Handbook For Personal Productivity

Learn tried-and-tested methods for optimal personal productivity! Ever find yourself more than a bit overwhelmed by the constant influx of e-mail and reminders as well as the ever-present calendars, to-do lists, miscellaneous paper, and sticky notes? Add to that, myriad devices that were originally intended to make us more efficient, but in reality, only end up forcing us to juggle even more. Our brains aren't wired for all this, but we can learn to be productive. Personal Productivity Secrets gives you everything you need to know to be organized, in control, and to get things done: Understand how your brain absorbs, organizes, and filters the daily deluge of information, and learn to trick your brain into being more productive Appreciate the difference between "Time Management" and "Attention Management" and create workflow processes that help you defend your attention Create a plan for navigating endless technology options, and implement tools that will keep you productive, focused and in control Personal Productivity Secrets reveals updated and vital information for achieving your significant results, and being as productive as you can be in a fast-paced, technology-driven society.

Tackle that endless paper flow with creative filing tips, clutter-busters, and workable action plans.

From renowned time management consultant Donald Wetmore comes The Productivity Handbook, a guide for the overworked and overwhelmed. The Productivity Handbook reveals how true productivity doesn’t mean doing more things faster. It means being more effective–and this requires better ways of prioritizing your time, communicating with others, and absorbing information. In this concise and entertaining book, Wetmore offers powerful tips and techniques in these three areas: Time–includes making short- and long-term plans, managing multiple priorities, and overcoming procrastination Information–includes shrinking your inbox, writing effective notes, and improving your memory Communication–includes networking, public speaking, and having efficient meetings Dr. Donald J. Wetmore is the founder of the Personal Productivity Institute, an organization that teaches productivity tools and techniques to participants at major corporations including J.P. Morgan Chase, General Electric, and Duracell. A member of the National Speakers Association, Wetmore is frequently featured in the New York Times, the Boston Globe and on PBS. He is also an attorney and an adjunct professor in the MBA program at Mercy College, New York.

Certified Professional Organizer (CPO®) and productivity expert Tamara Myles has developed a simple model--the Productivity Pyramid--that provides an actionable framework for anyone to achieve better results. Increasing productivity is a nonnegotiable for any business that wants to survive, let alone thrive, in today’s climate. The problem is, there is no simple, single, plug-and-play solution that will work for anyone. The industries are too varied, technology is updating too rapidly, and customers are too inconsistent. Based on a sequence of steps leading to peak performance, the author’s easily adaptable system consists of five levels: Physical Organization: from decluttering to filing-fool-proof strategies for handling incoming papers and ensuring information remains accessible Electronic Organization: from dealing with email to electronic file management options such as cloud computing Time Management: mastering the three P’s-Plan, Prioritize, and Perform Activity-Goal Alignment: breaking objectives into specific, relevant, and measurable daily tasks Possibility: identifying new life and business goals that will help you reach your greatest potential After a quick assessment to determine your strengths and weaknesses and to pinpoint where to focus most for immediate results, the framework will then provide a range of potential strategies, allowing you to discover your own individualized Secret to Peak Productivity!

Increase Your Personal Productivity NOW! If you want to learn the skill and willpower needed to easily “get more done” in your personal and professional life, this is the book for you! In Personal Productivity, author John Martin shines the spotlight on six useful initiatives— including a three-step process to creating a personalized sustainable and repeatable goal system—guaranteed to unlock interesting possibilities about increasing your level of productivity. What would you do if you had more time to do it? Combining practical advice with less mainstream tips, Martin reveals how “not having time” becomes a distraction you can quickly bypass with a simple yet remarkable formula. Additionally, Personal Productivity offers the valuable truth about how to: Create a productive state of mind Produce around your strengths Stop second-guessing yourself Use patience to become more productive Overcome perfectionism Finish what you start …and much more Read this book and start becoming the most productive version of yourself today!

Google’s Executive Productivity Advisor offers insights on how to make the “new way of work” work for you, providing actionable steps to optimize your productivity, accomplish more, prevent burnout, and cultivate a harmonious work-life balance. Every day, tens of thousands of Google employees, from executives to interns, rely on Laura Mae Martin’s tips and best practices for how to make the most of their time. Now, with Uptime, Laura brings her unique approach to productivity and well-being to anyone who wants to be more effective and experience “calm accomplishment,” whether at work, at school, or in their own personal lives. Laura began her Google career in sales but quickly carved out a niche for herself as a productivity expert. For more than a decade, she’s been coaching Google executives and employees on how to achieve a state of “productivity Zen”—a holistic approach to conquering everything from the avalanche of emails in their inboxes to becoming the master of their own calendars and running excellent meetings. Her strategies have been widely adopted by many, including entry-level employees looking to amplify their individual impact, middle managers, and top executives working across global teams. As many of us have moved to a hybrid environment blending work and home, managing our time efficiently and remaining productive is more important than ever. In Uptime, Laura shows how to thrive no matter where you’re working, giving concrete steps that help you focus on your priorities and keep good systems, routines, and tactics in place. Uptime explains how to make technology work for you and make “feeling on top of it” your new normal. It’s a blueprint for operating at the highest levels of productivity while enhancing your own personal well-being.

The book Lifehack calls "The Bible of business and personal productivity." "A completely revised and updated edition of the blockbuster bestseller from 'the personal productivity guru'"—Fast Company Since it was first published almost fifteen years ago, David Allen’s Getting Things Done has become one of the most influential business books of its era, and the ultimate book on personal organization. “GTD” is now shorthand for an entire way of approaching professional and personal tasks, and has spawned an entire culture of websites, organizational tools, seminars, and offshoots. Allen has rewritten the book from start to finish, tweaking his classic text with important perspectives on the new workplace, and adding material that will make the book fresh and relevant for years to come. This new edition of Getting Things Done will be welcomed not only by its hundreds of thousands of existing fans but also by a whole new generation eager to adopt its proven principles.