More Time for You: A Powerful System to Organize Your Work and Get Things Done

by Rosemary Tator, Alesia Latson

In this step-by-step guide, authors Rosemary Tator and Alesia Latson unpack the things that lead people to feeling burnt out and unfulfilled in their lives and careers and offer a solution to getting more of the thing they really want--time for themselves! Employing a healthy mix of upbeat encouragements and get-to-it messages, they offer a proven, practical approach for prioritizing, achieving goals, reducing stress, and increasing your capacity to do what matters most. More Time for You does this by explaining how to take advantage of today’s most versatile and effective productivity enhancers--mobile devices, online tools, and calendar software--to get things done with ease and efficiency. You’ll learn how to make better, faster decisions based on your priorities; tame your inbox with easy and efficient email triage techniques; set up a calendar management and reminder system; handle distractions and interruptions; lose that nagging sense you are forgetting something; and maximize the benefits (and minimize the time sink) of social media. Complete with helpful illustrations and the authors’ actionable tips, More Time for You teaches readers how to get organized and make life happen--so they have more time to live it!

Genres: Self Help, Nonfiction

240 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

ROSEMARY TATOR (Dover, NH), as Principal Partner of 2beffective™ LLC, helps clients increase effectiveness while reducing stress.

Reviews

[Melissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a fairly basic approach to time/email management, not a lot earth-shattering here, but I did find it useful to think about how to manage my email (rather than it managing me). At first I was annoyed that they started the book by asking you to think about setting annual life goals to ensure you're making time in your personal life for all the things you want, as well as your work life. I was mainly annoyed by this because so far I've resisted doing this, because I don't want my personal life to feel as goal-driven as my work life, I want it to be more relaxed. But the book helped me realize that by articulating the goals, I can make sure I'm keeping up with them and will feel more accomplished at the end of the year. If you're new to thinking about time management, this will be a useful primer for you. It also includes step by step instructions for managing Outlook.

[Omar · Rating 4 out of 5]

سبب التقييم العالي هو بعض الافكار الموجودة في الكتاب والتي اعجبتني حقا والتي ستؤدي الى تغير طريقة تعاملك مع البريد الالكتروني

[Chris Weatherburn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not particularly novel learning, although if you don't already know it could be useful. Below is my summary, VLOG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qkeb...

Productivity is a measure of how much you do with the resources you have in a given amount of time.
Being productive means you are producing something.

Effectiveness is an ability; it is a measure of how you engage in a set of actions that produces the desired outcome. It is also a skill that can be developed like a muscle.

Being effective means that you choose what you focus on and where you place your efforts in order to cause an intentional effect on your life.

Set the compass of your life in the right productivity direction then use effectiveness to take steps each day to achieve you goals.

As this is a book about time, there is a lot of content about email management. Immediately action those that you can and educate others about best practices for sending emails. Be brutal with emails, and if possible only check emails at set times per day. The book suggests organising emails into folders but in reality this is time consuming itself – I suggest just use the search function.

Organised versus last minute – neither is better. An organised person being asked last minute unexpected requests may struggle, whereas a last minute juggler might be able to come through readily. How organised and last minute people view an hour is completely different!

Monochrones see time as fixed, rigid, and absolute. They do one thing at a time and view time commitments as critical. These people are task orientated and committed to jobs and projects.

Polychrones perceive time quite differently and see time as flexible. For a polychrone, a moment is capable of holding many events simultaneously. So they tend to multitask.

Don’t fool yourself into thinking that everyone else thinks about time the way as you do or draw unfavourable conclusions about those who have different time preferences to us. To be effective and productive, both personally and organizationally, we need to embrace the contributions offered by both
polychronic and monochronic time orientations.

When deciding about activities, aim to prioritise those that give you the best bang for your buck, the greatest payoff for your investment in time. These are the activities that really matter to you and are the most important for living a meaningful and rewarding life.

[Evgeniya Vladimirova · Rating 3 out of 5]

It’s a good, easy reading book with basic info in it BUT now I know what to do with emails I can’t unsubscribe of , now I can create a delete rule and these emails will go to trash bin automatically, yep! plus I really liked the email triage system that the authors offer, the one that helps you empty your inbox everyday by moving your emails to the assigned folders, I use a similar one but want to try this one as well to see which one is more efficient.

[ALMashael · Rating 3 out of 5]

كتاب مزيد من الوقت من أجلك
نظام قوى لتنظيم عملك وانجاز مهامك
روز مارى تاتور
وآليشا لاتسون.
” يحوي هذا الكتاب أربعة عشر فصلاً مختلفة نظرياً وعملياً في إدراة الوقت “
الفصل الأول : الوقت والفاعلية
عش حياة طيبة فبذلك ستجد في النهاية أن المهم ليس عدد
سنوات الحياة بل نوعية الحياة التي تحويها تلك السنوات .أبراهام لنكولن.
الفصل الثاني : ثلاث خطط للمواجهة
لا تجدى نفعاً التحدى لابد أن يكون في الحال , فالوقت الحاضر هو الوقت المناسب دائماً ..جميس بالدوين.
الفصل الثالث : أنت والوقت
الواقع ما هو إلا وهم وإن كان شديد الإلحاح .
ألبرت أينشتاين.

الفصل الرابع : التيقن مما هو مهم
إن لم يعرف المرء الميناء الذي سيرسو عليه.
فكيف يعرف أي ربح ستكون مواتية ؟
سينيكا.
الفصل الخامس :تشكيل حياتك
المستقبل ليس مكاناً نتجه إليه ,لكنه ما نصنعه والسبل لايتم اكتشافها بل تمهد وفعل التمهيد هذا يغير كلاً من الصانع ووجهة.
جون شار
الفصل السادس : تسجيل أفكارك
أقصر قلم رصاص أطول من أي ذاكرة – مثل قديم.
الفصل السابع :التخطيط لأيامك.
إن الصورة التي تقضى بها يومك هي الصورة التي ستمضى عليها حياتك
آي ديللار.
الفصل الثامن : الأحلام تتحقق عندما تخطط لها
خط بثقة في اتجاه أحلامك وعش الحياة التي تخيلتها
رهنرى ديفيد ثورو.
الفصل التاسع : إدراة البريد الإلكتروني
الحياة التي نتناها ليست فقط الحياة التي نختارها ونشكلها بل هي الحياة التي يجب أن نختارها ونشكلها .ويندل بيرى.
الفصل العاشر : تقليل حجم البريد الإلكتروني .
إن كان المكتب المكدس دلالة على عقل متخم فما دلالة المكتب المرتب؟ د.لورانس جيه .يتز.
الفصل الحادي عشر: العودة إلى عربة الفرز.

الفصل الثاني عشر: الإعلام الإجتماعي وجد ليبقى هل الإعلام الاجتماعي
بدعة أم أفضل تغيير حدث منذ الثورة الصناعية ؟؟ إريك كوالمان.
الفصل الثالث عشر: إعادة إطلاق الحياة التي خططت لها
أنه كل يوم وانسه فقد قمت بما تستطيع وإن شابته بعض الأخطاء والسخافات فتناسها ما لما تستطيع .
غداً يوم جديد وستبدؤه بهدوء وبمعنويات مرتفعة حتى لا تثقل كاهلك بحماتك القديمة .
رالف والدو إمرسون.

الفصل الرابع عشر : كلمات الوداع
النجاح ليس أمراً نهائياً والفشل ليس هلاكاً حتمياً , بل شجاعة الإستمرار هي ما يعتد به . وينستون تشرشل.
الكتاب دسم قراته على فترات متباعدة حسب الأقسام التي احتاجها
تقيمي له 2:30\5 مكتبة جرير سعره أعتقد في الــ

[Darlene Grant · Rating 5 out of 5]

A whole new way of managing your email box...I love it!

[Diana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very helpful Outlook tips

[Ilse · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice overview of techniques to manage your time more efficiently and to get things done.

[Allen Saine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book with real life scenarios.

Easy to apply email handling, personal growth and understanding. Love the hands on exercises. Easy to apply to every day.