Time Management Secrets for Working Women: Getting Organized to Get the Most Out of Each Day

by Ruth Klein

Overview

The only system designed for everything that today's modern women handle

Most time-management systems don't succeed for working women. Why? Quite simply, they don't understand our specific needs and the wide variety of tasks we find ourselves facing each day.

Ruth Klein has been coaching working women for years on how to manage their time, and she has the answer for today's working women.

Time Management Secrets for Working Women will show you how to make the most effective use of your time, so you can succeed in the workplace and get organized beyond your wildest dreams. Filled with practical tips and advice, this book helps with time-management keys such as:

o What Constitutes a "Real" Emergency?

o Dividing Work, Home and Personal Time

o Understanding the Need for Control

o Organizing Your Desk to Reflect Priorities

o Learning to Relax While Still Getting Things Done

While the demands on our time won't go away, that doesn't mean you can't rise above them. Ruth Klein will show you how to eliminate the stress and get the best out of each day.

Ruth Klein runs The Marketing/Time Source, a performance strategic firm providing marketing, public relations, communications, time management, sales and personal coaching to businesses, professionals, moms and college students.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781402235078
Publisher:	Sourcebooks
Publication date:	09/01/2005
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	336
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Ruth Klein is the president of the award-winning firm The Marketing/Time Source, an integrative and strategic marketing firm providing time management, public relations, Internet marketing, business and consumer behavior trends,generational marketing, and sales and personal coaching to businesses, professionals, moms, and college students. She lives in Santa Monica, California.

Ruth Klein is the president of the award-winning firm The Marketing/Time Source, an integrative and strategic marketing firm providing time management, public relations, Internet marketing, business and consumer behavior trends,generational marketing, and sales and personal coaching to businesses, professionals, moms, and college students. She lives in Santa Monica, California.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments...............................................................................................vi

Introduction ..........................................................................................................viii

Chapter 1. How to Make Time for the Time of Your Life ..................................1

Chapter 2. Where to Put Your Time Emphasis ................................................23

Chapter 3. Avoiding the Guilt Trap: Self-Indulgence Is a Necessity .................53

Chapter 4. The Big Glitch (When the Best-Laid Plans...) ...................................69

Chapter 5. L'Affaire: Making Time for Love (Married or Single) .........................79

Chapter 6. Creative Earning Options ..................................................................97

Chapter 7. Taking Control of Your Schedule (Before Someone Else

Does) .................................................................................................119

Chapter 8. Beating Stress by Breaking the Rules ..............................................137

Chapter 9. Crisis and Challenge: Opportunities for Growth ...............................151

Chapter 10. Home Sweet Home, Inc. (The Pros and Cons of Working

at Home) ............................................................................................167

Chapter 11. Mirror, Mirror, on the Desk: Organizing Your Desk to

Reflect Priorities .................................................................................185

Chapter 12. I Think It's a Definite Maybe (A Quick Guide to Decision

Making) ...............................................................................................195

Chapter 13. The Write Stuff .....................................................................................205

Chapter 14. The Telephone, Cell Phone, and Email: Woman's Best--

and Worst--Friends ...............................................................................217

Chapter 15. Let Ginger Do It: The Gentle Art of Delegation ....................................233

Chapter 16. A Seven-Letter Word: Waiting ..............................................................245

Chapter 17. I'm Committed: But to What? ................................................................253

Chapter 18. Meetings: Running Them and Attending Them ....................................265

Chapter 19. The End...or the Beginning ....................................................................277

Appendix. Six Weeks to a More Balanced, Abundant, and Joyful

Life .............................................................................................................285

About the Author ......................................................................................................319

Index ...........................................................................................................................................................320