Time Management - Marc Mancini

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Index
L
Lakein, Alan, 30
Langoliers, The (Stephen King), 3
Linear vs. holistic approach, 24
Long-winded people
in person, 130
on telephone, 129
M
Mail, junk, 82
Meetings
agenda format, 86
customary, value of, 88
environmental factors, checklist,
9
and 50% rule, 64
flowchart for planning, 91
goals for, 87
guidelines for increasing productivity,
86–89
and idea bin, 89
next steps, 89
number of topics, 87
participant, increasing efficiency,
89
people to attend, 87–88
starting/closing times, 87
summarizing results, 89
summary form, 90
Memory, technique for improving,
124
Misemployment, 20
Misplaced items
finding, 120
as time leak, 120–123
Morning vs. evening people, 65
Moskowitz, Robert (How to
Organize Your Work and Your
Life), 83
Multitasking
dangers of, 128
portable to-do file, 127
value of, 127
“Murphy’s Law,” 93
N
No, learning to say, 81–92
four-step procedure, 84–85
what to say no to, 83–84
“Not-to-do” lists, 38
O
Outsourcing, 71
P
Pagers, 150
Paper, reducing, 151–152
Pareto principle
defined, 39
and fax machines, 136
as motivation for change, 39–40
for prioritzing, 39–40
Patterns, in time use, 64–65
Payoff system, for prioritizing
described, 35–36
example of, 36–37
Perfectionist
combating tendency, 44
identifying tendencies, 15
Personal digital assistants (PDAs)
disadvantages, 149–150
reasons for using, 148–149
Personal organizers (paper–based),
152
Pitney-Bowes, 2
Playfulness, need for, 117–118
Prioritizing
ABC system, 30–33
index card/Post-it® system, 34
and information overload, 40
Pareto Principle and, 39–40
payoff system, 35–38
tickler file, 34
Problems, anticipating
and backing up work, 102–103
documents, important, photocopying,
109–110
false deadline strategy, 97
foresight and, 94–95, 112
foresight action plan, 103