Brilliant Time Management : What the Most Productive People Know, Do and Say

by Clayton, Mike

• ISBN13: 9780273744092
• ISBN10: 0273744097
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-01-18
• Publisher: Ft Pr

Summary

How to work smarter, not harder.Whether it's getting on top of your workload, finding the time to start something new or simply making more time to relax, Brilliant Time Management will help you to get there. Based on over 20 years of managing time effectively, Mike Clayton shares with you winning principles that helped him launch two successful businesses, lead and manage teams of people, juggle a busy family life with a demanding career, and much more.Discover how to take control of your time and achieve more than you ever thought possible with time to spare! - Brilliant outcomes: Know how to prioritise tasks. Understand how time gets wasted and how to avoid this. Feel ready to tackle procrastination and make more time for you.The book will give readers effective ways of deciding what's most important and how to prioritise it on a daily and weekly basis, it will enable readers to avoid wasting time in unproductive meetings and empower them to deal with procrastination - one of the most common time management issues.Mike Clayton has led large teams of people and advised clients at senior levels in Government departments and in major companies. Over the last twenty years, he has studied the skills of time management, which have enabled him to start two successful businesses, train many people and become a respected public speaker and author. Mike also has a science PhD from the University of Manchester and is an NLP Master Practitioner.

Author Biography

Mike Clayton has led large teams of people and advised clients at senior levels in Government departments and in major companies.  Over the last twenty years, he has studied the skills of time management, which have enabled him to start two successful businesses, train many people and become a respected public speaker and author.  Mike also has a science PhD from the University of Manchester and is an NLP Master Practitioner. 

Table of Contents

About the author

Introduction

Author acknowledgements

 

Part 1 The basics of Brilliant Time Management

1 What is your attitude to time?

2 Understand how you use your time

3 Six fundamentals of Brilliant Time Management

4 Know what you are doing things for

 

Part 2 Work effectively and avoid the pitfalls that steal your time

5 How to do things effectively

6 Focus on priorities to take control of your time

7 When to keep going and when to let go 

8 Who are you doing things for?

 

Part 3 Ultimate success in getting things done

9 Using other people to get things done

10 The OATS principle: the ultimate process for Brilliant Time Management

11 The three things exceptional time managers do

 

Conclusion

Further reading

Index