The Inefficiency Assassin: Time Management Tactics for Working Smarter, Not Longer
- 5h 5m
- Helene Segura
- New World Library
- 2016
Slay Procrastination, Distraction, and Overwhelm!
Who doesn’t want more time and energy for family, friends, and personal passions? Author Helene Segura coaches real people in the real world to operate more efficiently during the workday, so they can have a life outside it. Her engaging time management program caters to diverse learning styles, offering case studies that allow readers to self-diagnose and zero in on the strategies most appropriate for them. Anyone wanting to streamline workflow and improve productivity can employ her wonderfully doable techniques — for clearing task lists, handling reminder systems, scheduling a variety of priorities, and even managing emails and phone calls. Thanks to Segura’s astute attention to personality, The Inefficiency Assassin meets readers where they are struggling and details quick and easy-to-implement strategies to, as Segura promises, “kick chaos to the curb.”
About the Author
Do you want to wake up 10 years from now and lament, "I wish I'd lived a little more instead of work around the clock"? Helene Segura doesn't want to either. That's why she tells her time what to do - and teaches busy professionals how to do the same by slaying lost time.
The author of two Amazon best-selling books, Helene has been the featured productivity expert in more than 100 media interviews. During her time management keynotes and workshops, she shares her mind-bending framework for decreasing interruptions, distractions and procrastination so that companies can spend more time generating revenue.
On weekends, Helene can be found experimenting with recipes or sneaking adult beverages onto the lawn bowling court. To connect with Helene or for details about her third book, The Inefficiency Assassin: Time Management Tactics for Working Smarter, Not Longer (New World Library 2016), visit www.HeleneSegura.com.
In this Book
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Introduction—Your Time Management Revolution Starts Here!
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It’s All in Your Head—End the Overwhelm by Adjusting Your Mind-Set
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Capture Your Priorities
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Identify Your Targets
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Administer Self-Care
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Reflect with Power
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Rendezvous—Your Date with Change…and Discomfort
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It’s All in Your Head—Prevent Drowning Through Structure and Flow
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Manage Long-Term Projects with Mega-Efficiency
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Get it All Done in 24 Hours—Turn To-Do Lists into Done Lists
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Set Reminders, and Never Forget Again
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Set up and Maintain a Productive Work Space
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Dig Out from a Buried Office
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Create a Go-Bag and Mobile Office for Road Warriors
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Set Boundaries in the Digital Age
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Manage Your Incoming Email
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Dig Out from a Flooded Inbox
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Utilize the Telephone More Efficiently
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Set up a Simple Filing System That Works
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Deal with Incoming Daily Paper
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Take Notes Anytime, Anywhere — And Never Lose Them
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Know Where Your Time Goes, So That You Can Tell Your Time What to Do
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Schedule around Your Personal Priorities and Targets
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Determine Your High-Value Work Responsibilities
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Schedule around Your Work Priorities and Targets
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Scheduling for Road Warriors
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It’s All in Your Head—It Takes a Village
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Assemble Your Personal Team
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Assemble Your Work Team
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Facilitate Productive Team Meetings
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Delegate the Right Stuff to the Right People
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I Multitask, but I Still Can’t Finish Everything
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My Brain is Constantly in Overdrive
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I’ve Got Brainus Interruptus and Ideas Overload
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I Am Constantly Interrupted or Distracted
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When Crap Happens, I Go into a Tailspin
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I Procrastinate…a Lot
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I May Not Be a Perfectionist, but I Want Everything Just Right
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I Have a Tough Time Sleeping
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I Often Am Late or Miss Appointments
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I Often Let Great Opportunities Turn into Big Stress
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I Have to Drop Everything When My Clients Call Me in Crisis
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I’d Love to Control My Time, but I Don’t Know What to Say to People
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I Never Stick to My Time Management Plan
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Conclusion—Be an Agent of Change in Your Time Management Revolution
