Put Time Management to Work: Get Organized, Streamline Processes, Use the Right Technology (Paperback)

~ Peggy Duncan (Author)

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Product Description

In Put Time Management to Work: Get Organized, Streamline Processes, Use the Right Technology, Peggy Duncan helps busy professionals and small business owners examine every aspect of how they spend their time, and offers many practical solutions for managing it.

Duncan offers time management tips that go beyond setting goals and knowing how to juggle priorities. The book begins with ways to eliminate clutter—whether it’s on your desk or in your mind—and explains how to create a system so that it doesn’t come back. After you get organized, you’ll be able to think more clearly, so you’ll then set goals to help you focus on the right things.

After that, you’ll learn other timesaving techniques such as how to delegate, handle interruptions, say no, overcome procrastination, reduce time spent in meetings, and more. The book moves on from there and explains how to eliminate useless work by streamlining processes and creating procedures that are easy to follow.

To top everything off, the author explores timesaving technologies and computer tips that will help you finish work quicker. To help bring everything together, Duncan outlines two case studies that include practical tips and techniques you can use at home and at work to help you get back in control.

From the Author

I know time is scarce, and I know you’re busy. You probably don’t think you have time to read this book. You’re probably 100 percent sure you don’t have time to change anything about your life. And you probably believe that there will never be enough hours in a day. You’re mistaken, and throughout this book, I’ll show you why.

If you constantly dig through piles looking for something you know you just had; or if you're working hard but not making sufficient progress, or if you have time to do things you have to do, but not enough time to do what you want to do, this book will help you.

This book does not delve into a lot of theory, but has solid, real-world solutions to help you get back in control. I'm an efficiency consultant, not a psychologist, so nor does this book attempt to get into your psyche to help you figure out what's holding you back. The solutions offered in this book are for busy professionals and business owners who know they're ready for a change, and are ready to make the commitment to do it. I'm offering you expert advice that's easy to read and that's applicable to your everyday work. And because I'm also a computer trainer, technology solutions are intertwined in many of my examples.

I’ve helped many corporate employees and small business owners and their employees make work easier. The ideas in this book have been tried and tested in the real world with busy people just like you. To make them work for you, you have to make the commitment to stop the vicious cycle you’re caught up in: the cycle of not having enough time because you’re wasting it. You have to make the time and take the time to do this. And unlike dieting or exercising, the results are immediate!

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Product Details

• Paperback: 168 pages
• Publisher: PSC Press (January 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0967472814
• ISBN-13: 978-0967472812
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 6.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,387,004 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Is this "time management" or "how to use microsoft outlook"?, January 16, 2003

By A Customer

I was particularly looking forward to the chapter on email, since my INBOX is perpetually swamped. However, this book spends too much time describing, step-by-step, how to use microsoft outlook. I already know the mechanics of how to use the program, and no real insight was provided.

Other chapters had similar problems - her suggested solutions are too rigid, don't address fundamental problems.
Here are her tips for organizing computer files:
1. Right click the start button, click Explore, then find My Documents folder , and double click to open.
2. Click File, point to New: then click Folder.
and on and on...

So, if your computer files are disorganzied because you don't know the basics of how to use a computer, you might benefit from this book. But if you'd like tips on how to deal with files that could go logically go in more than one place, ways to keep track of different versions of the same file, or anything more complex, forget it.

The topics on organizing your house & workspace are much better covered in Morgenstern's "Organizing From the Inside Out".

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Put Time Management to Work, January 23, 2002

By	Peggy Duncan "productivity expert" (Atlanta GA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

"Peggy Duncan has done a great job with this book. It is easy to read,highly practical and packed full of useful information to save a busy person time. Not only does it address time management from a priority management point of view but it provides nitty-gritty, real world examples and help to make you more efficient and effective. I gained a lot from it and highly recommend this book. If you want to get more done in your life, don't hesitate. Get this book and improve your life."

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Have too much to do and not enough time to do it?, January 11, 2002

By	Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

Put Time Management To Work: Get Organized, Streamline Processes, Use The Right Technology is a straightforward, no-nonsense guide expressly written to help busy people make the most of their limited waking hours as applied to unlimited needs and ceaseless demands. Chapters focus on everything from organizing one's desk to coping with other people's messes to setting goals, calendar management, effective delegation and much, much more. Highly accessible, straightforward, and practical, Put Time Management To Work is an absolute "must" for everyone from domestic homemakers to corporate executives who have too much to do and not enough time to do it!