Time Tactics of Very Successful People

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Summary: Hold on tight to this book, you low-raters! You'll thank me
Review: I've had this book for many years, probably since 1995 or 96. When I first read it, I would have given it a decent, but not overwhelming review - it seemed obvious and basic. But having lived, suffered (like all humanity!), and thought for the last decade, after re-reading it, let me tell you - it is simply a book of genius. And its genius IS in its simplicity and its completeness. You cannot do better than this in this field. That's the good news. The bad news is you cannot appreciate how good it is until you've lived a little, thought a lot, and have some of the other tripe that's out there to compare it to. And to think I almost gave it away after that first reading! Save it, you who don't like it now, read it again in 5-10 years, if you're lucky enough to be around. Godspeed!

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Summary: Highly Recommended!
Review: If B. Eugene Griessman wanted a good subtitle for this book of time-saving tactics, he could use, "Time waits for no one." He offers many common-sense pointers on how to avoid wasting your time - and how to keep others from wasting it, too. It's eye-opening to realize and calculate the value and importance of every hour, even your leisure time. People in all walks of life - students, stay-at-home parents, business leaders, teachers, self-employed workers - can glean ideas for using time effectively from this book. If you are a procrastinator, this book will encourage you to "do it now." While some of the suggestions here may seem too simplistic to those who already employ some time-management tactics, we [...] recommend this book for inveterate - if inadvertent - time-wasters. You know who you are.


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Summary: This book could save your life!
Review: If you are a manager,excutive or a business owner the techniques in book can save your life.It puts in perspective the cost of being time efficent and simply techniques on how to get there.Although Griessman takes a serious look at time management problems and the solutions,it is a quick and enjoyable read.Its well written with an excellant content page so you can get right work.This book will pay for its self-IMMEDIATELY.You may wish order two, one for the office and one for home.

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Summary: Some keen observations and some very obvious ones
Review: Is the book worth reading? Well... Yeah. Is it the holy grail of time management far from it.

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Summary: Dissappointing, yet a good read.
Review: My perspective is colored by the fact that I have taken professional training in time management (both through work and privately), and work as a project manager in high tech.

I found this book very useful, in that it covered many useful techniques. However, most of the information is not focused on time management per se, rather on how to be successful in life.

Chapter 2 contains 5 pages of tactics on using "to-do" lists, the heart of time management. Elsewhere, the subject of avoiding wasting time is covered, although if you have a tendency in this direction, I doubt this book will change your life.

The rest of the book covers such (important) topics as managing staff (ch. 11), increasing personal efficiency (ch. 4), managing projects (ch. 13), etc. These subjects each deserve their own book. For that matter, so does the subject of tactics to better manage your time, which is what I mistakely presumed I was getting.

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Summary: Buy This Book!
Review: Not only is this book about time management, if you follow its suggestions, you'll find it makes your whole life easier. I plan on buying this even though it's available at the library. This is a book I will re-read often. The ideas about "being there" are useful, not only that, they are indispensible for achieving results.

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Summary: Buy This Book!
Review: Not only is this book about time management, if you follow its suggestions, you'll find it makes your whole life easier. I plan on buying this even though it's available at the library. This is a book I will re-read often. The ideas about "being there" are useful, not only that, they are indispensible for achieving results.

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Summary: Good snippets of information; not coherent enough
Review: This book contains a list of tactics that are sometimes contradictory. This could be confusing to someone who does not read critically. Use this book to match a list of tactics to your personality and life style. Swap things out that are not working for you. Eventually you will have your own customised time management strategy.

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Summary: Very Helpful Book - Packed With Tips
Review: This book is full of time-saving tips. But like all great information. It is useless unless applied. I have my copy of this book for at least 10 years. Every year I read this book again along with Think and Grow Rich to make sure that I don't forget the techniques offered in these books.

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Summary: Real Nuts & Bolts Time Management
Review: This fine book stands alone as a real "nuts & bolts" guide to time management. Refreshingly, Griessman does not ask the reader to buy into an integrated or even singular "System" of managing your time. There are no self tests, no "12 Step" program, no gimmicks.
Quite simply, this book is about survival. If your boat were sinking or you were lost in the wilderness, the last thing you would want (or have time to read) would be a lengthy treatise on the theory of bouyancy or how people get lost. Rather, Griessman instructs from the outset that you "Learn survival techniques from the survivors."
In this vein, Griessman's approach is decidedly simple: 1)These are successful people; 2) Here are specific tactics that they use to save time and survive; 3) You fill in the blank. This format is woven into 15 short chapters with an accompanying commentary which is almost editorial in nature. This provides just enough cohesion in the book to give it structure, without detracting from its readability.
If you're looking for a lengthy treatise on time management, riddled with charts, self tests and lengthy explanations about why you don't have enough time, then leave this book on the shelf. "Time Tactics" is really a field manual - the same kind of lean, to the point writing you'd hope to find in a life raft.