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Very useful
I highly recommend this book.If you have had a reputation for being disorganized in the past, by following the instructions here you can really clean up your act.This book includes chapters on how to arrange tickler systems, how to keep your hard drive orderly and high-functioning, and hundreds of tips on how to trim minutes off tasks.The arrangement of the book is effective and clear, and the presentation of concepts is well-written too.This book isn't just for office managers--as a professional I find it extremely useful.

As practical and applicable as it is "reader friendly"
Now in an updated and expanded fourth edition, Susan Silver's Organized To Be Your Best!: Simplify And Improve How You Work continues to be an indispensable instruction manual enabling the reader to control multiple, ever-changing projects and priorities, intense workloads and information overload. Readers will learn to manage email, voice, fax, and other instant communications, devise a time and information management system tailored to their needs, work more effectively with others, master a messy desk and "piles of files", maximize the work space (including alternative, virtual, and home offices), and get the most from the computer and the Internet. Very highly recommended, Organized To Be Your Best! is as practical and applicable as it is "reader friendly" and workplace productivity improving.

Contains all the tips for organizing your life at work
Wow! Dubbed "The Bible of Organization" by the media, the latest edition (4th, to be exact) is not a disappointment. The author (Susan Silver) has included all the tips you need for organizing your life at work, from time management to streamlining your workspace and all the points in between. Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business Life - General    4. Business records    5. Business/Economics    6. Career/Job    7. Careers - General    8. Data processing    9. Information resources manageme    10. Information resources management    11. Management    12. Personal Growth - Success    13. Time Management    14. Advice on careers & achieving success   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business/Economics    3. Conduct of life    4. Consumer Finance    5. Finance, Personal    6. General    7. Personal Finance - Financial Planning    8. Saving and investment    9. Time Management    10. Wealth    11. Personal finance   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business Life - General    4. Business/Economics    5. General    6. Management - General    7. Punctuality    8. Time Management    9. Business & Economics / Management    10. Business   

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Dr. Mancini does it again1
Marc Mancini, Phd, is the travel industry's most well-known industry educator and speaker.
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Read it and gift it to all your friends!!!
I have been a fan of the Merills, since their synergistic work with Stephen Covey with "First Things First".
Another classic, good material, well presented

Investment stragegies that go beyond money
This book is one of many that build off Stephen Covey's "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People," and is a more in-depth discussion of prioritizing (Living in Quadrant II for those who speak Covey).This book is divided into four sections that reflect the four biggest concerns Americans face--the workplace, the family, time, and money.The basic message of the book is that one must think in terms of "investing," whether it be money, time, or effort.It is important to examine what one invests in so that maximum returns can be paid on that investment.As an example, investing money in a car yeilds a much lower return (a negative return) than investing in a mutual fund.Investing time in televison watching yields a much lower return than helping your child with his homework.Investing in effort in a long-term project that is still months away yields a much higher return than filling out some pretty-unnecessary paperwork.Other commentators are correct when they say that the examples of theory-in-action can be fairly unrealistic (even though they really happened!), but they illustrate the authors' points well.I would first recommend the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.If you find that helpful (and I imagine you will), this book is an excellent follow-up to it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Audio Adult: Books On Tape    2. Conduct of life    3. Ethics & Moral Philosophy    4. General    5. Married people    6. Self-Help    7. Time Management    8. Unabridged Audio - Business/Professional    9. Work and family    10. Self-Help / General   

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A self-teaching manual to the art of selling
Written by an expert salesman and coach, Selling By The Numbers is a self-teaching manual to the art of selling. Unlike many other sales instructional books, which give tips for specific aspects of the sales process, Selling By The Numbers focuses upon the whole transaction of selling, emphasizing that every stage of the transaction is linked to the others. Simple exercises and worksheets that enable one to analyze and better understand one's unique circumstances allow for mathematical calculations that reveal how to most effectively revitalize one's sales performance. Written in plain, no-nonsense terms accessible by rookies as well as seasoned professionals, Selling By The Numbers walks one through how to choose the right prospects, persuade a prospect to tell one what they really want, maximize use of one's time, communicate effectively surpass competition and much more. An excellent resource for anyone embarking upon or seeking to improve their career in sales.
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This 26 Hour Day is Not Fiction!
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A winner with both analysis and strategies
The author has done an excellent job of providing useful tools, as opposed to the platitudes and vague concepts that plague many self-help books.There is a good balance between analyzing the causes of behavior and providing ideas and strategies for changing it.Of particular note is the useful distinction drawn by the author between procrastination and problems with decision-making.

Very useful and motivating self-improvement guide
Ms. Lively is a consultant and speaker on the subjects of procrastination, workplace decision-making and clear-thinking skills. She has also written an eBook called Managing Information Overload. Don't hestitate! Read this book now.
This book is very suitable for two types of people. The first type is they don��t know what to do. And the second type is they know what to need to do, but don��t do it. If you are one of them, you must read this book immediately. You may not change your lazy behavior after reading this book, but you will know the right direction of being a person who know what to need to do and do it right now. Also, the author divided the content into two parts, one is for the first type of people, another is for the second type. Therefore, you can read the part you need. It can save your time also because of the clear structure. Moreover, many useful tips and techniques are given in each chapter. Apart from teaching the readers the way to overcome procrastination, the author draw out the benefits and drawbacks when you are procrastinating. Certainly, it is not enough to know what to do, it is useless if you don��t do it. So, this book will help you a lot if you want to be an active person. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business/Economics    2. Careers - General    3. Personal Growth - Success    4. Personality    5. Procrastination    6. Psychological aspects    7. Psychology    8. Self-Help    9. Success    10. Time Management    11. Advice on careers & achieving success    12. Self-Help / Personal Growth / General   

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For those growing wary of the snowballing impact that technology now has on our lives--especially the way it leads to more time on the job, even when we're supposedly off the clock--Read more

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Turn It Off - Three Little Words That Can Change Your Life!
Regardless of who you are - a casual user of today's technology, old, young, or in between, a corporate citizen or a manager - it is easy to become enthralled by today's "toys", which turn into "tools" and unless handled carefully, change into "weapons" that threaten to control us. This book is "spot on"
This is an excellent, thoughtful and well-written book. Even more important, the author is absolutely right about the impact of high technology on our lives. The approach he proposes for simplifying your life is, unlike those proposed by others, reasonable, practical and achievable. I highly recommend the book --- as well as the less practical but far more humorous look at high technology and society as provided in the paperback, GONE AWRY: A virtual tour through high tech hell.

Get Your Life Back!
We used to be able to disconnect from the office. Our home lives and our work lives were separate. We had a life, as today's expression goes. In a world of e-mail, voicemail, pagers, cell phones, and personal digital assistants, it's increasingly hard to have a life. At least a life outside of work. Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business Life - General    4. Business/Economics    5. Careers - General    6. Management    7. Telecommunication    8. Time Management    9. Business & Economics / Careers   

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It's About Time!
Organize Your Family's Schedule In No Time (In No Time) by Valentina Sgro is an unusual 'organize your life' guide, as it helps you organize your life by showing the many options you have to make day-to-day living more productive and a little less stressful. Sgro says "You're welcome to read this book from cover to cover...but what we really want you to do is to use this book to improve your family's life."She suggests that you read the sections that apply to your family circumstances before making any decisions on your next move.I found "Dealing with the Necessities of Life", particularly helpful. It shows how becoming more efficient can result in adding hours of quality time to your family's life. Moms (and dads) with preschool children with will welcome "Managing the Preschool Years", some of the author's idea are so unique, your youngsters will look forward to doing their chores. The sidebar notes, cautions and tips in this book contain useful information and are to the point. Ms. Sgro shows you how to make a schedule/calendar that will work for every member of the house. You will find diagrams, various calendars, suggested products along with the cost and website.
A BIG HELP in the "How-To" Dept!
I found this book to be extremely thorough on the subject of organizing a family's schedule, as well as easy enough to read in a short time. I liked the numerous tables and figures illustrating exactly how to do specific tasks.
Mom with 3 children under 4rs finally organized!
As a mom with 3 children between the ages 2 and 4, I thought I was organized.When I read Ms. Sgro's book, I entered a whole new level of organization!Life has gotten simpler and more less stressful by implementing her ideas.My wish list for the holidays includes a PDA - something I never thought I could keep updated.The book identified easy and straightforward techniques that explained the benefits and features.Thanks for helping make my life a whole lot more organized! ... Read more

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A different"take" on time management

Strategic Time Management
There are tonnes of book on this topic. After reading books such as First Thing First, Getting Things Done, Flow and others, I had been only been partially solving my clutters.
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Gender equity and the bottom line
As a coach and consultant to attorneys struggling to make The business case
The long-awaited, "Beyond Work-Family Balance," is finally out!Many of us have been waiting for A groundbreaking book
This is a book we have all been waiting for. After decades ofreflection and debate about how best to developinnovative, high performance organisations, on the one hand, and how to enhance gender equity and work-personal life integration on the other hand,this book tells us that the two are not only compatible, but mutually dependent. Written in a non technical and thoroughly engaging style, the book argues that work practices and norms which are inequitable are also ineffective. The authors have the rare knack of presenting a deep and thoughtful analysis in such a clear way thattheir argument seems simple and obvious.Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business Life - General    4. Business/Economics    5. Management - General    6. Sex Discrimination In Employment    7. Sex discrimination against wom    8. Sex discrimination against women    9. Sex discrimination in employme    10. Social Conditions Of Labor    11. Time Management    12. United States    13. Work and family    14. Business & Economics / Management    15. Personnel & human resources management    16. Work & labour   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business & Economics / Time Management    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Computers / Data Transmission Systems / Electronic Mail    6. Data Transmission Systems - Electronic Mail    7. Decision Making & Problem Solving    8. Internet - General    9. Time Management    10. Computers    11. Electronic Mail    12. Email    13. Writing   

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A Practical Read to Empower Women
I learned something useful about saying "No" just flipping through the pages. This is a helpful read for women who tend to resist saying a firm "No" and get over-committed. I like the comparison of Naysayers and No-Sayers (p. 76), the "don't do" list (p. 108), and the Taking Action and Discovery Questions at the end of each chapter. Could be a personal study guide or used in a group.
If you're a yes, person-- read this book!
Whether you are a people pleaser or a yes-aholic, this book gets to the root of why it is ingrained in women to be available to everyone.
find joy by saying NO

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Is this "time management" or "how to use microsoft outlook"?
I was particularly looking forward to the chapter on email, since my INBOX is perpetually swamped. However, this book spends too much time describing, step-by-step, how to use microsoft outlook. I already know the mechanics of how to use the program, and no real insight was provided. Put Time Management to Work
"Peggy Duncan has done a great job with this book. It is easy to read,highly practical and packed full of useful information to save a busy person time.Not only does it address time management from a priority management point of view but it provides nitty-gritty, real world examples and help to make you more efficient and effective.I gained a lot from it and highly recommend this book.If you want to get more done in your life, don't hesitate.Get this book and improve your life."

Have too much to do and not enough time to do it?
Put Time Management To Work: Get Organized, Streamline Processes, Use The Right Technology is a straightforward, no-nonsense guide expressly written to help busy people make the most of their limited waking hours as applied to unlimited needs and ceaseless demands. Chapters focus on everything from organizing one's desk to coping with other people's messes to setting goals, calendar management, effective delegation and much, much more. Highly accessible, straightforward, and practical, Put Time Management To Work is an absolute "must" for everyone from domestic homemakers to corporate executives who have too much to do and not enough time to do it! ... Read more

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Far too simple
Might help you if you have just got out of college, but otherwise forget it. I skipped through in less than an hour: there is nothing in it. Like many readers of organisational books: still looking for the good one.

Short and Sweet, Gets to the Point
At first review of this book I was somewhat disappointed-the first and second chapters. The information seemed a tired carbon copy of all the other organizational, self help books on the market. It seemed like it wasall common sense and elementary in nature. My goal was to get hot tipsquickly without the fluff. As I read on, I found what I was looking for.Great tips on saving time by clever delegation and eliminating uselessinformation, meetings etc. I found the tips on what I call"filtering" masses of information very helpful. This book was aneasy read and the information was easily digestible. They key points arecalled out as captions in the book for easy reference. The amount of commonsense this book regurgitates is fairly acceptable. These bits of commonsense we may find irritating are probably the ones we continually forget toput into action. If you are short on time and need ideas quickly, this bookis well worth the small investment. ... Read more

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