Book description
If you have ever said (or felt) any of the following, then
Cool Time
is the solution for you:
- I spend more and more time just dealing with e-mail.
- I often take work home or stay late because that's when I work
without distraction.
- A lot of time gets wasted in meetings.
- There are too many interruptions.
- I plan my day every day, but by 9:15 it's totally derailed.
- I never feel caught up!
Cool Time is a time management book with a difference. It's all
about keeping mentally and physically cool so that you are always at
your best and on top of your game. When you're mentally cool, you make
the best decisions and get the best stuff done, and that's the root of
successful time management.
Cool Time doesn't focus on prioritizing and agenda setting. In
the real world of interruptions, e-mail, and distractions, few people
are able to organize their work in isolation from everything else. In
fact, effective time management is more about human relationships and
expectations than it is about making lists.
Cool Time is a complete approach to managing time and defending
it from the endless demands and expectations of others in the
workplace and at home.
- Contains practical, personal techniques that will help you apply
your new skills to real-world situations: holding time-effective
meetings, dealing with distractions, learning to focus, coping
with unrealistic workloads, planning for the unexpected,
negotiating with your manager over conflicting tasks, using
technology effectively (the phone, PDAs, and e-mail).
- Includes suggestions on non-work activities, which make this a
complete approach to managing time and balancing life.
- Features lots of examples, practical tips, and concepts that are
memorable and easy to apply, as well as to explain and teach to
others in your life. Concepts such as the "I-Beam
Agenda" for planning and structuring your day, "Keystone
Time" that you block off for focused work, "The
60-Second Workspace" for organizing yourself physically and
mentally, and many more.
A complete approach to managing time, priorities, and people in an
increasingly fast paced world, Cool Time allows you to be in
control, feel less stress, and never break a sweat as you go about
your day.
Steve Prentice is passionate about understanding how
adults survive and thrive in the high-speed working world. In 1989 he
graduated from Montreal's Concordia University with a degree in
Communications Studies, and was also Valedictorian for that year. In
1990 he was nominated as a candidate for the Rhodes Scholarship while
studying law at York University in Toronto. In 1991 Steve withdrew
from the study of law created his consulting company Bristall Morgan
Inc., and has enjoyed great success as a speaker, facilitator,
consultant, and media interview guest across the U. S. and Canada,
teaching people about time, productivity, and career survival. In
2004, Steve returned to York University and is now working towards a
Masters Degree in Psychology.
