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Time Management Made Simple
Brian Tracy is the top time management trainer in the world today-in 38 languages and 56 countries. In Time Management Made Simple he teaches you the best ideas learned worldwide in 30 years of research and teaching. In this fast-moving 12 lecture program, you will learn how to manage every aspect of your time and life-more efficiently than ever before! 1 21 Great Ways to Double Your Productivity 2 The Miracle of Self-Discipline 3 Goals! 4 The Psychology of Time Management 5 Getting Yourself Organized 6 Establishing Proper Priorities 7 Developing the Work Habits to Get Things Done 8 Time Saving Techniques 9 Overcoming Procrastination 10 Keeping Up and Getting Ahead 11 Saving Time in Dealing with Others 12 Simplify Your Life PDF Workbook with Notes. On page 1 of the workbook PDF, click the link to receive over $100 worth of bonus materials Plus this SPECIAL BONUS! More than $100 worth of online resources to improve your time management skills; a Time Management Skills Assessment to discover your strengths and weaknesses, and breakthrough opportunities, plus one month of free access to a personalized online learning program tailored to your specific personal and professional time management needs.
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First published December 19, 2003
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Brian Tracy
1,401 books5,183 followersBrian Tracy is Chairman and CEO of Brian Tracy International, a company specializing in the training and development of individuals and organizations.
He has consulted for more than 1,000 companies and addressed more than 5,000,000 people in 5,000 talks and seminars throughout the US, Canada and 55 other countries worldwide. As a Keynote speaker and seminar leader, he addresses more than 250,000 people each year.
Brian has studied, researched, written and spoken for 30 years in the fields of economics, history, business, philosophy and psychology. He is the top selling author of over 45 books that have been translated into dozens of languages.
He has written and produced more than 300 audio and video learning programs, including the worldwide, best-selling Psychology of Achievement, which has been translated into more than 20 languages.
He speaks to corporate and public audiences on the subjects of Personal and Professional Development, including the executives and staff of many of America's largest corporations. His exciting talks and seminars on Leadership, Selling, Self-Esteem, Goals, Strategy, Creativity and Success Psychology bring about immediate changes and long-term results.
Prior to founding his company, Brian Tracy International, Brian was the Chief Operating Officer of a $265 million dollar development company. He has had successful careers in sales and marketing, investments, real estate development and syndication, importation, distribution and management consulting. He has conducted high level consulting assignments with several billion-dollar plus corporations in strategic planning and organizational development.
He has traveled and worked in over 80 countries on six continents, and speaks four languages. Brian is happily married and has four children. He is active in community and national affairs, and is the President of three companies headquartered in San Diego, California.
His most popular training programs are centered around teaching authors how to write a book and helping public speakers create successful careers.
He has consulted for more than 1,000 companies and addressed more than 5,000,000 people in 5,000 talks and seminars throughout the US, Canada and 55 other countries worldwide. As a Keynote speaker and seminar leader, he addresses more than 250,000 people each year.
Brian has studied, researched, written and spoken for 30 years in the fields of economics, history, business, philosophy and psychology. He is the top selling author of over 45 books that have been translated into dozens of languages.
He has written and produced more than 300 audio and video learning programs, including the worldwide, best-selling Psychology of Achievement, which has been translated into more than 20 languages.
He speaks to corporate and public audiences on the subjects of Personal and Professional Development, including the executives and staff of many of America's largest corporations. His exciting talks and seminars on Leadership, Selling, Self-Esteem, Goals, Strategy, Creativity and Success Psychology bring about immediate changes and long-term results.
Prior to founding his company, Brian Tracy International, Brian was the Chief Operating Officer of a $265 million dollar development company. He has had successful careers in sales and marketing, investments, real estate development and syndication, importation, distribution and management consulting. He has conducted high level consulting assignments with several billion-dollar plus corporations in strategic planning and organizational development.
He has traveled and worked in over 80 countries on six continents, and speaks four languages. Brian is happily married and has four children. He is active in community and national affairs, and is the President of three companies headquartered in San Diego, California.
His most popular training programs are centered around teaching authors how to write a book and helping public speakers create successful careers.
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May 27, 2022
There were many helpful tips on this book. I learned alot about time management, focusing on what's important, and prioritizing. At times it felt redundant and repetitious, other times it felt contradictory.
There were also a few things I disagreed with.
Life isn't just about making yourself happy, becoming wealthy, or making more money.
Some of the ideas in this book came across that way to me.
I would, however, re-read this book at some point to refresh myself on the helpful parts.
There were also a few things I disagreed with.
Life isn't just about making yourself happy, becoming wealthy, or making more money.
Some of the ideas in this book came across that way to me.
I would, however, re-read this book at some point to refresh myself on the helpful parts.
December 22, 2016
Brian Tracy at his best, and repeating his most useful and best stories and tips for becoming more successful at work.
I listened to the audiobook, which has good, even tone and can be sped up (without loss) to x2.
The more I read from him, the more I realize he's mixing and matching certain best ideas and practices in all his books. I don't mind too much though because the more I hear it, the more likely I will use it! It really is good advice for all.
Favourite quotes:
"In our fast-moving world, one of the most important things you can do for personal success is to feed your mind with practical, proven ideas that other successful people are using right now. The good news is that all the answers have been found."
"Proper prior planning prevents poor performance."
"Make a habit of finishing what you start. Teach and encourage others to finish their work and put it away as well."
"The problems or frustrations you are experiencing on the outside are almost always because of some need on the inside."
"Effectiveness is doing the right things, and efficiency is doing things right. Leaders do the right things. Managers do things right."
"Our great business in life is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to do what lies clearly at hand." ~ Thomas Carlisle
"A sense of urgency is the opposite of procrastination and its most powerful overriding factor." (Get the job done now.)
"The long-view sharpens the short-view."
"To get the most done at work, you must set clear goals and objectives, organize clear priorities, overcome procrastination, work on your most valuable tasks, and press forward to completion and closure."
"All great achievements in human history are the result of single-minded concentration over an extended period of time."
I listened to the audiobook, which has good, even tone and can be sped up (without loss) to x2.
The more I read from him, the more I realize he's mixing and matching certain best ideas and practices in all his books. I don't mind too much though because the more I hear it, the more likely I will use it! It really is good advice for all.
Favourite quotes:
"In our fast-moving world, one of the most important things you can do for personal success is to feed your mind with practical, proven ideas that other successful people are using right now. The good news is that all the answers have been found."
"Proper prior planning prevents poor performance."
"Make a habit of finishing what you start. Teach and encourage others to finish their work and put it away as well."
"The problems or frustrations you are experiencing on the outside are almost always because of some need on the inside."
"Effectiveness is doing the right things, and efficiency is doing things right. Leaders do the right things. Managers do things right."
"Our great business in life is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to do what lies clearly at hand." ~ Thomas Carlisle
"A sense of urgency is the opposite of procrastination and its most powerful overriding factor." (Get the job done now.)
"The long-view sharpens the short-view."
"To get the most done at work, you must set clear goals and objectives, organize clear priorities, overcome procrastination, work on your most valuable tasks, and press forward to completion and closure."
"All great achievements in human history are the result of single-minded concentration over an extended period of time."
September 27, 2022
A mix of useful tips and complete garbage. And you have to sort through them. The author says almost everything is the the crucial or best tip, which of course is illogical and impossible. That then made me think and analyze what he was saying, and I said oh no, that’s not right a lot.
Some tips come down to be an extrovert to be a good employee. Uh, that’s not helpful for any introvert, unless the goal was to say introverts suck and don’t get ahead. About 90% of the tips assume you are an employee and are paid hourly. For example, if you’re paid $50/hour, do more work to make more. Well, that’s not how salaries work, is it? Get up earlier and pretend you won’t need to go to bed earlier. As I said, some utter nonsense to sort through to get to the good parts. There are good parts, although I’m not sure this was worth the listen to get to them.
Audiobook, read by the author.
Some tips come down to be an extrovert to be a good employee. Uh, that’s not helpful for any introvert, unless the goal was to say introverts suck and don’t get ahead. About 90% of the tips assume you are an employee and are paid hourly. For example, if you’re paid $50/hour, do more work to make more. Well, that’s not how salaries work, is it? Get up earlier and pretend you won’t need to go to bed earlier. As I said, some utter nonsense to sort through to get to the good parts. There are good parts, although I’m not sure this was worth the listen to get to them.
Audiobook, read by the author.
April 12, 2016
Took me forever to finish it. 2 years and 3 months (I read 115 books in between starting and finishing this). Very basic, very repetitive. Not bad info but not new.
July 27, 2017
For those who begin the journey of time management, this is a great guide to begin and initial tools to begin with. It's a bit out-of-date but still very useful. I suggest to read "The ONE Thing" after this one to combine with more udpated topics.
June 29, 2017
One of the best time management books that I've ever read. I've seen very successful people who have the characteristics that are outlined in this book to very great effect.
January 21, 2019
These are timeless, but it is good to be reminded of them periodically. Tracy does a good job of breaking up the book in to bite-sized chunks to help the reader digest them.
December 11, 2018
Life changing!
January 9, 2023
Very concise, a bit too aggressive but each reader needs to adjust the message to their needs and hopes and values. I appreciated all the info, hopefully I'll successfully employ some of it!
October 6, 2016
This is good basic information for anyone. There are some complaints about the repetitiveness, but repetition is proven as a good way to learn. If a person has covered material of this type before, perhaps a browse through the chapter headers is enough - the principles are simple - the consistent execution sometimes difficult for people to do, but that's where the magic lays. Not in the "how to".
Some of the examples are dated, most of it refers to people who work in an office - but anyone can apply this information and be successful. The reality is... MOST OF US KNOW WHAT TO DO, NOW YOU JUST NEED TO DO IT.
It's a good reference. There's a PDF available, if you can find it that summarizes all the points in the book. There are so many great tips in the book. I recommend it!
Some of the examples are dated, most of it refers to people who work in an office - but anyone can apply this information and be successful. The reality is... MOST OF US KNOW WHAT TO DO, NOW YOU JUST NEED TO DO IT.
It's a good reference. There's a PDF available, if you can find it that summarizes all the points in the book. There are so many great tips in the book. I recommend it!
February 10, 2013
Many very interesting ideas are offered in this book. It is highly repetitive and contains many ideas Tracy has presented before. But his idea seem to be to repeat them over and over so that they become internalized. Still definitely worth a read because some new ideas are presented. Overall very helpful although I do not agree with all his positions and ideas... But as a starting point for finding your own approach to time management - or to simply get some different ideas - it is a great choice.
July 4, 2013
The beginning summarizes all the tips and then the rest of the book goes through each tip in detail. This audio can be used like a personal trainer for your career. Just as there's nothing new under the sun on how to lose weight (eat healthy and exercise), sometimes you just need someone to tell you to do the obvious things -- writing your goals, making plans, don't waste time at work, focus on one thing at a time, etc.
May 10, 2016
This is like a reference book of Brian Tracy's principles. If you remember those books in the library, the books that were big and full of great information but you couldn't check them out. You could only use them in the library!
Get your hands on this book because it's full of Brian Tracy's years of leadership and management principles. You will learn so many ways to manage time better of course set goals.
Get your hands on this book because it's full of Brian Tracy's years of leadership and management principles. You will learn so many ways to manage time better of course set goals.
August 18, 2014
The advice Tracy gives may be hard to follow, straightforward as it is. I suppose I found it all a little overwhelming. For me, the point is to have a few sound take-away points because the book on the whole is just to much to take in. I didn't mind the book being so repetitive because it doesn't hurt to hear the same thing repeated a couple of times.
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November 27, 2011I used to read a lot of Time Management books. Ordinary!
May 11, 2013
Very repetitive but good information.
July 7, 2013
Similar ideas are repeated few times.
Otherwise a good read to get started with good time management
Otherwise a good read to get started with good time management
July 23, 2014
Cheesy!
August 24, 2014
Currently listening to & love it, Brian Tracy is always good & just listening to him makes me feel like I'm ready to run a marathon! Highly recommended!
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May 14, 2015author: Julie Morgenstern
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September 27, 2015
Going to buy this book to share with my 6 and 7 year old boys. Wish I could find a physical version (I was only able to find audiobook).
July 26, 2023
I really liked this book. 2nd time to read--good to reread from time to time. I think he is a good author and like his books for business, self-help, and life in general.
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