Time Management from the Inside Out, second edition : The Foolproof System for Taking Control of Your Schedule--and Your Life

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Summary: Maybe...Maybe Not
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This work was clearly written by someone who is very organized and perhaps even a little bit [...] about organization and time management. In the near future, I will review her flagship work Organizing from the Inside Out to effectively gauge just how over the top she can be on appearing to have all her stuff together. One must really feel like they are the best to write a book teaching others to manage their time.

I have read many books on time management. This book, in all honesty and fairness, was just not terribly helpful to me (yet at least). I realize that to other people who have different backgrounds, problems and challenges this book may be very helpful and the authors suggestions easy to implement. In fact, I highly recommend this book to students who need some general time management help.

My problems are simple. I'm saddled with many projects, many ideas,
many books to read, my family, my job, graduate school and the list, like most folks, can go on and on. The plan the author describes is simple. First, write down what you need to do (ok here) second added up how long each thing will take (not OK here), Third decide to delay or delegate (unfortunately, I don't get to delegate much) and last, execute your plan. This is her W.A.D.E. system.

I'm in the process of plugging my big pictures goals into Morgenstern's Time Map. It is all about breaking big goals or small ones into manageable chunks of time (containerize) and then executing them. Since many of my goals are very big, like learn ancient Greek, Latin, French, German, write a graduate thesis, improve my reading comprehension and of course become an overall better more well rounded and educated person, I don't expect to be tasting the fruits of my victories any time soon...but Morgenstern's central idea hangs around the notion that you must take concrete steps like the W and the A of WADE, if you are ever going to get the to the E(xecute)
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