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What to Do When There's Too Much to Do Reduce Tasks, Increase Results, and Save 90 Minutes a Day

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ISBN-10: 1609945395

ISBN-13: 9781609945398

Edition: 2012

Authors: Laura Stack

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These days, everyone is busy. Advances in technology mean there is more information to sort through than ever. Work hours have increased, but to-do lists are endless - schedules get blown in the first five minutes of the day. You could spend more time “planning” and “prioritizing” your list than actually doing the work! At work and in life, we all just have too much to do! And when you have too much to do, it’s hard to feel productive.If you can’t do everything, you need to put your time and energy into what will yield the more important results. Laura Stack shows how to hone in on the high-value tasks, protect the time to do them, focus on their execution, and organize your life around the…    
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Book details

List price: $12.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

Laura Stack, MBA, CSP, is America's Premier Expert in Productivity. Her talks help business leaders execute more efficiently, boost performance, and accelerate results in the workplace. Her company, the Productivity Pro, Inc., helps leaders turn strategy into performance and achieve maximum results in minimum time. She's the author of six books.

Preface
Introduction: The Case for Reduction
Saving Our Own Lives
Harsh Realities
The Solution
A Brand-New Model: The Productivity
Workflow Formula<sup>&#8482;</sup> I(PWF)
Determine What to Do
Why Do You Have So Much to Do?
What Is Your Productive Value?
Tracking Down Time-Wasters
Where Does Your Time Go?
To-Do Lists: Tracking What's Left
Triage: Wartime Prioritization
Summary: PWF Step I Checkup
Schedule Time To Do It
About That <sub>4</sub>-Hour Workweek Idea
Scheduling 101
Further Reducing Your Commitments
Learn to Say No-And Make It Stick
Rescuing Your Time from Meetings
In the Decision Comes the Dilemma
Summary: PWF Step <sub>2</sub> Checkup
Focus Your Attention
Driven to Distraction
Handling External Distractions
Heading Off Internal Distractions
Slipping the Electronic Leash
Focus Aids
The Zen of Avoiding Distraction
Summary: PWF Step <sub>3</sub> Checkup
Process New Information
Taming the Information Glut
Filing Precepts
Your Personal Time Management System
Basic Information Handling
The 6-D Information Management System<sup>&#8482;</sup>
The E-mail Decision Tree
Summary: PWF Step <sub>4</sub> Checkup
Close the Loop
Organized Implementation
The People Problem
Handling Micromanagers
Reducing Inefficiencies and Breaking Bottlenecks
The Quest for Constant Improvement
Continued Progress Requires Constant Reevaluation
Summary: PWF Step <sub>5</sub> Checkup
Manage Your Capacity
Personal Energy
Get Some Sleep
Watch Your Diet
Exercise Your Body
Make Yourself Happier
Maintaining Your Energetic Edge
Summary: PWF Step <sub>6</sub> Checkup
A Final Note
An Extra Hour-Or More
The Productivity Workflow Formula (PWF) Self-Assessment
Notes
Index
About the Author