The 3 secrets to effective time investment : how to achieve more success with less stress / Elizabeth Grace Saunders

Author:: Saunders, Elizabeth Grace
Additional Titles:: Three secrets to effective time investment
Published:: New York : McGraw-Hill, [2013]
Copyright Date:: ©2013
Physical Description:: xvi, 255 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Contents:

Machine generated contents note: THE FOUNDATION -- ch. 1 Effective Time Investment -- Achieve More Success with Less Stress -- The Seductress -- The Couch Potato -- Your Choice -- Why Time Investment? -- The Work-Life Brilliance Solution -- The Impact of Your Time Investment Choices -- Your Time Personality -- Why There's Hope! -- Journaling Exercise: Compound Interest -- ch. 2 Break Free -- Overcoming Crippling Emotions -- The Boston Marathon Limper -- Why Emotions Matter (No Matter What You Think) -- When You Can't Keep Up: Overwhelm -- When You Feel Dull and Listless: Ambivalence -- When You Are Constantly on Edge: Fear -- When You Blame Others: Frustration -- When You Must Meet a Standard: Guilt -- When You Fear Being Known: Shame -- Journaling Exercise: Ten Tools I Learned for Feeling Good -- ch. 3 Stay Strong -- Empowering Mental Exercises -- The Road to Arua -- Play-Don and Bouncy Balls -- Increase Your Joy: Gratitude -- Increase Your Hope: Optimism -- Increase Your Confidence: Affirmation -- Increase Your Peace: Mind Time -- Journaling Exercise: Taking Back Control As An Entrepreneur -- THE 3 TIME INVESTMENT SECRETS -- ch. 4 Secret #1 -- Clarify Action-Based Priorities -- Please Rob Me -- Secret #1 Clarify Action-Based Priorities -- Your Personal Definition of Success -- Priority-Based Decision Making -- Dynamic Priorities Model -- Balancing and Rebalancing -- Journaling Exercise: Go Take A Nap! -- ch. 5 Secret #2 -- Set Realistic Expectations -- A Tale of Two Expectations -- Secret #2 Set Realistic Expectations -- Expectations of Yourself: Let Go of Comparison and Perfectionism -- Others' Expectations of You: Let Go of Pressure and Guilt -- Your Expectations of Others: Let Go of Resentment and Criticism -- Journaling Exercise: How to Escape Time Poverty and Get Time Rich Quick! -- ch. 6 Secret #3 -- Strengthen Simple Routines -- Routines Create a Natural Flow: My Morning Routine -- Secret #3 Strengthen Simple Routines -- Routines Increase a Sense of Control -- Routines Build Momentum on Big, Scary Projects -- How to Pacify Your Inner Routine Rebel -- Routines Require Intentional Practice -- Journaling Exercise: Hard to Swallow -- THE IMPLEMENTATION -- ch. 7 How to Create Your Own Routines -- A Step-by-Step Guide -- Four Essential Steps -- Step 1 Prepare for Action -- Step 2 Anticipate Everything -- Step 3 Practice the Routine -- Step 4 Review, Reward, and Recalibrate -- Create Your Own Routine Template -- Simple Project Plan Template -- Quick Reference Done-for-You Routines and Tools -- Planning Routines -- Daily Routine -- Project-Completion Routines -- E-mail Processing Routines -- Work and School Routines -- Mental Decompression Routines -- Sleep, Food, and Exercise Routines -- Relationship Routines -- Home Routines -- ch. 8 Be Accountable -- Support for Lasting Change -- It Takes a Cheering Squad to Win a Book Contract -- Why Be Accountable? -- Honesty: Be Accountable to Yourself -- Transparency: Be Accountable to a Person -- Camaraderie: Be Accountable to a Group -- Culture: Accountability Routines at Work -- Journaling Exercise: Structural Support -- ch. 9 Time Peace -- Reduce Time-Caused Drama -- The Burned Casserole -- What Frustrates Planners About Spontaneous People and Vice Versa -- What You Can Do (Even If the Other Person Doesn't Change) -- How to Communicate About Your Needs Instead of Retreating or Exploding -- How to Recover Quickly When You End Up Disappointed, Frustrated, or Angry -- Love Someone -- Journaling Exercise: Choosing Peace -- In Gratitude -- Epilogue: But What About...? -- Where to Find Answers to Your Questions.

Subject(s):

Time management

ISBN:

9780071808811 (hbk.)
0071808817 (hbk.)
9780071808828 (ebk.)
0071808825 (ebk.)

Note:

Includes index.

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