- 224 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
About this book
To do: take the stress out of work
defeat 'information overload'
be more efficient. Whether you are overwhelmed by your to-do list, or get stressed just looking at your full inbox, this Practical Guide from productivity expert Graham Allcott reveals how to think, and act, more productively and to start loving work.Following a simple A-Z of expert tips and real-life examples, you will learn to improve your focus, regain control, and feel cool, calm and collected.
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Information
Topic
Personal DevelopmentSubtopic
Time ManagementIndex
1Password 158
The 7 Habits of Highly
Successful People see Seven Habits
40-20-40 continuum 107–10
80/20 rule 38, 57
800/20 rule 79
abundance mentality 147, 188
acceptance 190–3
action
next physical 28–31, 167
as trumping indecision 183
action folder 76, 82
adrenaline 127
agility 115
Allen, David 61–4, 169
amygdala 127
antioxidants 93
apples, swapping coffee for 92
apps 151–9
attention 5–13, 198
active 10
art of managing 8–9
inactive 11
proactive 10, 12–13, 87
quality 9–13
science of managing 7–8
attention tension 105–6
autonomy 41
availability 114
back-up 156
bad news, communicating 50–1
bad things, when happen 187
batching 19–21
BCC, use with emails 52
beetroot and apple smoothie 92–3
being, just 184
BHAGs 15–19, 166 of organization 17–18
boss role 35–8
Buckingham, Marcus 57
Buddhify 90, 195
building 191–3
bullet points 46
caffeine 92
calendar, interaction with lists 174
calm, Zen-like 112, 196
Cameron, Julia 8
camouflage 114, 141, 142
Captio 65
capture, ubiquit...
Table of contents
- Copyright Page
- About the author
- Author’s note
- Contents
- Introduction
- A is for Attention
- B is for BHAGs and Batching
- C is for the CORD Productivity Model
- D is for Decision-making and Distractions
- E is for Email Etiquette
- F is for Foibles and Frogs
- G is for Getting Things Done
- H is for Habits
- I is for Inbox Zero
- J is for Juice
- K is for Kitchen Timers and Keyboard Shortcuts
- L is for Lists
- M is for Meetings
- N is for Ninja
- O is for Over-promising
- P is for Procrastination and Power Hours
- Q is for Questions
- R is for Renegotiating, Ruthlessness and Rest
- S is for Seven Habits
- T is for Tools
- U is for Urgent vs. Important
- V is for Vision
- W is for Weekly Checklist
- X is for Extreme Productivity
- Y is for ‘Yes, and …’
- Z is for Zen
- Acknowledgements
- A–Z of further reading
- Index