Table of Contents
Introduction xiii
Part 1 Assess Your Current Relationship with Time 1
1 Determine Your Current Level of Time Literacy 3
2 Understand Your Relationship with Time 10
3 Get Out of Time Denial 13
4 Keep an Activity Log 16
Part 2 Set, Design, and Achieve Your Goals 23
5 Make Your Goals Specific 28
6 Achieve Your Goals Every Day 31
7 Create Structure and Support for Your Goals 34
8 Beware the "Not Goal" 37
9 Break Bad Habits That Hold You Back 40
Part 3 Avoid Interruptions, Distractions, and Multitasking 47
10 Keep an Interruption Log 49
11 Avoid Interruptions from Others 53
12 Stop Self-Interruptions 57
13 Overcome Multitasking Madness 60
14 Give Yourself a Procrastination Inoculation 63
15 Manage Outgoing and Incoming Calls 68
Part 4 Learn to Delegate 73
16 Size Up Your Delegation Skills 75
17 Determine the Tasks to Assign 78
18 Create a Delegation Plan 82
19 Decide to Whom You Will Delegate 87
Part 5 Manage Your Online and Off-Line Meetings 95
20 Give Every Meeting (Big or Small) Structure 97
21 Develop Good Meeting-Management Habits 101
22 Promote Participation in Meetings 105
23 Strengthen Your Meeting-Facilitation Skills 108
24 Create Connection When Video Conferencing 111
25 Make the Most of an Off-Site 114
26 Use Meetings to Step Back and Solve Problems 117
27 Use Live Conference Time Wisely 122
Part 6 Maximize Your To-Do Lists and Calendars 127
28 Create an Effective Daily To-Do List 129
29 Retool Your Priority System 133
30 Utilize the Four D's 137
31 Choose Paper or Digital 142
32 Generate Energy with Your To-Do List 145
Part 7 Minimize Unfinished Business 149
33 Sort Your Stuff 155
34 Tame Your Paper Tiger 158
35 Clean Out Your Physical File Drawers 161
36 Review and Renew Your Paper Files 164
37 Capture Your Open Items 167
38 Break Down Your Big To-Do's into Bite-Size Pieces 170
39 Broaden Your Definition of Finished 176
Part 8 Embrace Personal Productivity Habits 179
40 Cultivate Time-Efficient Conversations 181
41 Don't Get Caught in the "Yes" Trap 186
42 Move Your Body 189
43 Get a Good Night's Sleep 192
44 Take a Real Vacation 195
45 Stay Sane After Returning from Vacation 198
Part 9 Right-Size Your Social Media and Email 201
46 Give Your Laptop a New Lease on Life 203
47 Get Control of Your Email 205
48 Sort Out Your Electronic Inbox 206
49 Streamline Your Outgoing Email 210
50 Use Social Media Wisely 214
Conclusion 217
