Time Tactics of Very Successful People by B. Eugene Griessman (Jun 1, 1994)
Firnando Chau Review
About the Book:-
Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (June 1, 1994)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0070246440
ISBN-13: 978-0070246447
From getAbstract.com
- How to get a handle on your time
- How to improve your efficiency
- How to learn to say “no.”
If B. Eugene Griessman wanted a good subtitle for this book of time-saving tactics, he could use, "Time waits for no one." He offers many common-sense pointers on how to avoid wasting your time - and how to keep others from wasting it, too. It’s eye-opening to realize and calculate the value and importance of every hour, even your leisure time. People in all walks of life - students, stay-at-home parents, business leaders, teachers, self-employed workers - can glean ideas for using time effectively from this book. If you are a procrastinator, this book will encourage you to "do it now." While some of the suggestions here may seem too simplistic to those who already employ some time-management tactics, getabstract.com recommends this book for inveterate - if inadvertent - time-wasters. You know who you are.
About the author
B. Eugene Griessman, Ph.D., is a noted author, speaker, professor, media personality, and corporation consultant. He is author and producer of the one-man play, Lincoln Live. Greissman has taught at many universities including the College of William and Mary, Auburn University, Georgia Tech, and the University of Islamabad in Pakistan. He has written six books, including the award-winning, The Achievement Factors.Book Review © Dr. Terry J. van der Werff, CMC
We each are given 24 hours a day. How we use them separates the successful individuals from those who are not.
Fear not! This is not a time management system with rules to follow. Rather, it is a collection of time tactics, practical tips that save seconds, minutes, and hours to give you extra time to invest as you please, richly illustrated with examples and vignettes from real life. These time tactics come from Griessman's lifelong study of the behavior of highly successful people and how they allocate and use their time to achieve so much.
The tactics are ultimately based on two premises. First, successful people have sharply focussed goals they seek to achieve. They rank their priorities and put them in writing. Second, they are always conscious of the value of time and invest it only where it can help them reach the goals they have set.
The chapter titles give you a flavor of the topics covered:
Get a handle on your time
Get organized
Increase your efficiency
Shortcuts
Find hidden time
Learn to focus
Pace yourself
Avoid procrastinatio
Avoid time-wasting activities
Don't let others waste your time
Enlist others to save you time
Invest time to save time
Plan ahead
Use technology that works
Balancing work, family, and social life
Not all the tactics will be equally applicable to you. Indeed, some are even contradictory. Pick and choose what works for you. Here are some that have proven particularly effective for me:
* Consider your time more valuable that anyone else's.
* Set priorities.
* Ask yourself: "Will doing this help me reach some important goal in my life?"
* Schedule a specific time for each task on your to-do list, just as you would a meeting.
* Highlight and annotate what you read, for easy reference later.
* Use templates for routine correspondence and customize them appropriately.
* Have something to do while you wait.
* Ask yourself: "Is there an easier way to do this?"
* Create routines to tap into the rhythm of work.
* Don't just do it now - finish it now!
* Know when to cut your losses and stop investing your time.
* Sometimes good enough is good enough.
* Be decisive.
* Don't adopt other people's monkeys.
* Tip in advance.
* Learn to let some things go.
* Become an expert.
* Think it through, then follow through.
* Handle a piece of paper once or put it into a specific file for later action.
* Have a plan B.
* If it's not worth doing, be sure not to do it!
* Give yourself prime time.
About the Book
A new approach to time management focusing on how highly successful people get their work done without sacrificing the life they live.
This entertaining volume has what no other time management book has: insights on how to manage time from high achievers such as Malcolm Forbes, Jr., Ted Turner, Sandra Day, Dr. Johnnetta Cole, and Home Depot CEO Bernie Marcus. Dr. B. Eugene Griessman has interviewed hundreds of contemporary peak performers (and researched dozens of historical high achievers) to unearth the secrets of their success. He presents their time management tactics in short "Bites" designed to inspire today's time-starved reader whether they're over worked managers, working moms, entrepreneurs on the go, or even newly unemployed people who must suddenly learn to structure their own time.
About the Author
Dr. Gene Griessman - writer, speaker, university professor, Emmy-award winning producer - has written a gem of a book to help you be more effective and efficient.
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