How to Organise Yourself Caunt, John

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How to Organize Yourself will help you to dramatically improve the way you work. With great tips on how to determine your goals, prioritize and manage your time, it also includes practical advice on how to: focus on the things that produce results; overcome distractions; build positive work habits; avoid information overload; and make effective use of technology.Now in its fourth edition How to Organize Yourself will enable you to take control of your workload, reduce stress and fatigue, and free up time for the things that really matter.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Introduction (p. 1)
• 1 Know where you are going (p. 7)
• Reasons for disorganization (p. 9)
• Attitudes towards organizing (p. 10)
• Why do you want to be more organized? (p. 12)
• Setting objectives (p. 13)
• Balancing the different elements of your life (p. 18)
• Summary (p. 22)
• 2 Organize your time (p. 23)
• How you use time now (p. 24)
• Planning and tracking your time (p. 27)
• Scheduling your time - estimating time requirements (p. 36)
• Procrastination (p. 38)
• Strategies for beating procrastination (p. 42)
• Meeting deadlines (p. 48)
• Time management and projects (p. 52)
• Summary (p. 54)
• 3 Understand the way you work (p. 55)
• Schedule tasks at appropriate times (p. 55)
• Maintain concentration and motivation (p. 59)
• Mobilize the power of habit (p. 60)
• Sharpen up your decision making (p. 65)
• Summary (p. 69)
• 4 Organize information (p. 71)
• Identify the important information (p. 72)
• Adopt a systematic approach (p. 73)
• Avoid overload (p. 76)
• Read more efficiently (p. 79)
• Other techniques (p. 83)
• Reading from electronic displays (p. 85)
• Use your memory (p. 86)
• Summary (p. 88)
• 5 Organize the way you work with others (p. 89)
• A strategy for meetings (p. 89)
• Delegate (p. 97)
• Overcoming distractions and interruptions (p. 100)
• Help others to be more organized (p. 105)
• Learn to say 'no' (p. 108)
• Summary (p. 110)
• 6 Organize your space (p. 111)
• Think about ergonomics (p. 112)
• Tackle disorganized work space (p. 116)
• Eliminate paper piles (p. 119)
• Clear clutter at home (p. 122)
• Summary (p. 124)
• 7 Organize filing systems (p. 125)
• Setting up your filing system (p. 128)
• Filing documents (p. 129)
• Electronic filing of paper documents (p. 131)
• Organizing computer files (p. 133)
• Securing your information (p. 135)
• Summary (p. 140)
• 8 Use technology to assist (p. 141)
• Know when not to use technology (p. 141)
• Software choices (p. 142)
• Useful tools (p. 145)
• Rapid input of data (p. 150)
• Organize internet research (p. 155)
• Summary (p. 161)
• 9 Organize yourself at home and away (p. 163)
• Working from home (p. 164)
• Organizing yourself away from the office (p. 169)
• Summary (p. 173)
• 10 Keep up the good work (p. 175)
• Review your objectives (p. 175)
• Check your progress (p. 176)
• Find ways of staying on track (p. 177)
• What if old habits reappear? (p. 178)