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• ISBN: 9781609945398 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
• ISBN: 1609945395 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
• Physical Description: x, 175 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Publisher: San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, c2012.

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

by Stack, Laura

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

Section	Section Description	Page Number
	Preface	p. vi
	Introduction: The Case for Reduction	p. 1
	Saving Our Own Lives	p. 3
	Harsh Realities	p. 4
	The Solution	p. 5
	A Brand-New Model: The Productivity
	Workflow Formula ™ I(PWF)	p. 6
1	Determine What to Do	p. 9
	Why Do You Have So Much to Do?	p. 10
	What Is Your Productive Value?	p. 12
	Tracking Down Time-Wasters	p. 18
	Where Does Your Time Go?	p. 24
	To-Do Lists: Tracking What's Left	p. 27
	Triage: Wartime Prioritization	p. 32
	Summary: PWF Step I Checkup	p. 35
2	Schedule Time To Do It	p. 37
	About That 4 -Hour Workweek Idea	p. 38
	Scheduling 101	p. 40
	Further Reducing Your Commitments	p. 47
	Learn to Say No-And Make It Stick	p. 49
	Rescuing Your Time from Meetings	p. 54
	In the Decision Comes the Dilemma	p. 57
	Summary: PWF Step 2 Checkup	p. 59
3	Focus Your Attention	p. 61
	Driven to Distraction	p. 61
	Handling External Distractions	p. 62
	Heading Off Internal Distractions	p. 65
	Slipping the Electronic Leash	p. 74
	Focus Aids	p. 77
	The Zen of Avoiding Distraction	p. 85
	Summary: PWF Step 3 Checkup	p. 86
4	Process New Information	p. 88
	Taming the Information Glut	p. 88
	Filing Precepts	p. 94
	Your Personal Time Management System	p. 97
	Basic Information Handling	p. 101
	The 6-D Information Management System ™	p. 102
	The E-mail Decision Tree	p. 111
	Summary: PWF Step 4 Checkup	p. 113
5	Close the Loop	p. 115
	Organized Implementation	p. 116
	The People Problem	p. 117
	Handling Micromanagers	p. 123
	Reducing Inefficiencies and Breaking Bottlenecks	p. 126
	The Quest for Constant Improvement	p. 133
	Continued Progress Requires Constant Reevaluation	p. 137
	Summary: PWF Step 5 Checkup	p. 138
6	Manage Your Capacity	p. 140
	Personal Energy	p. 141
	Get Some Sleep	p. 147
	Watch Your Diet	p. 151
	Exercise Your Body	p. 153
	Make Yourself Happier	p. 154
	Maintaining Your Energetic Edge	p. 158
	Summary: PWF Step 6 Checkup	p. 160
	A Final Note	p. 162
	An Extra Hour-Or More	p. 163
	The Productivity Workflow Formula (PWF) Self-Assessment	p. 167
	Notes	p. 168
	Index	p. 172
	About the Author	p. 176

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