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    Managing Time (HBR 20-Minute Manager Series)
    Managing Time (HBR 20-Minute Manager Series)
    Managing Time (HBR 20-Minute Manager Series)
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    Managing Time (HBR 20-Minute Manager Series)

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    Does it seem like you never have enough time to get everything done? Keeping on top of your tasks, deadlines, and work schedule can be daunting. Managing Time quickly walks you through the basics. You’ll learn to:

    • Assess how you spend your time now
    • Prioritize your tasks
    • Plan the right time to work on each one
    • Avoid procrastination and interruptions

    Don't have much time? Get up to speed fast on the most essential business skills with HBR's 20-Minute Manager series. Whether you need a crash course or a brief refresher, each book in the series is a concise, practical primer that will help you brush up on a key management topic. Advice you can quickly read and apply, for ambitious professionals and aspiring executives--from the most trusted source in business. Also available as an ebook.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarvard Business Review Press
    Release dateMay 6, 2014
    ISBN9781625272294
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    • 5/5
      Quick read and great insight and tips to better manage your time.
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      I am informed and empowered after reading this book. It offers great insights into prioritizing tasks, assessing how I spend time and keeping away distractions. I recommend it!
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      Loved it, precise and most useful. It saved my time
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      The book provides a bird's eye view of time mgmt. Also, it contains very useful techniques to work in a more efficient manner. I enjoyed the time box template!

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    Managing Time (HBR 20-Minute Manager Series) - Harvard Business Review

    Managing Time

    Get up to speed fast on essential business skills. Whether you’re looking for a crash course or a brief refresher, you’ll find just what you need in HBR’s 20-Minute Manager series—foundational reading for ambitious professionals and aspiring executives. Each book is a concise, practical primer, so you’ll have time to brush up on a variety of key management topics.

    Advice you can quickly read and apply, from the most trusted source in business.

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    Managing Time

    Focus on what matters

    Avoid distractions

    Get things done

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    Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

    Managing time.

          pages cm. — (The 20-minute manager series)

       Includes index.

       ISBN 978-1-62527-224-9 (alk. paper)

       1. Time management.

       HD69.T54.M363 2014

       650.1′1—dc23

                                         2013050976

    eISBN: 978-1-62527-229-4

    Preview

    You have too much to do and too little time. It’s frustrating and stressful and has a big impact on your success. Although you can’t magically add more hours to the day, you can learn to manage your time—however limited it may be—more carefully and efficiently. This book will quickly teach you the basic steps and tools you can use to take control:

    • Logging your time

    • Prioritizing your responsibilities

    • Developing a plan to reallocate your time to reflect your goals

    • Managing deadlines

    • Creating detailed, task-oriented to-do lists

    • Avoiding interruptions and distractions

    Contents

    Why Manage Your Time?

    Assess Yourself

    State your objectives

    Break down your responsibilities

    Track your time

    Examine your results

    Develop a Plan

    Reclaim your time

    Create a big-picture vision

    Do a reality check

    Execute Your Plan: Time Boxing

    Time-boxing basics

    Setting up your time

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