Successful Time Management For Dummies
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Introduction
Part I. Beginning the Revolution: Simple Steps to Start With
Chapter 1. The Essence of Good Time Management: Organizing Yourself
Chapter 2. Setting Yourself Up for Success
Chapter 3. Linking Time Management to Life Goals
Chapter 4. Putting a Value on Your Time
Part II. Establishing a Good System
Chapter 5. Focusing Your Efforts, Prioritizing Tasks, and Blocking Your Time
Chapter 6. Efficiently Working from a Home Office
Chapter 7. Setting Up and Maintaining a Productive Workspace
Chapter 8. Fine‐Tuning Organization Skills with Technology
Part III. Using Technology to Leverage Your Time
Chapter 9. Leveraging Your Time with Technology
Chapter 10. Controlling Email Overload
Chapter 11. The Facebook Balancing Act
Chapter 12. Twitter: Time Saver or Time Waster
Chapter 13. Creating Effective LinkedIn Strategies
Part IV. Confronting Challenges to Time Management
Chapter 14. Communicating Strategically to Get Results – Fast
Chapter 15. Defending Your Day from Interruptions
Chapter 16. Overcoming Procrastination
Chapter 17. Coping with a Time‐Wasting Boss
Chapter 18. Mastering Meetings with Co‐Workers
Part V. Maintaining Efficiency When Working with Others
Chapter 19. Time Management for Administrative Staff
Chapter 20. Time Management for Salespeople
Chapter 21. Time Management for Business Owners and Executives
Chapter 22. Coaching Others to Manage Time Effectively
Part VI. The Part of Tens
Chapter 23. Ten Time‐Wasting Behaviors
Chapter 24. Ten Time‐Efficient Habits
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Time is the only resource that people can’t borrow, buy, or barter. And time refuses to follow one of the main tenets of the law of supply and demand: the idea that when the demand goes up to a high level, the supply will increase to meet the demand. People may use different amounts of time to accomplish results, but everyone is endowed with the same amount of time each day: 86,400 seconds.
Your ability to manage that time is really one of the top two causes of success or failure in your life. Investing greater amounts of time into a need, goal, objective, or even weakness can tip the balance of success in your favor. At numerous crossroads in life, I had to be willing to apply more time than my competitors to achieve a competitive advantage over them in the marketplace. I certainly didn’t take for granted that my mental power was far superior to that of my competitors. Rather, my willingness to invest more time in certain tasks or use my time more effectively equalized the playing field.
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Evaluating your key work areas can reveal a lot about the person working there. By stepping back from your desk or work area, you can ask the questions, “What type of person works at this desk? Are they organized or unorganized? Does it appear they have an effective system in getting work done? What changes should they make in their organization? Would I trust this person with an important task based on this work environment? What are the reasons I would or wouldn’t?”
You need to have an honest evaluation with yourself, as if you hired a third party or neutral authority to review your work space. What do you see, and what would they see? Then repeat that process for your home office. Does it have the look from an outsider’s as a productive environment? What does your briefcase, computer files, car, purse, closet, house, yard, garage look like? Who is the person who would live this manner? Would you entrust this person with an important task to be completed?
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