How to Get More Done:Seven Days to Achieving MoreDescription |
Overwhelmed by life and work pressures? Feel like there are never enough hours in the day to get everything done? Not anymore. Light on theory and heavy on practice, this book shows you an easy and immediate way that not only gets you back on top of things, but helps you to achieve even more on a daily basis. Based on a seven day week, each day you will learn a new principle,so in one week you will have mastered a set of practical set of skills that ensures you achieve more and feel less stressed. Plus extra chapters are included to give added support to your skill set - such as how to create extra time in your life and establishing what your working patterns are. Manage your life. Do everything you want to do. Get more out of your day.  |
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- Light on theory and heavy on practice, this book shows you an easy and immediate way that not only gets you back on top of things, but helps you to achieve even more on a daily basis.
- Each day (out of 7) you will master a set of practical skills that ensures you achieve more and feel less stress.
- You can adapt the principles and tools to the way that works best for you.
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Table of Contents |
About the author Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Day 1 What's the Problem? Chapter 1 What are you like? Chapter 2 Where are you spending your time at the moment? Chapter 3 What other things have you tried? Chapter 4 Changing habits Day 2 What's the system? Chapter 5 The system Day 3 Don't do stuff Chapter 6 Learn to say 'no' Chapter 7 Let stuff 'go hang' Day 4 Only do the right stuff Chapter 8 Only do the right stuff Day 5 Do as little as possible when doing the right stuff Chapter 9 A little planning is better than a lot of firefighting Chapter 10 Sequences of events and your well-being Day 6 Some other skills Chapter 11 Planning the unplanned Chapter 12 How to create extra time in your life Chapter 13 Why you'll be able to get more done Chapter 14 Don't get stressed Day 7 Start now! Chapter 15 Start now! Notes |
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Back Cover |
Your fast track guide to living a happy and full life. Many of us feel we are struggling against an endless stream of tasks each day – both in our work and personal lives. To cope, we often avoid dealing with anything that is less than urgent, instead we wait for the storm to hit before reacting. But there is a way out – an easy and immediate way to not only get on top of things, but actually achieve even more. How to Get More Done shows you how. In just one week, you’ll have everything you need to take control. Based on a flexible system, you’ll learna range of basic principles that can be easily adapted to the way that works best for you. Each day you’ll find a new set of coping skills to break patterns, get the very most out of your day and avoid feeling overwhelmed in future. The Sunday Business Post has described Fergus O’Connell as having ‘more strings to his bow than a Stradivarius’. He is the author of seven management books and one novel, holds two patents in software engineering and runs ETP, one of the world’s leading project management companies. |
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Author |
Fergus O’Connell has spent the much of the last thirty years either doing, teaching, learning, writing or thinking about project management. Now he applies the principles of project management to the most important project of all – you. |
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