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" T HE G U RU OF T I ME M A N A G E M E N T ." —The New York Times "Goal-tender to the stars." —Los Angeles Times "Lakein's techniques provide relief from acute time bind and a sense of being on top of one's own affairs." —Saturday Review "Lakein, in his low-key way, has worked out tactics to help you find more time." —New York Magazine "Lakein tries to help men and women improve their motivation, reset direction (if it seems desirable or necessary), or find ways around or through situations that block them." —Reader's Digest "What Lakein does is make clients examine themselves and admit what they truly want to do." —McCall's "For those who feel that they never have time to do what they want to, or all that they want to, there is now an expert to help. His name is Alan Lakein." —Harper's Bazaar "Alan Lakein saves time." ^—The Wall Street Journal

HOW TO GET CONTROL OF YOUR TIME AND YOUR LIFE by Alan Lakein A SIGNET BOOR M EW A M g m C AM U B R A RY

COPYRIGHT © 1973 BY ALAN LAKEIN All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book, or parts thereof, in any form, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review. For information address David McKay Co., Inc., 750 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10017. Get Control of Your Time and Your Life is a registered service mark of Alan Lakein & Co. This is an authorized reprint of a hardcover edition published by David McKay Co., Inc. © SIGNET TRADEMARK REG. U . S. PAT. OFF. AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES REGISTERED TRADEMARK—MA RCA RtGISTKADA HECHO EN CHICAGO, U.SJU SIGNET, SIGNET CLASSICS, MENTOR, PLUME, MERIDIAN AND N AL BOOKS are published by The New American Library, Inc., 1633 Broadway, New York, New York 10019 FIRST SIGNET PRINTING, JUNE, 1974 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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Contents 1. Why You Should Care About Your Time 11 Time is Life / Work smarter, not harder / Enjoy life more / Thousands have benefited and so can you 2. Your Payoff: Control Of Your Life 14 What I mean by control / Beware the "time nut" / Watch out for the overorganizer / Avoid the overdoer / Make this book work for you / Your payoff: Control of your time—and your life 3. Drift, Drown Or Decide the choice-making process Understanding How to avoid time conflicts / You are The De cision Maker / Why deciding is so difficult Long term goals versus short term benefits How you really make decisions 4. Control Starts With Planning Bringing the future into the present / How often should you plan / You can't do too much plan ning / Learn from professionals / How to set priorities for now / Using the ABC Priority Sys tem 18 / / / 25 5. What Do You Really Want From Life? 30 How to discover what you really want to d o— and do it / 15,000 people can't be wrong / What are your lifetime goals / How would you like to spend the next three years / What if you knew you'd be struck dead by lightning in six months / vii

Via CONTENTS What to do with your answers / How to resolve goal conflicts / Selecting your three A-goals / When to revise your lifetime goals statement 6. Get Started Right Now List activities toward your A-goals / Try for quantity and speed / Don't confuse goals and activities / Eliminate low-priority tasks / Pick a priority for now 7. How Scheduling Helps Don't be overwhelmed by routine tasks / Every body has time for planning / When you should plan / How to block out A-Time / Internal and external Prime Time I For effective scheduling —stay loose 37 43 8. How To Find Time You Never Knew You Had 52 Avoid the executive treadmill / Get more done by doing nothing / Practice "wasting" your time / The homemaker's special problem / Make the most of "transition time" / How to use commu ting time / The true price of lunch / How to use waiting time / Make your sleep work for you / How to repeal Parkinson's Law / Special Em phasis Goals 9. Making The Most Of Priorities The To Do List—a fundamental time planning tool / Put it on paper / What belongs on your list / Set priorities, set priorities, set priorities / "Grouping"—and how to use it / Don't worry about completing your list / How to do more things that matter 10. Tasks Better Left Undone Skip those Cs / Why A's are harder / Remem ber the 80/20 rule / When not to do Cs / When a " C" becomes a crisis / Why you need a C- drawer / Why every housewife deserves a desk / Next stop: The wastebasket / How to keep on 63 69

CONTENTS top of paperwork / Handle each piece of paper only once / Coping with information overload / How to read a book like a newspaper / Should you try speed reading 11. Accommodating Yoursolf And Other People You can't satisfy everyone all the time / How to say " N o" / Compromises that work / Agreeing on priorities / Respect other people's time— they'll respect yours 84 12. How To Create Quiet Time For Yourself 89 Unmask the interrupters / Tips for the execu tive / When the interrupter is a four-year-old / Contact time versus thinking time / Set up avail ability hours / Making quiet time work 13. Ask Lakein's Question 96 "What is the best use of my time right now?" / When to ask Lakein's Question / A fast pace pays off / When perfectionism helps—and when it doesn't 14. Using The Swiss Cheese Method 100 How to know when you're procrastinating How to overwhelm the overwhelming A-l / How to put holes into Swiss cheese / What five minutes can do / The value of instant tasks / Make a last-ditch try / 15. How To Find Instant Tasks For Instant Involvement "The Magic If / Get more information to get involved / Try a leading task / Take advantage of your current mood / Give yourself a pep talk / Make a commitment to someone 109 16. Try Stimulus Change To Keep Involved 119 Always have a next step ready / How not to be come bored / Rest breaks and work breaks / Find fresh bait for fresh involvement / Not enough information—or too much? / The cush ion that never got made

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