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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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