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The most useful and entertaining book on time management. Gleb Arkhangelsky is the initiator of the Russian TM movement, the founder of the Time Management Community, the head of corporate TM projects at RAO UES of Russia, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Wimm-Bill-Dann, etc., CEO of the consulting company Organization of Time, author of the fundamental monograph «Organization of time» (2003).
Time Drive, his second book, has a popular presentation. In the most simple and step-by-step form, using real Russian examples, it answers the main question of a modern manager: how to do more? Tips are given on organizing working time and rest, on motivation and goal setting, planning, prioritization, effective reading, etc.
The range of issues covered is so wide, and the methods for solving them are so universal that the book can be recommended to almost any category of readers.
Steps to create your personal time management system
Dear reader, here is a brief overview of the upcoming chapters. Each of them corresponds to a logical step in building a personal time management system. At the end of each chapter, the corresponding step will be detailed into a few specific recommendations.
Chapter 1 Rest — Step: With a minimum of «initial investment of time», establish competent rest during the working day and after hours.
Chapter 2. Motivation — Step: Learn the methods of «tuning» to perform complex and unpleasant tasks in order to reduce the time to work on them.
Chapter 3 Goal Setting — Step: Define personal values and set long-term goals to make your dream a reality.
Chapter 4. Workday — Step: Set up a personal workday planning system using «hard» and «flexible» tasks to plan realistically and always get the most important things done.
Chapter 5. Planning — Step: Organize contextual planning and medium-term planning using the Day-Week method and guarantee yourself the confidence that you will always meet the deadline.
Chapter 6. Priorities — Step: Learn to weed out unnecessary, imposed cases and highlight key tasks using clear criteria — thus, always finding time for the main thing.
Chapter 7: Information — Step: Implement techniques for filtering, storing, and moving information quickly so you can keep it under control without too much ‘sorting it out’.
Chapter 8. Sinkers — Step: Use techniques to identify the sinkers, allowing you to use the «lying under your feet» reserves of time.
Chapter 9 The TM Bacillus — Step: Communicate the TM Bacillus to others so that they can use their time and yours more wisely.
Chapter 10 The TM Manifesto — Step: Use the irreplaceable time of your life in accordance with your conscious personal values and priorities.
1. Rest: how not to turn into a “driven horse”
On Friday, most often you want to drink.
On Monday, most often I want Friday.
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We will start our conversation about time management in an unusual way — with the organization of recreation.
Remember, dear reader, have you ever felt tired and exhausted at work, having lost all taste even for your favorite business? If yes, you are not alone. This is a common problem these days. In Japanese, she even gave birth to a special word «karoshi» — «death from overwork at work.»
In competent personal time management, not only the amount of time is important, but also the quality. Therefore, it is worth thinking about how your rest is organized, the restoration of your energy resource.
Rhythmic rest during the working day
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