The 25 Best Time Management Tools & Techniques: How to Get More Done Without Driving Yourself Crazy
Review
Clear, focused, full of action-oriented suggestions. This is THE new management reference guide!! — Andrea Nierenberg, author of Nonstop Networking, New York, NYDoug and Pam clearly spell out the foundations of success and take people exactly where they need to go. — Michael J. Brathwaite, Executive Director, Business Network International for New York City, NYThis book is contemporary, practical, and well researched. A priceless guide to smarter, better business and living. — Alastair Rylatt, author of Winning the Knowledge Game, Sydney, Australia
A no-fluff, easy-to-read compilation of the best advice from the top 20 time management books. Recommendations cover five areas: Focus, Plan, …
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November 6th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
No matter how well you manage time, this book will make you better at managing time and return your investment many times over.
You get the benefit of the top twenty books on time management in one easy to read book. The authors took an interesting approach to writing this book. They started by reading the Amazon.com customer reviews for over 40 time management books. Then they bought and read the top 20 of these books. The key points from these books were then summarized as 25 clearly described tools and techniques and grouped into five areas of focus:
* Determine what is really important to you.
* Manage your plans to get results.
* Organize your living and work spaces.
* Manage your actions.
* Implement continuous improvement.
Each of these five areas has a brief description of what is to be covered. Within each area the relevant tools and techniques are concisely described so that you can put what you have learned into action immediately.
The simplicity of this book is a distinct benefit – the book is easy to read and the techniques are succinctly presented – preventing the reader from getting lost in the details and hence never addressing their time management issues. Anyone looking to get a handle on time management issues has immediate access to proven concepts and tools for changing what they are doing now.
For those wishing more information on a particular tool or technique, the authors reference specific books or provide directions where this additional information can be found. Generally this works well. However, I was disappointed on one occasion. In the section on creating a vision, I would have liked to see examples of vision statements rather than being referred to another book. For me this was an unnecessary interruption of my thought processes.
Two useful appendices are available with additional information: The Best Time Management Books – Annotated and Other Recommended Books. A third appendix, How to Buy Books for (Much) Less, could have been left out as the information was not related to the topic of the book and did not add much value.
November 6th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
“The 25 Best Time Management Tools & Techniques” brings its readers the value of a workshop that might cost hundreds of dollars.
Authors Dodd and Sundheim take the best of the best ideas in one, easy to access volume organizing the material into five sections:
Focus
Plan
Organize
Take action
Learn
Read this book with paper and pencil in hand so you can do the work and get on track. Easy to follow direction guides you to the basic steps of getting clear about how you want to spend your time.
The instruction in this book is rich with resources and life experiences. You don’t have to reinvent the wheel or read a stack of books to get what you need. If you’re going to read one book, this is a top choice. If you want more, the resources in the appendix make it easy to put your hands on what’s next. There’s even a section about “how to buy books for (much) less.”
The advice given in this book is geared for business and covers a lot of ground from planning and communicating, to keeping your desk clean (and why that’s important). It’s a great book for anyone wanting to move up in the business world, building a home based business (including network marketing!), or starting in a new work environment. I recommend this book HIGHLY as a gift for college grads that are embarking on a journey into the work place.