Time Power

by Charles Hobbs

The secrets of Time Power, a proven time management system once available only through seminars and videos, now in book form.

Genres: Self Help, Nonfiction

209 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1987

Reviews

[Lenore · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent and seminal book on time management. Especially useful for in-depth guidelines on how to use a day-timer planner. Section on unifying life goals was also helpful. Also really liked the "100 time management goals", all really bounded and doable. Finally, the annotated reading list is a great resource, if a little outdated now.

[Kari Yergin · Rating 2 out of 5]

More of a scan through after recomomended by Getting Things Done podcast people. Interesting to assign tasks and things at your desk A,B,C, and D priority which dictates how close they are to you. Only A papers belong out , visible.

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think this is the 3rd time I've read this since I got the book as part of the Daytimer\Time Power course: it was given to us as a refresher. I took the course during a semester break offered to g-students at a discount. I think they wanted to see if we could use it beyond the typical sales people they gear it towards. Each time I have reviewed the material, I agree with Hobbs and see how much time I waste on worthless things (FB and email) and then bucking up for a bit get organized and cracking, only as time goes on to forget, and fall back to my lazy ways. I'm not sure why the latter happens — perhaps its just natural. But I think that's why I've never gotten rid of it — I come back to it and it comes through. Recently I sent the Covey books to Operation Paperback and some APO realizing I have not read them in years and Covey never gripped me. The FC organizers are nicer than DT, but his books? No thanks.

They have a lot in common. Dr. Charles R. Hobbs lives in Salt Lake City, Utah & received his doctorate from Teacher's college at Columbia University. In 1974, he left his position as Associate Director of the Teacher Development Program and spent the next eighteen months developing his Time Power system which relies heavily on the use of the Day-Timer, a time management tool sold by Day-Timers, Inc., in Allentown, Pennsylvania. At the time that he developed his program, Hobbs had no direct connection with Day-Timers. Hobbs’ training company later became a Day-Timers subsidiary. Although Hobbs has retired, Day-Timers still offers his Time Power system.

So what's the key to Hobbs? It's succinct for one. He asks you, What is vital to your life? your happiness? In the 3 different times I've read it, it brings home the importance of running your own life and ensuring that you are doing what is Vital to its happiness. That's Hobb's take on the Eisenhower quadrant — what is vital today? for the next week? for the next quarter? or year. Once you think like that you see how much isn't, and for me I've begun dusting off some "wishes" and making them real. Good stuff.

If you are interested........ https://operationpaperback.org

[Rich Sezov · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've taken the Franklin Covey planner training (twice). This is so similar it makes me wonder how the two companies coexisted without suing each other. All the same concepts are here: Values (Unifying Principles), goals, the productivity pyramid, A, B, C prioritizing, and the daily planner (which Hobbs calls a "datebook organizer"). As I'm in the process of switching back to paper planning from electronic planning, this was an extremely helpful refresher course on all those concepts, from a slightly different perspective. I daresay that perhaps certain concepts are explained better here, because there's a plethora of examples. I found his Appendix A (Unifying Principles of Individuals) very helpful.

If you're struggling to manage your time and get your life in order, read this book. You'll definitely find a helpful system here.

[Brian Stuhr · Rating 5 out of 5]

I took the seminar for this back in the late '80s and used the system for 20 years.
Over time, most of those things migrated to the digital/online world...but the details and prioritization
40 years later I picked up the book, read it thru, and revamped everything from Unifying Principles to Time Management Goals...crazy how much time & life alters one's perceptions and goals!
This time around everything is in Google Docs, Tasks, &; Calendar.
So much easier and convenient than it was the 1st time around!
This system does wonders for those of us in the ADD world. Highly recommended!

[Shane · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was recommended by a facilitator of a workshop I attended. Because it was cheap, I got it. Overall, I think it is a helpful book for anyone who is pretty bad at time management (which most would say they are, including myself and that's why i read the book) but honestly if you're someone who has a little ADHD and has been successful I your career, you've had to implement some of Hobbs' suggestions otherwise you wouldn't have made it out of high school. :-) Nevertheless, I took home some ideas and it is clear that time management is time management no matter what decade we're in (btw, this book was written in the late 80s)

[Ruth Asante · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of the best Time Management books I have ever read. The debt of knowledge from the book will help.me power through 2020