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Work simply : embracing the power of your personal productivity style

Summary: "Many of us try the popular productivity solutions and tools, only to find ourselves falling further behind and more frustrated than ever. We end up spending more time managing our calendars and to-do lists than doing actual work. Carson Tate says that's because our brains often don't work the way the experts assume. She has helped thousands of men and women become better at time management and productivity, by using a unique assessment tool that helps people discover their individual productivity styles. In Work Simply, she explains the four major styles--Prioritizer, Planner, Arranger, and Visualizer-- and offers invaluable tactics for leveraging your personal style instead of fighting it. She makes it much easier to manage your attention, get more done, tame your inbox, set and reach goals, and much more"--

Record details

ISBN: 1591847303
ISBN: 9781591847304
Physical Description: 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Publisher: ©2015

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1 Work Smarter, Not Harder 9 -- Myth of Time Management 10 -- 2 Get Ready to Work Smarter 17 -- Roadblocks to Success 18 -- Ready to Run 25 -- 3 What's Your Productivity Style? 26 -- Productivity Style Assessment 30 -- Explore Your Productivity Style 35 -- Which Style Is Yours? 44 -- My Story 45 -- 4 Manage Your Attention 48 -- Attention: A Finite, Precious Resource 49 -- Manage Your Voluntary Attention 52 -- Avoid Distractions and Control Your Involuntary Attention 57 -- Control Distractions from Technology 58 -- Prevent Emergencies from Dominating Your Day 62 -- Minimize the Impact of Interruptions 65 -- 5 Set Your Priorities 69 -- READY: Determine Your Goals 70 -- Use the READY Framework to Set Your Priorities 74 -- 6 Invest Your Time Wisely 76 -- Stop Giving Away Your Most Valuable Resource 79 -- Examine Your Investment Statement 81 -- Reimagine Your Time Spend 83 -- Choose Time Investment Tactics That Work for You 91 -- Keep Your Investment on Track: Plan and Prioritize Every Month, Week, and Day 95 -- 7 Free Your Brain with a Master TASK List 103 -- Build a Master TASK List 104 -- Brain-Dump Trigger List 106 -- Create a TASK List Tailored to Your Productivity Style 114 -- 8 Get More Done: Complete Tasks and Projects with Ease 120 -- Pace Yourself for Long-term Success 128 -- Find Your Personal Pace 130 -- 9 Tame Your Inbox 133 -- Take Control of Your Inbox (and Your Day) 134 -- Make a Decision! 136 -- Use the E-mail Agility Circle 137 -- Craft More Effective E-mail Messages 140 -- Use the Subject Line to Improve E-mail Response Time 145 -- Make Your E-mail Technology Work for You 147 -- 10 Shape Your Space for Mental and Physical Freedom 153 -- Make Your Space Reflect Who You Are and the Work You Do 155 -- Customize Your Space to Fit Your Productivity Style 158 -- Find and Use Physical Organizational Tools That Work for You 161 -- Face the Realities of Your Workspace 164 -- Put the Walls Back Up 167 -- 11 Stop Pushing Papers 171 -- You Need a Retrieval System, Not a Filing System 173 -- Four-Step Paper Management Method: Read, Decide, Act, Contain 176 -- Build Your Personalized Retrieval System 181 -- 12 Harness the Productive Power of Your Teammates: Delegate 185 -- Psychological Resistance: The Urge to Do It Ail 186 -- Organizational Resistance: A Shortage of Resources 188 -- Technical Resistance: Five Principles of Effective Delegation 189 -- 13 Work Well with Others 205 -- Clash of Productivity Styles 206 -- Leverage Your Colleagues' Productivity Style Strengths and Minimize Their Blind Spots 207 -- Work Well with Your Boss, Your Colleague, and Your Assistant 212 -- Contribute to a High-Performance Team 217 -- Coach Your Team Members 221 -- 14 Lead a Meeting Revolution 227 -- Is This Meeting Really Necessary? 229 -- Understand Your Meeting Alternatives 232 -- Meeting Success Depends on Your Planning 236 -- Unleash the POWER of a Perfect Agenda 238 -- Invite the Right People (and Only the Right People) 241 -- Determine the Ideal Length for Your Meeting 244 -- Engage All Meeting Participants 246 -- Who Has the A? Follow Up to Maximize Your Meeting ROI 249 -- 15 Put it All Together 252 -- Get Clear 253 -- Embrace Your Productivity Style 254 -- Know Where You Really Want to Go 254 -- Set Your Goals and Align Your Time Spend 255 -- Invest Your Time Wisely to Achieve Your Goals 255 -- Focus on the Real Work That Is Aligned to Your Goals 256 -- Stop Reacting and Start Responding 256 -- Ask for Help 257 -- Do Not Neglect Your Maintenance 258.