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Time
Management
Marc Mancini
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DOI: 10.1036/0071425578
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Contents
Preface
vii
1. Taming Time
1
Knowing Your Time Management Style
4
How You Relate to Time
8
Your Environment
9
Where Do the Hours Go?
11
Manager’s Checklist for Chapter 1
12
2. A Few Myths About Managing Your Time
14
Myth 1: Time Management Is Just Another Label
for Obsessive Behavior
14
Myth 2: Time Management Extinguishes
Spontaneity and Joy
19
Myth 3: Maybe I Can Organize Myself,
but My Company Can Never Organize Itself
21
Myth 4: One Style Fits All
24
Manager’s Checklist for Chapter 2
27
3. Lining Up Your Ducks: Prioritize!
29
The ABC System
30
The Index Card/Post-it® System
34
The Inventory System
35
The Payoff System
35
The Pareto Principle
39
Manager’s Checklist for Chapter 3
41
4. Procrastination: The Thief of Time
42
What’s Behind Procrastination?
43
Why Do You Procrastinate?
45
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Contents
What Are You Procrastinating About?
46
The Eight Factors
46
Conclusion
54
Manager’s Checklist for Chapter 4
55
5. Rocks, Blocks, Goals, and Clusters
56
Establishing Goals
57
Leave Me Alone!
60
Doing Nothing
62
Clustering
62
Discovering Patterns
64
What’s Your Clock?
65
A Few Hints
67
Conclusion
68
Manager’s Checklist for Chapter 5
68
6. How to Delegate Effectively
69
To Whom Can You Delegate?
69
What Can You Delegate?
73
Why Is It Hard to Delegate?
73
The Key Steps of Delegation
74
Manager’s Checklist for Chapter 6
80
7. Learning to Say No
81
What to Say No to
83
How to Say No
84
Dealing with Meetings and Committees
85
If You’re Not the Chairperson
89
Conclusion
90
Manager’s Checklist for Chapter 7
91
8. The Art of Anticipating
93
How Well Do You Anticipate?
94
The Parking Meter Syndrome
95
The False Deadline Strategy
97
The Pack-Rat Approach
98
Gobbledygook
98
The Wallenda Effect
101
Bell’s Blessing (or Curse)
103
The Ultimate Setbacks
108
Conclusion
112
Manager’s Checklist for Chapter 8
112
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