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Summary: The Best of her Organization Books
Review: I loved this book. It's extremely easy to read, and I found it had a fresh, new approach to truly making a daily planner system work! Her Time Map really got me thinking of what areas in my life I really want to spend my precious time on. I read the book in 2 days because I found it so interesting, and have plans on going through it again and applying her advice to my life. It is the best time management book I've ever read.
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Summary: The Best of her Organization Books
Review: I loved this book. It's extremely easy to read, and I found it had a fresh, new approach to truly making a daily planner system work! Her Time Map really got me thinking of what areas in my life I really want to spend my precious time on. I read the book in 2 days because I found it so interesting, and have plans on going through it again and applying her advice to my life. It is the best time management book I've ever read.
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Summary: I should really get this book
Review: I purchased Julie Morgenstern's previous book Organizing From the Inside Out and have not read it - yet. I will purchase the new book Time Management From the Inside Out first, for its promising advise on procrastination!and second,to locate time "after hours". I want to organize my home and have time left over for a life. Time management and organizational skills are in place at work since many of us work, by definition, for an "organization" and the skills come from the outside in. It seems logical that for my life, these skills need to come from the inside out. Time Management from the Inside Out seems to be a good start.
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Summary: This Book WILL Help You Manage Your Time Better !
Review: I was anxious to read Julie Morgenstern's brand new book on time management since I found her "Organizing" book very interesting and useful. This book provides lots of insight into better time management, something we can all use. We've all tried various methods and systems to help us succeed in time management. Some helped, some didn't. It's something I've always had difficulty in dealing with, and although I read various books on the subject, they didn't seem to help very much. Julie's new book really seems to help me balance my time so I can get more things done. She brings to light some of the things that hinder good time management and shows you how to improve on them by using the skills that you already have. Her goal is to help you manage your time better to allow you to do the things you must do, providing you with more time to do what you really want to do. She shows you how to determine how much time tasks really take, avoiding being late, keeping you to your required schedule, and how to cope with things that go wrong. This book offers her expert advice to guide you in establishing a plan or system that works best for you as an individual. It's NOT all work and no pleasure, either. Everyone can benefit by what this book has to offer. It will help you accomplish more in your work life as well as your home life. This will surely become a best seller, as it's a subject EVERYONE must deal with. Well worth reading !!
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Summary: Very good, but not the final word
Review: I'm a great fan of Julie M., her space managment book IS the best. But time - is a different dimension. I would still wholeheartidly recommend this book, provided you also read "First Things First" by Stephen R. Covey, it will fill in the spaces left out in this book. Which to read first is a difficult choice, depending on your personality. This one perhaps first, then slowly savior Covey's book.
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Summary: Very good, but not the final word
Review: I'm a great fan of Julie M., her space managment book IS the best. But time - is a different dimension. I would still wholeheartidly recommend this book, provided you also read "First Things First" by Stephen R. Covey, it will fill in the spaces left out in this book. Which to read first is a difficult choice, depending on your personality. This one perhaps first, then slowly savior Covey's book.
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Summary: At least now I know where my problems lie ... somewhere
Review: I'm still working my way through this book but it has helped me understand why I organize or don't organize the way that I do. I recommend this for creative and non-conformist types who know they won't get it all done at once but at least want to make a start. P.S. If you can catch the Oprah show that Ms. Morgenstern was on, watch it and then you'll definitely buy the book.
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Summary: This book is great!
Review: I've only read a little over half the book so far, but it is already changing how I think about time and how I do things. I know what she recommends will take some practice and some thinking through, but it will be worth it. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is struggling with time management.
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Summary: Repetitive sections, not very instructive
Review: If you are an intuitive person who naturally thinks in big-picture concepts (an Idealist or Rational personality type), you will not find this book very helpful at all. With all the different lists of rules, discussion of common obstacles and errors, and general assortment of methodologies, only a detailed-oriented person (an Artisan or Guardian personality type) could possibly relate to the concepts discussed in this book. (I know I probably lost most of you when I mentioned personality types: see 'Please Understand Me II: Temperament, Character, Intelligence' by David Keirsey.)For the 20-40% of the general population who are naturally intuitive (Idealists and Rationals), 'The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People' by Stephen Covey is likely to be much more useful to you for time management, as well as other areas of self-improvement. You start with just 6 main concepts (instead of the endless lists of concepts in Morgenstern's book) as a framework, and explore each of these concepts in detail.
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Summary: NOT for intuitive, big-picture people
Review: If you are an intuitive person who naturally thinks in big-picture concepts (an Idealist or Rational personality type), you will not find this book very helpful at all. With all the different lists of rules, discussion of common obstacles and errors, and general assortment of methodologies, only a detailed-oriented person (an Artisan or Guardian personality type) could possibly relate to the concepts discussed in this book. (I know I probably lost most of you when I mentioned personality types: see 'Please Understand Me II: Temperament, Character, Intelligence' by David Keirsey.) For the 20-40% of the general population who are naturally intuitive (Idealists and Rationals), 'The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People' by Stephen Covey is likely to be much more useful to you for time management, as well as other areas of self-improvement. You start with just 6 main concepts (instead of the endless lists of concepts in Morgenstern's book) as a framework, and explore each of these concepts in detail.
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