Universal productivity prescription does not exist. We all have different priorities in work and employment, the features of circadian rhythms and the unique warehouse mentality. So what works for one may not work for another.
We collected popular books on time management, which represent different approaches to planning. Some of them contain practical advice on self-discipline, others offer to relax and start to understand why you do not have time to do all that is going.
1. "As a result in order. The Art of stress-free productivity ", by David Allen
One of the most famous in the world of books on time management and personal efficiency, translated into 30 languages. Its author - David Allen, a productivity consultant at which owes its popularity to the method devised by them Getting Things Done. She sets out in this book.
The essence of GTD is to free up resources that we spend on memorizing current affairs. To do this, once and how to plan everything in advance, and do tasks transfer to external media. The book was published in 2001, so that the folders and binders are mentioned in it on a par with the software. Today we would say that the electronic media confidently replacing paper planners (although someone suitable, for example, handwritten bullet journal).
In the management of workflow Allen identifies five basic steps: collection, processing, organization, review and action. Expanded in this scheme can be anything: current affairs, projects, responsibilities, plans for the next few years, personal perspective and a lifetime. The main thing - to start by making a list of tasks and complete the creation of a simple system to make the necessary actions.
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2. "Do not put off till tomorrow," Timothy Pichilemu
The sufferings of why we do not proceed to urgent problems, to spend so much energy that is more than enough to carry them out. The more that the appetite comes while eating, and work delays. While thoughts about how you do not want to do it, only waste resources and bring unpleasant emotions. The main thing for the cause then still have to be taken - only already exhausted and under time pressure.
Timothy Pichilemu, professor of psychology at Carleton University, is studying the problem procrastination 1995. In his opinion, postponing for tomorrow - it's one of the bad habits, which is based on the subconscious motives. This means that it can be thrown. Pichila book tells exactly how to do it. But first, I have to admit that no one, except us, not hinder us to follow their own plans and to finish all the works on time.
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3. "Time Management", Brian Tracy
Brian Tracy - Canadian-American motivational speaker and author of many books on self development. In the "Time Management", he offers 21 specific time management techniques, and explains how to deal with distractions, overcome procrastination and learn to delegate tasks.
Here we describe the principles based on which you can build a workflow management. For example, according to the rule Pareto, The implementation of 20% of the volume of work tasks provide performance by 80%. Therefore, every morning, starting a business, you need to evaluate which of them will provide the best return and achieve the most important goals.
And in order to maximize productivity and to mobilize the resources to come up with Tracy advises motivation. For example, imagine that you are asked to go on paid leave, if one day you will be able to do all of the most important things planned for the whole week.
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4. "Do less. How to get rid of the desire to catch everything, "Fergus O'Connell
Fergus O'Connell offers lose the battle to win the war, and to admit that all things can not be undone. Acceptance of this fact paradoxically liberates and gives new opportunities.
Seizing for a little time, such as not sitting up late at work, you eventually will gain more energy and creative powers. This will require to delete from the list of cases some things. But the problem is that usually the first place people are removed from it what they really want and like to do. So lost balance between work and personal life. To restore it, the author recommends to learn to do less.
planning regulations, which are contained in the book will help to rank the tasks in order of importance and to understand in what order to start it.
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5. "Fast Turtle. Inaction as a way to achieve the goal, "Diane Renner, Stephen D'Souza
Another book with a paradoxical title, which the authors propose to abandon the bustling action and learn how to enter into a state of flux. In addition to practical advice on the allocation of time, there is a desire to understand the concept of philosophical activity. Thus, the "Fast Turtle" suitable for those for whom it is vital not only to know how to do something, but also to understand, and why. The authors believe that the one without the other does not exist.
We can not say that the work of the time management as such. Rather, we are talking about goal-setting, and effective way to achieve results. However, having mastered the author's technique of not-doing and learning to be here and now, you can much more successfully cope with routine tasks. However, we must be prepared, that in this way will have to deal with the cognitive biases and emotions that interfere with clear thinking. "Leave your mind at ease, and he will work for you and with you," - the authors advise.
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6. "The Book of Lost Time", Laura Vanderkam
Constant thinking about saving time is not the way to effective time management, and neurosis, says Laura Vanderkam. Spending this energy, we prevent ourselves to concentrate on the really important things. Instead of worrying, you must give the occupation forces that bring positive emotions. To prioritize the author recommends to formulate their core competencies - the area of their applications and will be things that you have obtained the best and are worth paying attention to in the first turn.
One of the cross-cutting themes "Book of Lost Time" - the combination of work and family, so it is especially useful for working mothers. At most there is a son of Laura, so that the subject is close to it. However, it does not attempt to appear as a guru of a happy life, and does not reduce everything to my own experience. Vanderkam primarily a journalist, so the book is largely based on interviews with various successful people - those who managed to make a life in accordance with their own desires, without possessing a known and wealth.
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7. "Full order. The weekly plan for fighting the chaos at work, at home and in my head, "Regina Leeds
Regina Leeds offers a comprehensive method that can be applied to anything. Its essence is this: if you once eliminated the chaos in his things and documents that are used to perform certain actions in a certain order and learned to quickly and clearly communicate to others their thoughts on everything will go much less time. And in the book have an annual action plan, which will help to achieve these and other goals.
The instruments that will teach the reader's organization and help defeat the surrounding chaos, are the diet, exercise, work diary management, establishment drimborda (imaging board with targets), timing skills formation good habits and the regime. To all this did not seem too dull and reminded samodressirovku, the system has room for ways to please yourself, which will be reward for the effort.
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8. "The Myth of Multitasking: the consequence of the desire to catch everything," Dave Crenshaw
The ability to take on several things at once is a virtue of a successful person from the time of Gaius Julius Caesar. Dave Crenshaw through specific case studies debunks this myth and proves chasing rabbits all at once, you just frustrate deadline. Instead of trying to do everything at the same time, the author advises to learn to switch between tasks. To do it the easiest way, coaching Attention.
The book will be useful for those who want to change their work habits or simply check whether multitasking is really as good as they say it.
9. "Do not do it. Time management for creative people, "Donald Ross
The creative work is usually associated with inspiration. And inspiration made to wait as the sea weather. However, it can be called, if you learn how to focus and to enter into a state of flux.
Another popular issue of creative workers - an abundance of ideas and projects that exist only in the imagination. These people are able to put themselves interesting problems, but time and effort on their implementation is often lacking.
In his book, Donald Ross talks about how to reach concentration and to learn to separate things of paramount importance from what is less important. It offers not constitute a to-do list, and go to the contrary - to begin to give up some ambition to concentrate on the essentials. This helps to safely move from one task to another, does not depend on them, and do not panic because of the breadth of opportunities. According to the author, his method can successfully combine creativity, and self-discipline.
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10. "The Muse and the Beast. How to organize the creative work, "John Frank
Another book on management in the field of creative artist and blogger Jana Frank. "The Muse and the Beast" tells the story of how creativity (muse) to come to terms with the order (the monster, which, according to general opinion, frightens all the creative people). The book is recommended to all those whose work involves the flight of fancy: designers, artists, journalists, leaders in creative fields.
according to Yana Frank, Chaos and freedom are two different things. If freedom - a prerequisite for creative expression, then chaos is self-expression stifled, leaving no space and resources for it. So it's time to get down to business and organize their work processes. By the way, in addition to the theoretical part of the book contains 150 pages of the diary, a mark-up of the author's method.
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