What To Do When There's Too Much To Do (20 page)

negative self-talk,
65
,
72
–74,
87

noise, mitigation of distracting,
64
,
81
–83,
87

Not
-To-Do lists,
25
,
26
,
36
,
50
,
65

Obsessive-Compulsive Social Media Disorder (OCSMD),
76
–77

organizing workflow and workspaces,
116
–117,
138

Outlook.
See
Microsoft Outlook

overwork, dangers of,
162
–166

perfectionism,
26
,
71
–72,
87

personal energy expenditure,
141
–147,
161

personal issues, as workplace distraction,
21
–22,
26
,
36

Personal Return on Investment (PROI),
13
–15

personal time management system,
97
–100,
113

positive thinking,
158
–159

prioritizing demands on your time,
11
,
24
,
26
,
41
,
44
–45,
58

by triage system,
31
–35

procrastination,
26
,
69
–71,
73
,
87

productive value, long-term,
12

productivity: causes of diminished,
10
–12,
18
–23

effects of multitasking on,
66
–69

results-oriented,
9

Productivity Workflow Formula (PWF): overview of,
6
–8

self-assessment test accompanying,
167

Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life
(Gallagher),
84

reading time, maximization of,
92
–93,
114

reducing demands on your time,
10
,
12
,
17
–18,
65

by attending fewer meetings,
26
,
36
,
54
–57

and saying no,
50

and scheduling,
46
–47

using
Not
-To-Do lists,
25
,
26
,
36
,
50
,
65

reducing inflow of e-mail,
89
–90,
113

research techniques,
90
–92,
113

results: achieving,
ix
–x,
9
,
15
,
17
,
85

improving,
x
,
140
,
143

Rhythmic Perusal method of reading,
93

Robinson, Bryan,
164

routines, daily,
42
–44

Rubinstein, Joshua,
67

saying no,
11
,
49
–53,
55
,
60

scheduling: basic categories of,
45
–47,
59

basic principles of,
41
–42

and daily routines,
42
–44

and 4-hour workweek idea,
38
–40

and HIT (High Impact Task) lists,
41
,
45
,
46
–47

Microsoft Outlook used for,
64

and prioritizing tasks,
41
,
44
–45

and self-management,
37

Schwartz, Tony,
165

search engines,
90
–92

Searfoss, Rick,
44

Secret, The (of positive thinking),
158
–159

self-management,
18
,
37

6-D Information Management System,
88
,
101
,
102
–103,
112
,
114

for e-mail,
106
–112

for paper,
104
–105

for voicemail,
105
–106

sleep, importance of sufficient,
147
–150,
160
,
161

smoking, as workplace distraction,
23
,
36

socializing at work, time wasted by,
20
–21,
36
,
81
–83,
87

social media: in personal time management system,
97

as workplace distraction,
19
–20

Stack, Laura: as author,
16
,
173

father's advice to,
77
–78

featured in national media,
173

as Microsoft Certified Application Specialist (MCAS),
107

as president of National Speakers Association, xiii,
44
,
173

as productivity consultant,
ix
,
16
,
173

son of,
134
,
159

as speaker, xiii,
16
,
44
,
173

Stanier, Michael Bungay,
24

Start-to-Finish Rule,
101
,
104

Superglue Rule,
101
,
104

teamwork, importance of,
130
–131,
139

Three-Minute Rule,
101
,
104
,
107
,
114

tickler files,
95
–96,
104
,
106
,
108
,
109

to-do lists: proliferation of items on,
9
,
10
,
11
,
36

triage system applied to,
31
–35.
See also
HIT (High Impact Task) lists; Master lists;
Not-
To-Do lists

Tracy, Brian,
50

Treasure, Julian,
81

triage system, applied to to-do lists,
31
–35,
36
,
46
,
47
,
59

Twain, Mark,
121

Twitter,
19
–20,
97

wasting time, main causes of,
18
–23,
35
–36

Web.
See
Internet

What Really Matters
(Schwartz),
165

whitelists, for e-mail addresses,
90
,
113

workaholism,
164
–165

workflow: eliminating bottlenecks in,
126
–130,
139

human factors in,
129
–131,
138
–139

identifying time-wasting procedures in,
132

impact of teamwork on,
130
–131,
139

improving procedures in,
115
–116,
133
–134,
137
–138,
139

organizing,
116
–117

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