REVIEW: "At the peak of opportunities," Robert Posen

This book is universal - it is like for people of all professions, which are primarily used intelligence. The book consists of 5 parts, and you can easily choose the most useful of them. Although I advise you to read the entire book.

Part 1 you will get acquainted with three key ideas of the book: to set goals, clearly defining their priority, focus on outcomes, and not waste your time on trifles.

Part 2 It will help you streamline the short-term priorities. You will learn about the principles of the organization of daily activities, time management on business trips and effective meetings.

part 3 It will show how to develop three skills that are important for professional success: reading comprehension, effective written communication and public speaking.

Part 4 It describes how to successfully overcome all the organizational barriers to personal effectiveness. You will learn to communicate with staff through delegation of authority and to get along with management.

part 5 It will help you lay the foundation for long-term decisions about your career. You will increase the chances of success in a rapidly changing world and achieve a balance between work and personal life.

The author focuses on outcomes rather than on hours worked. Only they can move you up the career ladder, and the only way to succeed. All books are not new ideas, but sets out in simple terms and perfectly structured.

After reading this book, you will be able to prioritize in all his ways and to concentrate only on the most important and the rest do not delegate or perform. Work with e-mail, meetings, effective reading, travel - all of these questions have answers in the book.

All these professional tips near the border of health topics, and relationships with family. It is no secret that in order to achieve good results in the need to establish a personal life.

At the end of each chapter there is a list of useful tips, and I have chosen for you some of them:

• To improve the efficiency necessary to clearly define the objectives and set priorities.
• For a harmonious working write down your long-term plans (5 years or more) goals for the next year (3-24 months) and short-term goals (one week or less).
• Strive to achieve personal results, rather than just spending time on the job.
• Every time halfway to the goal should be to stop and rethink the methods and conclusions in the light of new factors.

• Get rid of most of the received electronic mail and paper: 80% of them are insignificant for you.
• Respond to important requests right away. Do not waste time re-search e-mail or deliberation scheduled meeting.
• Do not try to perform multiple tasks in parallel, if each of them requires a serious intellectual effort.
• Daily schedule with a note to the problems.
• You need to sleep at least eight hours per day.

• Several times think: Is that a meeting is necessary. It may be enough to provide information by email or phone.
• Do not try to read as many words per minute - speed should be increased due to the omission of words that are not related to the purpose of reading.

"At the peak of opportunities," Robert Posen

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