Organizing Your Day : Time Management Techniques That Will Work for You

by Felton, Sandra

• ISBN13: 9780800733155
• ISBN10: 0800733150
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-05-01
• Publisher: Baker Pub Group

Summary

For more than twenty years, Sandra Felton's books have helped countless readers organize their homes, rooms, offices, and paperwork. She now joins forces with professional organizer Marsha Sims and applies some of the same principles to help readers build a successful system for organizing their daily schedules and routines.Their unique approach with helpful anecdotal stories offers a variety of easy-to-implement, effective ideas. From goal setting, project management, and to-do lists to daily scheduling, creating new habits, and curing chronic lateness, the topics covered in Organizing Your Day will hit home with busy readers. Everyone from creative free-wheelers to well-organized perfectionists will love these solutions. With solutions for both home and work, this book is ideal for office workers, homemakers, business owners, retirees, or anyone who wants to get more out of their days.

Author Biography

Sandra Felton, The Organizer Lady, is a pioneer in the field of organizing. She is the founder and president of Messies Anonymous and the author of many books including Organizing Magic. Sandra lives in Miami, Florida. Marsha Sims is a national speaker who has taught seminars on time management and organization, managing the front desk, and projects and priorities. She has been a professional organizer for fifteen years as the founder and president of her Miami-based company, Sort-It-Out, Inc.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 9
Something Strange Has Happened to Time: Too Many Options	p. 15
Complications of Time Management: Being Willing to Make the Necessary Changes	p. 24
Change for the Better: Adjustments That Work	p. 33
If Things Were Perfect: Set Goals for Your Life	p. 45
Handling Activity Clutter: Four Dynamic Methods	p. 54
Measure Your Time: Keep a Time Log	p. 66
Modern Multitasking: Help and Hindrance	p. 74
Perfectionism: Helpful or Harmful?	p. 83
Procrastination: Overcoming a Nonproductive Tendency	p. 90
Easy Project Management: Getting Started	p. 108
Working with Your Projects: The Project Notebook	p. 117
To-Do List: Keep on Top of Your Important Activities	p. 124
Delegate: Build a Team	p. 131
Interruptions: Regain Control of Your Time	p. 142
Time Wasters: Take Charge	p. 153
Scheduling Routines: An Indispensable Tool	p. 161
Daily Scheduling: Move Smoothly through the Day	p. 171
Scheduling Tools: Calendars, PDAs, Day Planners	p. 177
Chronic Lateness: Understanding and Curing the Problem	p. 187
Creating Powerful Habits: Surefire Methods That Work	p. 194
Organize Your Space at Home: De-stress Your Life and Free Yourself	p. 203
Organize Your Business or Home Office: Ensure Maximum Productivity	p. 215
Organize Your Papers: The Joy of Clear Surfaces and Neat Files	p. 225
Make the Most of Life: Manage Your Opportunities	p. 235
Activities for Ten Time Management Choices	p. 243
Resources	p. 265
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