The Personal Efficiency Program: How to Get Organized to Do More Work in Less Time, 2nd Edition [Paperback]

Kerry Gleeson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 17, 2000

200,000 copies sold worldwide!

Get more done-faster and easier than you ever dreamed possible!

Kerry Gleeson's Personal Efficiency Program is the famed system for multiplying productivity that has already revolutionized the work lives of over 300,000 people around the globe. Now, in The Personal Efficiency Program, Gleeson offers an updated and expanded edition of his classic guide to working faster and smarter, giving you all the tools you need to get control of your workload--and your career. You'll learn how to:
* Save a month of work a year by following the simple Do It Now! rule
* Conquer an endless stream of interruptions and paperwork
* Create easy, effective methods of organizing paper and computer files
* Manage meetings, schedules, and other horrific time wasters

This Second Edition also includes expanded information on conquering information overload, using the Internet to save time and energy, and managing today's faster-paced and multi-located work environments. Whether your goal is to be more productive, build a more rewarding career, or just leave the office on time (at last!), The Personal Efficiency Program can help you achieve it.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

What business person doesn't feel constantly pressed for time, struggling mightily to fulfill an ever-expanding array of professional obligations while simultaneously juggling an always increasing litany of personal responsibilities? Kerry Gleeson, founder of the Institute for Business Technology, presents a comprehensive but easy-to-implement plan for "getting things done" on the work side (which then leaves more time for other matters) in The Personal Efficiency Program. Gleeson's "PEP" plan outlines a variety of organizational processes and simplification systems that should work if diligently implemented, and suggests ways to use them effectively in real-life situations. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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??brings the art of time management up to date?? (Times T2, 1st September 04)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 2 edition (March 17, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471362794
• ISBN-13: 978-0471362791
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,508,691 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars How to be organized and efficient in the workplace, December 15, 2001

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This review is from: The Personal Efficiency Program: How to Get Organized to Do More Work in Less Time, 2nd Edition (Paperback)

The Personal Efficiency Program is exactly that, a program to help you get organized and stay organized so that you can get more done in less time. The overriding theme is to do things now and don't put them off. The book covers all the bases for organization from developing a routine, planning processes, following through, managing and maintaining. The area that it does not cover is the psychological factors in getting things done. For example, one of the books that I read noted that one of the problems with a "to-do" type list is that we tend to look at it and do the easiest or most fun things first. So, as a result our reward for completing one of the items on our "to-do" list is that we get a less desireable and more difficult task to do next. Rearranging the "to-do" list so that you do the most difficult and least fun things first you set yourself up for success because as a reward for doing the difficult item you get a less difficult item or more fun item to do. I know it is just playing games, but it does affect how well people get their "to-do" list completed. I wish that he had included research like that in the book in addition to all of the good ideas for organizing and keeping track of things.

This book is designed solely for the work environment and getting things organized and done at work. Still many of the items can be applied at home too. It is a good book and a good read with a program that works if you implement and practice it.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Practical, commonsense solutions to getting organised, June 4, 1999

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This review is from: The Personal Efficiency Program: How to Get Organized to Do More Work in Less Time (Mass Market Paperback)

This is a fantastic book - the best of its type I have read. Gleeson writes in a sane, sensible way about how to organise yourself to get more done. His solution? Do It Now. Before you say: "That's obvious" how many of you do it consistently? Not many, and the reason, from my experience, is that we are rarely organised to do it other than later!! Gleeson fills in the gaps by showing you how to physically organise yourself and your workspace so that you can put the Do It Now principle into regular and continuing operation. Trust me - this book is a lifesaver!!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Big Help, April 30, 1999

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This review is from: The Personal Efficiency Program: How to Get Organized to Do More Work in Less Time (Mass Market Paperback)

This book really inspired me to clean up my act at work. I always say that I have better things to think about than where is the proper place to put a particular item...but I followed the instructions in this book and got everything in order and it has definitely made me more efficient, as well as improving my professional image. I've been following the other advice and in just the first week of putting it into practice I have received a lot of compliments from the people I work with/for, which has inspired me to work even more on improving my personal efficiency through this program!