Contents
Introduction: Get in Control of Time (Or Someone Else Will)
Special Thanks to the Technical Reviewers
Part 1 The Clock of Your (Current) Life is Ticking
Chapter 1 I Know I Can Finish Most of This (If I Stay Late)
Staying Longer Ain’t the Answer
Part-timers, Students, and Homemakers Are Not Exempt
The Workday Does End, Just Like Careers and Lives
Leaving and Feeling Good About it Takes Discipline ( . . .at First)
Preparing for the Unforeseen: Marking Out Boundaries
Make a Great Bargain with Yourself
Choosing to Leave on Time at Will
Chapter 2 Time Flies Whether You’re Having Fun or Not
Okay So What Would You Suggest?
Jeff Davidson’s 10 Steps to Kick Electronic Addiction
New Math for Reclaiming Your Time
Chapter 3 With Decades to Go You Can’t Keep Playing Beat the Clock
So, You Feel it Too? We All Do!
Avoiding Lines, or Time-Shifting 101
Chapter 4 Cooling Down the Feverish Pace
How Your Feel About Yourself Is Not the Issue
Rain Barrels Keep Falling on My Head
Enough Choices to Confound Anyone
More Choices at Work than You Can Shake a Stick At
Using Up Your Life on too Many Choices
You’re in Charge of How You Spend Your Time— Honest
Look for that Inner Wisdom Hiding Somewhere
Chapter 5 Okay, So What Do You Want?
Shrink Your List to Wallet Size
Chapter 6 Supporting Your Priorities for Fun and Profit
Whoa, Horse—Get Back on Course
Your To-Do List: Managing the Long-Term Versus Short-Term
Part 2 Appointing Yourself in Charge
Chapter 7 Money Comes and Goes—Time Just Goes
Attempting to “Do It All” Will Cost You
Misers Are Often Penny-Wise, Pound-Foolish
You Can’t Make More Time: You Can Make More Money
Overcoming the Urge to Do It All: Making a Little Money Go a Long Way
Putting Your Service System in Place: Ten Steps
Chapter 8 To Sleep, Perchance to Not Wake Up Exhausted
No Sleep: A Disaster Waiting to Happen
Is Catching Up on Sleep Possible?
Your Body Rebels Against Too Little Sleep
The Sleep You Get and Don’t Get
Do You Need More Sleep or Not?
How to Know You’re Well Rested
Chapter 9 Volunteering a Little Less—and Liking It
Wanted: Workaholics We Can Deluge with Work
Getting Off—and Staying Off—Mailing Lists
Chapter 10 Making Your Office Work for You
Take Charge of Your Desk, or It Will Take Charge of You
Master Your Shelves, or, Yup, They’ll Master You
What About the Paper That Keeps Coming Your Way?
Chapter 11 Filing: Your Simple Salvation
Simple Tools to Make it All Work
Staying Sane by Filing Soundly
Creating Files Before You Need To
Part 3 Communicating at All Speeds
Chapter 12 Neat and Uncomplicated Tools to Manage Your Time
Talk Your Way to High Productivity
Two-Way Phone Recording Equipment
Chapter 13 Are You a Slave to Your Beeper?
A World Unpopulated by Beepers
I’ll Concede, There a Few Valid Uses
When You’re the One Sending Messages
Speeding Your Way Every Second of the Day
Next Subject: The Subject Line
Brevity Is the Soul of E-Mail Wit
Chapter 15 On and Off the Internet
The Web Exacerbates Information Overload
Misinformation Rears its Ugly Head
Web Sites Worth a Return Visit
Newsgroups Give Answers You Can’t Find Elsewhere
Using Newsgroups to Extreme Advantage
The E-Phones Are Coming, the E-Phones Are Coming
Part 4 Springing Yourself From Time Traps
Chapter 16 Getting Adept with Mail and Correspondence
What Are You Sending, and to Whom?
The Post Office Is Still Good for Some Things
Tickle Your Files for More Timely Responses
Chapter 17 Decision Making: Step it Up and Go!
More Choices Lead to More Decisions
From the Chaff: Decisions Worth Forsaking
Rising to the Challenge: Decisions in the Form of Problems
Use Your Inner Voice for Speed Decision-Making
The Devil’s Temptress: Procrastination
Chapter 18 The Art of Concentration
A System for Handling Distraction
Okay, There Are Some Exceptions
Part 5 Managing Your Time in Special Situations
Chapter 19 It Pays to Travel Light
Conquering the Pack Rat Syndrome
Keep Only What You Use: The Replacement Principle
Chapter 20 Time for Each Other
Being Connected with Others Takes Work
Take Your Pick: Me or the Rest of the World
What a Combination: Kids and Homework
Connecting with Your Kids on a Higher Level
Overestimate the Time, Nearly Every Time
Where Does All This Leave You?
Chapter 22 Time Out for Leisure
Getting Serious About Having More Fun
Part 6 Own a Peace of the Mental Rock
Chapter 23 Not for Everyone: Taking a Sabbatical
A Time for Every Purpose Under Heaven
The Employer’s View: Some Compelling Reasons
Chapter 24 Making the Best of Your Day
Chapter 25 The Lost Art of Relaxation
Whip, Whip, Who’s Got the Whip?
Reclaim Your Time Today and Tomorrow
Chapter 26 When You Just Gotta Get Away
Who Sped Up This Merry-go-round?