Successful Time Management for Dummies

by Dirk Zeller

Do you need help with time management? Need to better manage your time at work or at home? Feel like there are never enough hours in the day? Successful Time Management For Dummies delivers practical solutions for getting organized, working better and faster, reducing stress, and getting rid of time-wasting distractions. You’ll find out how to eliminate late nights at the office and spend more time with your family, friends, or even just yourself! This authoritative, plain-English guide shows you how to set yourself up for success, overcome common time management obstacles, and focus your efforts on your most important tasks and objectives. It explains how to determine the value of your time, provides fantastic tips on streamlining your workspace to speed up the flow, and even helps you minimize or eliminate interruptions from your workday. You’ll discover how At work or at play, don’t let time pass you by. Get Successful Time Management For Dummies and make the most of every precious minute!

Genres: Nonfiction, Self Help, Business, Productivity, Management, Education, Unfinished

362 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Jmstump · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think overall this a pretty good book. I went back and forth on 3 or 4 stars, but decided to approach it as someone who is new to time management, in which case this book has a lot to offer. If you’ve already read or been engrossed with time management efficiencies, the book is a good refresher, but you’ll likely skim portions of it.

I think one of the things it falls down on is focusing on tools in certain areas. Digital tools come and go at a rapid pace and I think these parts would have been stronger if the author had focused more on the tactics and strategies of how to use them rather than dropping tool names and focusing on some specific ones. It’s a bad section, it just doesn’t feel like it’ll age as well as other sections.

I also understand that the author is in sales, but the fact the book has parts of it focused on sales also seemed like something most people won’t need.

My only other critique would be how much emphasis is put on delegation. Many of us will never get to a point where we can delegate things in our roles. I would have put more emphasis on automation, which is effectively the new form of delegation. Don’t have an assistant to do that thing? Have a robot do it. This is mentioned, but never to the level many younger employees would do this at.

As for the rest of the book there is a lot of solid advice on here from meetings to time blocking to organizing to reviews. These are things that people who want to excel should be doing from my experience and the author lays out really good information on all of it in an easy to digest way.

[Vi · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good book if you are really serious in managing your time. A great read if you are just starting to be more time-conscious and even for those who are already pros in time management. It has so many tips and tricks especially for professionals and business people.

What I liked about this book:
1) the 50 Goals in 10 Years and Top 12 Goals (I was so hooked on the idea, that I'm starting to make these lists to prioritize my goals for the next 10-11 years of my life)
2) the process of how to Time Block
3) the tips for time management while travelling
4) the "Part of Tens" chapter of the book (almost all of the "for Dummies" books have them)
5) the chapter about beating procrastination

What I didn't like about this book:
1) The tips are mostly for business people, it would have been better if he also included tips exclusively for students ('cause I'm a college student now)

[Femke Allemeersch · Rating 3 out of 5]

De meeste dingen die in het boek staan, kent iedereen wel volgens mij. Toch een goede bundel met enkele reminders om je tijd beter te beheren.
Nu aan de slag met de tips en deze proberen implementeren in mijn werk en privé

[Joe Woutersz · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was looking for insights on my use of time. It covered many areas and was helpful

[Isabel Rebelo da Silva · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LOVEd this book and it changed my life! It is one of my favorite books that I still read once in a while when I need to refresh my organizing skills.

[Phuongvu · Rating 4 out of 5]

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BỐ CỤC CUỐN SÁCH:

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[Black Tea Lady ☕️📚 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Este es el mejor y más completo libro que leído sobre Organización y Manejo de Tiempo tanto así que incluye manejo de tiempo en Home Office, tan actual en estos momentos. Los tips no sólo son para el tiempo laboral sino también incluye metas personales, tiempo familiar y con amigos. Saber darle prioridad y lugar a cada aspecto de la vida personal y profesional, siempre será la clave del éxito de uno mismo. Súper recomendable !!

[Khosro Ghobadi · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book covers a wide range of information. It teaches you time management during a trip, business meeting or at home. I have learned some new things related yo business such as CRM, DISC...etc. I enjoyed the book and I feel I can refer to it later like an encyclopedia.

[Candy Einshel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting book and a good reference guide. I would have liked that it has more time management techniques, such as the GTD method or the bullet journal, but it is not bad as an introductory book in raising awareness of the value of our time.

[Al Capwned · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is mostly about time management in case of business people and I can't say I found the rest of it really helpful anyway.

[XUAN HOA TRINH]

i like this book

[Andrew1020 · Rating 4 out of 5]

quản lý thời gian một cách hiệu quả sẽ giống như việc chúng ta sẽ "mua" được thêm thời gian cho chính mình

[Cees Timmerman · Rating 1 out of 5]

Make a plan and follow through, that's what Brian Boitano'd do.

If you already love it when a plan comes together, you probably don't need this book. I don't.