Most of us dream about having a few extra hours in our day for taking care of business,
relaxing, or engaging in the activities we most enjoy. But how can we make the most of our
time when it seems as though there aren’t enough hours in the day? This instructive
guide to time management is full of tips, techniques, and commonsense advice that will
make anyone more productive.
In this newly updated edition of Real-World Time Management, Michael
Dobson includes invaluable tips on setting priorities, tricks for staying on track,
keeping a closed-door policy, avoiding interrupters, and techniques for reducing stress
through time management.
Readers will also learn how to handle distractions, stop procrastinating,
delegate tasks, deal with meetings, and manage time effectively while traveling.
Instructive and helpful, Real-World Time Management will help all readers organize their
time—no matter how hectic their lives may seem.
Table of Contents
Preface to the First Edition vii
Acknowledgments ix
Part I Thinking About Time
Chapter 1 How to Think About Time 1
Chapter 2 In the Field: How Time Managers Make It Work 7
Part II Getting A Grip on Time
Chapter 3 The Daily To-Do List: Your Basic Tool 15
Chapter 4 Planning: The Little Parachute That Opens the Big Parachute
21
Chapter 5 Sensible Project Management for Small to Medium Projects 27
Chapter 6 Effective, Yes! Efficient, No! Key to Priority Time 41
Chapter 7 Save Priority Time by Reducing Stress 46
Chapter 8 How to Avoid Self-Inflicted Delay 53
Part III Managing Time Wasters
Chapter 9 The Meeting: Opportunity or Time Waster? 59
Chapter 10 Starving Out the Time Gobblers 64
Chapter 11 Delegation: Giving It to George and Georgina to Do 68
Chapter 12 Communications: Time-Saving Plus or Boring Minus? 74
Chapter 13 Why Do We Procrastinate-And What Can We Do About It? 81
Part IV Controlling Your Tools
Chapter 14 The Telephone: Tool or Time Thief? 86
Chapter 15 Operate Your Workstation or It'll Operate You 91
Chapter 16 Taking Control of Technology 99
Part V Taming Travel Time
Chapter 17 The On-the-Go Manager Prioritizes Travel Time 104
Chapter 18 March of Time in the Global Village 108
Index 111
128 pages, Paperback