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Time Management Proven Techniques for Making Every Minute Count – Richard Walsh

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«Time Management: Proven Techniques for Making Every Minute Count» by Richard Walsh is a practical guide that empowers individuals to optimize their use of time effectively. Through a blend of strategies, tips, and exercises, Walsh equips readers with the tools needed to enhance productivity and achieve their goals.

Опираясь на обширные исследования и личный опыт, Уолш исследует различные аспекты управления временем, включая расстановку приоритетов, преодоление прокрастинации и управление отвлекающими факторами. Он подчеркивает важность организации и планирования, предлагая практические советы по созданию графиков, списков дел и рамок постановки целей.

Walsh’s approach is grounded in simplicity and adaptability, making it accessible to readers from all walks of life. Whether you’re a busy professional, a student juggling multiple responsibilities, or someone simply looking to make the most of each day, «Time Management» provides valuable insights and techniques to help you maximize your efficiency and minimize wasted time.

By implementing Walsh’s proven strategies, readers can cultivate habits that promote greater productivity, reduce stress, and ultimately lead to a more fulfilling and balanced life. With its practical wisdom and actionable guidance, «Time Management» is an indispensable resource for anyone seeking to take control of their time and unlock their full potential.

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Contents
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Chapter 1: IS TIME OUT OF CONTROL?, 1
Riding the Adrenaline High. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Simple Symptoms and Scary Consequences of Hurry Sickness. . 7
Reports of the “Death of Work” Premature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
We Have Seen the Enemy, and It Is Us. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Just What Is Time, Anyway?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Chapter 2: ARE YOU REALLY AS BUSY AS YOU THINK?, 13
How We’re Really Spending Our Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Super-Size My Day. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Logging Your Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Chapter 3: BUSY OR PRODUCTIVE?, 23
The Need for Busywork. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Are You Guilty?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Avoiding Busywork. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Chapter 4: CAN YOU REALLY MANAGE TIME?, 31
Can You Change?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Just What Can You Do about the Time Crunch?. . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Limits to the Traditional Time Management Approach. . . . . . . 35
So That’s Where the Time Really Goes!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Some Initial Changes to Get Control of Your Time. . . . . . . . . . 38
Chapter 5: USE THE TO-DO LIST EFFECTIVELY, 39
The To-Do List from Hell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
The Day as You Really Live It. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Suggestions for Creating a Healthy To-Do List. . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
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Chapter 6: GET STARTED, 53
Jump-Start Each Work Session. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Eight Ways to Get a Fast Start. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Chapter 7: IS YOUR LIFE A CONSTANT COME-FROM-BEHIND RALLY?, 61
Call a Time Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Taking Mini-Vacations Every Day. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Seven Ways to Go on Vacation Without Leaving Your Desk. . . 64
Why the Two-Minute Break Works. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Free 21-Day Satisfaction-Guaranteed Tension Trial. . . . . . . . . . 68
Chapter 8: GET ORGANIZED, 69
Recognize the Reality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Capture the Tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Define. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Prioritize. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Evaluation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Chapter 9: IS IT REALLY IMPORTANT—OR MERELY URGENT?, 81
The Dilemma of the Ringing Telephone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Is It Important or Merely Urgent?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
The Secret of Time Management Revealed: Why We Waste Time
on Trivia and Don’t Spend Enough Time on Essentials. . . . . . . 87
Asking the “Want To/Have To” Question. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Knowing When Time Isn’t Really the Problem. . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Why You’ll Never Be Able to “Find” Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Chapter 10: WAYS TO AVOID TIME TRAPS, 91
The One-on-One Meeting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
What’s Wrong with “Buzz Off”?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
What about That Old Standby, “No”?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
The Golden Rule Applied to Three Little Words. . . . . . . . . . . . 95
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The Group Meeting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Maximize Your Meeting Productivity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Chapter 11: SEVEN TIME MANAGEMENT TIPS FOR MANAGERS, 101
1. Never Waste Their Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
2. Make Sure the Time Savers Are Really Saving Time. . . . . 103
3. Separate the Important from the Merely Urgent for
Your Staff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
4. Tell Them Why. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
5. Allow Them Enough Time for the Task. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
6. Encourage Them to Do One Thing Well—at a Time. . . . . . 106
7. Have Productive Staff Meetings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Chapter 12: LEARNING TO SAY “NO”, 109
Why We May Have Trouble Saying “No”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Why All That “Yes” Sneaks Up on You. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
How Many Jobs Do You Have?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
A Qualitative Method for Computing the Cost of Your
Commitments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Another Subjective Method for Trimming the Activity List. . . 116
The “Something’s Got to Give” Theory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Heartless or Practical?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
How to Say “No”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Chapter 13: Communications, 121
Tips for Writing It Right—and Fast—the First Time. . . . . . . . 123
A Cautionary Note about Editing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
A Few Cautions About Instant Writing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Chapter 14: HOW TO CONTROL PAPER FLOW, 131
10 Ways to Reduce, Control, and Eliminate Paper. . . . . . . . . . 133
Chapter 15: Turn Downtime into Productive Time, 139
Why Don’t Adults Get Bored?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
The Wrong Way to Do Away with Waiting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
One Way to Eliminate Some of the Waiting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Make the Wait Matter Less. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
You’ll Always Have to Wait. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
How to Use the Wait Time: Three Steps That Will Make You
More Productive and Less Stressed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Results of Turning the Wait into a Rest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Chapter 16: PROCRASTINATION, 149
Six Reasons Why We Procrastinate and Six Strategies to
Put Off Putting Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
The Magic Bullet for Procrastination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Chapter 17: TIME MANAGEMENT FOR STUDENTS, 159
Principles of Time Management for Students. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Chapter 18: TIME MANAGEMENT FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT, 165
Where to Start. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Building a Project Framework. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Task Allocation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Time Estimating. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Managing the Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Quality Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Chapter 19: TIME MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE, 173
The Future Is Here. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Project Management Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Information Capture, Sharing, and Development Software. . . 178
Collaboration Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Personal Organization Software and To-Do List Managers. . . 179
Chapter 20: JUST DON’T DO IT!, 181
How to Eliminate Unnecessary Steps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
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Two More Forms of Unnecessary Work—Busy Work and
Work Avoidance Work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
The “Not-To-Do” List and the “Let Others Do It” List. . . . . . . 185
Delegating, Swapping, and Letting Go. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Do It Now, Do It Later, or Do It Never. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Peeling Off the Layers of Perfection: The “Good Enough”
Tenet of Time Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Chapter 21: WHOSE DRUM DO YOU MARCH TO?, 191
Learn to Keep Time to Your Own Rhythms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
What Would You Do if You Could Do Whatever
You Wanted To?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
So, What Can You Do about It?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
How to Find Your Rhythm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Chapter 22: ARE YOU GETTING ENOUGH SLEEP?, 201
How Much Sleep Is Enough, Anyway?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
The “Normal” Sleep Cycle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
So, What Should You Do about Sleeping?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Six Steps for Getting a Good Night’s Sleep. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
If Sleeplessness Persists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Is It a Problem or Just a Pattern?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Chapter 23: THE WAR ON STRESS, 213
The Parable of the Mice in the Refrigerator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
The Fun Stuff Is Also Stressful. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
The Bozo Factor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Stress Happens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Being Blessedly Stressed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Three Great Lies of Our Age. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
The Fundamental Truth about Stress. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
How You Can Reduce Your Stress Levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Chapter 24: DON’T LET WORRY ROB YOU OF TIME AND ENERGY, 229
Three Ways to Worry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Measuring the Worth of Worry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Ten Ways to Get Rid of Your Worries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
The Five Faces of Worry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
What to Do When It’s More Than Worry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Chapter 25: MAKE TIME TO THINK, 241
Why You Shut Yourself Off from Your Good Ideas. . . . . . . . . 243
Welcoming the Ah-Ha!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Creating the Ah-Ha on Demand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
New Age? Nonsense. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Chapter 26: CREATE A VALUES-BASED TIME MANAGEMENT PLAN, 251
Does the Way You Spend Your Time Truly Reflect
Your Values?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Are You Mistaken about Your Priorities?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Why Aren’t You Spending Time on the Important Stuff?. . . . 256
Live a Values-Centered Life. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

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