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Author: Prentice, Steve
Isbn 13: 9780470836736
ISBN: 0470836733
Pub Date: Aug 15, 2005
Publisher: Wiley
Shipping Weight: 0.82 pounds
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Cool Time is a time management book with a difference. It's all about being (or arriving where you're going) physically and mentally cool so that you are always at your best and on top of your game. Most time management books and traditional approaches focus on organizing your work and your day in isolation from everything else, as if you work in a vacuum. The classic technique, for example, of 'blocking off time to get your highest priority task done' sounds wonderful but--in the real world of interruptions, e-mail, and distractions--few people are able to physically and mentally isolate themselves to that degree. Cool Time offers a more realistic approach to time management, recognizing that it's more about human relationships and expectations than it is about making lists. Cool Time explains why traditional time management techniques don't work and offers advice on how to buy and defend your time from others, how to sell and negotiate time management with the other people in your life, and how to manage the needs and expectations of others. It allows you to make time for the unexpected and never break a sweat as you go about your day. Each chapter contains practical, personal techniques that will help you apply your new skills to real-world situations: holding time-effective meetings, dealing with distractions, learning to focus, coping with unrealistic workloads, negotiating with your manager over conflicting tasks. There are also suggestions on non-work activities, which make this a complete approach to managing time and balancing life. Cool Time is full of examples, practical tips, concepts that are memorable and easy to apply, as well as to explain and teach to others in your life. Concepts such as the 'I-Beam Agenda' for planning and structuring your day, 'Keystone Time' that you block off for focused work, 'The 60-Second Workspace' for organizing yourself physically and mentally, and many more.
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