This e-book has been written to enable you to find an additional hour in your day. By providing you with the skills and techniques to manage your time more efficiently and effectively, you can easily discover an additional hour in your day for spending with your family, or just sleeping in that bit later!
Throughout this manual, you will find practical tips and instructions to help you understand time management. You will discover how to utilise the technology available to you, how to make the most of your own productive cycles, and how to make your life more efficient by understanding how you spend your time, and you will understand what tasks you actually need to spend your time completing.
Welcome
About Management Consultancy International
Introduction
The 25-Hour Day
- Know Yourself
- Introduction
- Getting to Know You
- Be Respectful but Honest
- Thinking Further
- Chapter 1: Know Yourself
- Follow Your Productivity Cycle
- Introduction
- Know Your Energy Cycle
- Mr Example’s Energy Cycle
- Your Productive Cycle
- Chapter 2: Follow Your Productivity Cycle
- Technology & Time Management
- Introduction
- The Internet
- Determine Your Priorities
- The Urgent/Important Matrix
- Urgent but Unimportant
- Urgent and Important
- Important but Not Urgent
- Neither Urgent nor Important
- Further Notes on Your Priorities
- Begin with a To-Do List
- Chapter 3: Technology and Time Wasters
- Time Saving Tips with Outlook
- Introduction
- The Outlook Site Map
- Time & Activities
- People
- Other Folders
- A Closer Look at the Task Function
- Create a New Task
- Change the Task Folder View
- Customise the View of Daily Tasks
- Customise the Inbox
- Convert an Email to a Task
- Use Task Request for Delegation
- Making the Most of the Calendar
- Block Out the Calendar
- Schedule a Meeting
- Sharing Calendars
- Colour Code the Calendar
- Chapter 4: Time Saving Tips with Outlook
- Organise Outlook
- Introduction
- Set Up Folders & Subfolders
- Create a Rule
- Colour Code Emails
- Set Up a New Contact (from an email)
- Follow Up on a Contact Note
- Change the Default Opening Window
- Convert Email to an Appointment
- Disable Default Reminders
- Plan to be Organised
- A Simple Aid to Outlook
- Chapter 5: Organise with Outlook
- Increase Productivity with Focus
- Introduction
- Identifying Goals
- Short Term Goals
- Medium Term Goals
- Long Term Goals
- Create a Time Management Plan
- Exercise 3: Do You Kno-w Your Goals?
- Thinking More on Your Goals
- Establish Your Priorities
- The ABC System of Prioritisation
- The Prioritisation Matrix
- The Pareto Principle
- Increase Productivity with Focus
- How Do You Really Spend Your Time?
- Introduction
- The Time Audit
- Mr Example’s Time-Audit
- Conduct Your Time-Audit
- Tricks to Increase Your Time
- Deal with Interruptions
- Handling Phone Calls
- Saying No
- Review Your Desk Set Up
- Good Communication Equals Efficiency
- Improve Your Personal Skills
- Streamline Email Communications
- How Do You Really Spend Your Time
- 25 Hour Day Conclusion
- Discovered Your Extra Hour?
- Where can I find further help?
- E-book Evaluation