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Each day you have a limited amount of time to meet your unlimited amount
of obligations. Organizing for Success is a step-by-step handbook for getting the most out
of your time.
Time management expert Kenneth Zeigler shows you how to use the downloadable
Master List to quickly prioritize your goals, get done what needs to get done, and even
plan for the interruptions, urgent e-mails, and unexpected meetings that will inevitably
attack your day. This new edition also explains how to turn e-mail mobile devices and
social networking sites from timesinks to time-savers.
Use the downloadable Master List to quickly organize your day
Prioritize interruptions to maximize opportunities
Send and receive more effective e-mails and phone calls
Improve the efficiency of each meeting
Use Microsoft Office, Lotus Notes, and even your BlackBerry to run your day
more efficiently
Table of Contents
Introduction: The 4th Dimension of Time Management 1
The History of This Book 4
The Best Way to Start 6
Why Typical Approaches Don't Work 7
How to Use This Book 9
Lights, Camera, Action! 9
Chapter 1 Lost, But Making Excellent Time 11
The Reasoning for Keeping Track of Your Time 11
Let'S Get Started by Downloading the Timekeeping Journal 12
How to Keep the Journal for Best Results 13
Chapter 2 Taking Control of Your Day 15
What You'll Learn in This Chapter 15
You Have Choices 16
Understanding the Ringmaster "Mindset" 18
The Ringmaster's Strategies 19
Chapter 3 Using a Master List to Create a Plan That Works 29
Using a Master List to Create a Plan That Works 29
How to Create and Use a Master List 30
Quick Tips 35
Chapter 4 Organizing and Planning a More Effective Day and Week 37
Using the End of Your Day to Increase Your Productivity 37
The First Key to Productivity Is How You End Each Day-The End of Each Day Is The
Springboard for Getting Off to a Fast Start the Next Day 38
The Second Key to Productivity Is How You Start Each Day-Using The Veggie Principle to
Focus on What Matters Most 41
The Third Key to Productivity Is How Much You Get Done by Noon 43
Making an Effective Daily List 43
How to Put Together a Powerful Morning 45
How to Put Together a More Productive and Powerful Week 50
Quick Tips 55
Chapter 5 Prioritizing and Giving Others Your Priorities 59
Why We Have Trouble Prioritizing Accurately 59
How Human Nature Affects the Way We Prioritize 60
Determining and Handling Priorities 61
Establishing Priorities 62
The Five-Part Model to Influence Others 65
How to Negotiate Requests 67
Successful People Do One Thing at a Time 68
See If You Can Fit It into Your Schedule 69
Write Down the Task and Circle the Deadline 70
Show Your Leader and Team Members Your Plan 70
Quick Tips 71
Chapter 6 Controlling E-mail and Using Your E-mail System More Effectively
73
How to Control Your E-Mail 74
Don't Use Your In-Box as Your To-Do List 78
Use Your E-Mail System to Manage Your E-Mail 80
Quick Tips 87
Chapter 7 Organizing Your Writing and Speech to Get Faster Results 89
What You'll Learn in This Chapter 89
Use Your Subject Line to Get Your Reader to Open Your E-Mail 89
What Is the Purpose of Your Letter or E-Mail? 91
Have One Key Point or Issue per Message 91
Consider Your Reader or Audience Before You Write 92
Understand Your Overwhelmed Reader 92
Your Message Should Have These Three Characteristics 93
Understanding What's at Stake 93
Make Your Writing Reader Friendly 94
Use the PADD Model to Organize Your Writing 94
If You Must Forward a Message Give Instructions 95
When You Hit The Reply Key, Modify the Subject Line 95
E-Mail Etiquette 96
Quick Tips 97
Chapter 8 Organizing and Streamlining Your Projects 99
What You'll Learn in This Chapter 99
What Is The Objective of Your Project? 100
Leave Room in Your Plan for Things to Go Wrong 100
Focus on Your Project and Work on It When You're at Your Best 102
To Accurately Set Up Your Project, It's Important That You... 104
Nine Easy Steps to Effective Project Management 105
Quick Tips 113
Chapter 9 Effective Delegation That Works 115
What You'll Learn in This Chapter 115
Why Don't We Delegate More? (The Obstacles) 117
Benefits of Successful Delegation 117
Use Your Master List to Track Tasks You've Delegated 119
The 10 Steps to Delegating Successfully 120
Quick Tips 127
Chapter 10 Planning and Executing an Effective Meeting 129
Characteristics of Unproductive Meetings 130
There Are Three Types of Meetings 130
Planning an Effective Meeting 131
Organize Your Agenda and Meeting This Way 134
Let the Meeting Begin 137
At the End of the Meeting 143
Other Meeting Ideas and Strategies 145
Quick Tips 149
Chapter 11 Managing the Phone and Interruptions 151
Why Interruptions Can Be so Damaging 151
Criteria for a Worthwhile Interruption 152
Try to Control the Noise Around You 153
Turn Your Monitor or Laptop 154
Chairs in Your Office 155
Have a Selective Open-Door Policy 155
Reduce "Drive-by Shootings" 156
Put a Sign Outside Your Cubicle 156
Work Somewhere Else 157
Tell People 157
If Your Computer Schedules Your Time... 158
Learn How to Tactfully Interrupt 158
Stand Up 159
Arrange a Later Time 159
Don't Prolong the Interruption 159
Agree to a Group Power Hour 159
Delegate the Interruption 161
Managing the Phone and Voice Mail 161
Incoming Calls 166
How to Use Voice Mail Effectively 168
Quick Tips 172
Chapter 12 Developing a Simple, Effective Filing System 175
An Example 176
Take Everything off Your Desk 176
Have a Clock Visible 178
Organize Your Tools 179
Remove the Future and Past from Your Desk File 180
How to Set Up Your Working Files 181
Quick Tips 189
Chapter 13 Finding Two More Hours a Day 191
The Law of Subtraction 192
When You Review Your Journal 193
Quick Tips 195
Chapter 14 Recognizing and Managing Procrastination 197
It's Important to Recognize... 197
Major Causes of Procrastination 198
How to Manage Procrastination 199
Quick Tips 203
Appendix: Time Management Action Plan 205
Index 207
256 pages, Paperback