Some sophistication is added to the process by introducing
prioritization of activities in deciding the calendar. But time
management is much more than this. In this book it is described as
taking control of our life and managing ourselves. It emphasizes on
the correct choice of projects, tasks and activities related to
your short-term, long-term and lifetime aspirations, objectives and
goals. Therefore, a thorough knowledge of time management in its
new avatar becomes imperative. To facilitate gaining the knowledge
in this important subject in the shortest possible time, the
authors Shyam Bhatawdekar and Dr Kalpana Bhatawdekar included only
the appropriate "essentials" of time management in the book. The
authors are top-notch business executives, highly sought after
business and management consultants, eminent management gurus,
authentic human behavior experts and prolific authors. So the book
becomes an authentic document.
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