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    Techniques to Counter Common Time Thieves
    Techniques to Counter Common Time Thieves
    Techniques to Counter Common Time Thieves
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    Techniques to Counter Common Time Thieves

    By Sue Dwan

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    The Techniques to Counter Common Time Thieves identifies meetings, telephones, email and interruptions as common organisational time thieves and gives practical advice on how to counter them; offers ideas about the concept of time and how to get the best from it; and includes some general time and self management tips. It is an ideal book for someone new to time management and/or time and self management concepts.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSue Dwan
    Release dateNov 11, 2012
    ISBN9781301198658
    Techniques to Counter Common Time Thieves
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    Sue Dwan

    Sue Dwan lives in New Zealand and has her own business. She is a professional certified coach (PCC), a management/business coach, writer (travel, educational and management) and ‘doer of interesting projects’, at clients' request. She has a particular interest in encouraging individuals to get their affairs in order before it is too late to do so and in 2014 wrote three PDF guidebooks on the topic: Clarify Your Intentions, Clear The Way and Wrap Up Your Business. When she isn't working with clients or tied to her desk, she's travelling or planning her next trip.

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      Techniques to Counter Common Time Thieves - Sue Dwan

      Techniques to Counter Common Time Thieves

      By Sue Dwan

      Dwan & Associates Ltd

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2012 Sue Dwan

      Cover Image by Microsoft Office

      Used with permission from Microsoft

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      Thank you for downloading this free ebook. Although this is a free book, it remains the copyrighted property of the author and may not be reproduced, copied and distributed for commercial or non-commercial purposes. If you enjoyed this book, please encourage your friends to download their own copy at Smashwords.com, where they can also discover other works by this author. Thank you for your support.

      Limitation of Liability

      The general information and advice contained in this ebook is offered with the aim of assisting those interested in improving their time management skills. The information is not intended as an exclusive solution and Sue Dwan, Dwan & Associates Ltd, is not responsible for the application of the principles and steps taken in any undertaking.

      Please note: New Zealand spelling, which is different from American spelling for some words, has been used throughout this text.

      Contents

      Introduction

      Chapter 1: Some Ideas about Time

      Chapter: 2: Tine Thief: Meetings

      Chapter 3: Time Thief: Telephones

      Chapter 4: Time Thief: Email

      Chapter 5: Time Thief: Interruptions

      Chapter 6: General Tips

      About the Author

      Introduction

      I heard Engelbert Humperdinck singing a pitiful lament the other day – If I only had time, he anguished, Only time. I realised I hear that same lament almost daily, but from ordinary folk – not singing icons. It got me thinking about common time thieves and how they live amongst us, wearing a number of clever disguises.

      They’re colleagues who interrupt you when you’re deep into something and say, Could I pick your brains about something?, or, Could you help me with…It’ll only take a minute…, or, I know you’re busy, but....

      They’re filing cabinets bursting with ancient and new files that may be unlabelled, and so creatively alphabetised that you can’t find anything for looking. They’re piles of papers on your desk that get bigger and bigger, a repository for the ‘I’ll get around to this, this week’ work, but you never do.

      They’re the time spent compulsively checking emails (despite being busy doing something else) when you hear the inbox alert, and the time spent forwarding on jokes, chain mail and amusing video clips. They’re the hours you spend reading all incoming emails, yet put off responding or processing them for another day. And that day may or many not ever come. They’re the emails you deliberately ignore reading because you’re busy doing other things or because you have an inbox with 2000+ emails and you’re overwhelmed at the thought of them all.

      They’re the meetings that leave you frustrated and angry that your time has been wasted. They’re the meetings with no agenda, the ones that start late and finish late and where most of the time is spent on minor issues, leaving little time for the big issues that need attention. They’re the meetings where the same topics are ‘put forward to the next meeting’ at every meeting, so they’re never, ever addressed.

      They’re the days you know you haven’t achieved anything; despite your

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