How to Handle 1000 Things at Once: A Fun Guide to Mastering Home and Personal Management [Paperback]

Don Aslett (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 1998

We have so much to do today, on so many fronts, we often feel we?re handling ?1,000 things at once.? In this book Don Aslett shows how to get a grip on the daily and weekly whirlwind of ?to-dos? and tame it to take you exactly where YOU want to go. He explains how to fit the complex pieces of life, large and small, together to accomplish not just our immediate ends but life's overall purpose?to love and be loved.I just finished reading How to Do 1,000 Things at Once. As a home-schooling mother of six, with three part-time jobs, I was already doing 500, but you?ve doubled my output and I can see light at the end of the catch-up tunnel!

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Marsh Creek Press (February 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0937750190
• ISBN-13: 978-0937750193
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #850,849 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Don Aslett, owner and founder of one of the USA's largest and most successful cleaning companies--and self-made millionaire--has revolutionized both the home and the workplace with his popular cleaning services, products, and books

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Makes you think about what you do...., January 13, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: How to Handle 1000 Things at Once: A Fun Guide to Mastering Home and Personal Management (Paperback)

If you enjoy Aslett's books on clutter, then you'll probably enjoy this one too. It has many tips scattered throughout that I've found useful in managing a home, a job, a family, and a gazillion interests. I disagree with him on some details, but I found a lot to think about and try out in my own life.

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Resource, July 13, 2004

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E. Laswell "hoosier69" (IN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Handle 1000 Things at Once: A Fun Guide to Mastering Home and Personal Management (Paperback)

I started to type out a wordy/lengthy review of this book but then decided it would be much better to make a brief statement as to why I thoroughly ENJOYED it:

Don Aslett has a unique way of 'embarrassing' people, including me, into trying to turn over a new leaf. So many parts of this book pertained to my life, and I think that, even though he writes with a lot of brashness, it is just the 'medicine' that I need to try to get with the program: decluttering, trying to cut housework, etc. We are all managers, and we are the only ones who can change things: nobody is going to do it for us.

I also am keeping the words "look at cleaning up after [something] as the restoration process," so now when I'm taking care of the house, I'm not simply "cleaning" it but "restoring" it.

I got this book through an inter-library loan but am thinking about purchasing it used thru this website and using it as a reference whenever I need a boost...

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great ideas! A fun read and very motivating., June 19, 2007

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Samana Siddiqui (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Handle 1000 Things at Once: A Fun Guide to Mastering Home and Personal Management (Paperback)

A fantastic resource, whether you work for corporate America or are the CEO of your own small business at home (also known as a stay-at-home parent). Easy to read and full of practical ideas about how to make the most of your time and get more accomplished. While Aslett comes across as somewhat of a workaholic, his methods of getting more done are useful for those of us with much less on our plate as well.



One of the most useful techniques I found was "piggybacking": using the time between tasks to get other stuff done. For example, boiling pasta for your kids' lunch while you write a review for Amazon.com (as I'm doing now).



I've read a few of Aslett's books, but this one is my favorite. Many time management books are very office-focused. This one is great for those of us who want to learn to manage our life and time beyond the structure of the traditional 9-to-5 workday.