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guidelines for clear writing,
A Index
ABC system, for prioritizing 99–101
advantages of, 34 knowing your audience, 100
described, 30 misunderstanding phone mes-
D tasks and, 30–31 sages, 105
exercise exemplifying, 31–33 Commuting
expanded, 31 making productive, 127
how to implement, 32–33 as time leak, 126–127
Activities Compulsive actions, anchored in
clustering time, 15–16
defined, 63 Computers
described, 62–63 enhancing performance, 142
leak-proofing the process, 63 maximizing productivity, using,
when alert, 66 143–144
when fully alert, 66 Cultural perspectives on time, 25–27
when sluggish, 66
Agenda, form for effective meeting, D
86 Deadlines
Air travel and delegating, 77–78
minimizing time taken, 125–126 inability to meet, 5
as time leak, 124–125 Delegating
Airline delays, anticipating, 96 benefits for delegatee, 77
Audience, knowing, 100 downward, 69–70
economics of, 70
B flowchart of process, 76
Batteries, having extras, 102 lateral, examples of, 70–71
Body rhythms, reprogramming, 67 and outsourcing, 71
Burns, Robert (poet), 93
personal services, 47
C 12 steps for masterful, 75–80
Capote, Truman, quoted, 53 types of tasks, 73
Chronobiology upward, 71–72
defined, 65 why it’s difficult, 73–74
scheduling and, 66 DeMarco, Tom (Slack: Getting Past
Commitments, time required, Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth
83–84 of Total Efficiency), 156
Communication skills Deming, W. Edwards, and Total
in delegating, 75 Quality Management, 49–50

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