Collins Business Secrets: Getting Things Done

In this Book

• Collins Business Secrets—Getting Things Done
• Getting things done is the way to get on in life
• Check your bank balance of time
• Ask for clear instructions
• See the relevance of the bigger picture
• Identify what’s relevant to you
• Do the ‘right’ things right
• Plan for output, not activity
• DREAM to get more done
• Have a personal vision or mission
• Know WIIFM
• Make ‘to do’ lists
• Decide if ‘how’ is important
• Fit into a bigger process
• Find out how others do it
• Set quality measures
• Know how to KISS
• Prioritize this – or that?
• Look at effort versus pay-off
• Go for quick wins
• Use your body clock
• Schedule your tasks
• Schedule for task dependency
• Schedule for resource dependency
• Schedule for concurrent activity
• Use your waiting time
• Deal with people distractions
• Deal with other distractions
• Use technology
• Beware the Seven Wastes of Time
• Manage your meetings
• Fight fatigue
• Practise ‘good housekeeping’
• Avoid procrastination
• ‘Sharpen the saw’
• Don’t say “yes” to every request
• Just say “no”
• Use 5Y questioning
• Assess risks sensibly
• Manage risks well
• Define problems
• ‘Appreciate’ problems
• Choose a quick fix, then a long fix
• Find the root cause
• Learn how to improvise
• Work to YOUR strengths
• Influence others
• Give good instructions
• Learn the art of delegating
• Use WIIFYs
• Say “thank you”
• Learn from doing
• Jargon buster
• Further reading