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Reclaim control of your workday with a proven time-saving method.
Life is busier than ever before. We are working longer hours to keep up with longer to-do lists. Yet we’re experiencing more stress and seem to fall further and further behind. Our so-called leisure time is punctuated with interruptions, constantly pulling us back to work. We are led to believe we can prioritize our way out of this, but prioritization is broken.
In Workday Warrior, productivity expert Ann Gomez presents a fresh approach that smashes today’s time challenges: too many priorities, too many interruptions, and too much complexity. We don’t need more willpower, discipline, or hours in our day. Instead, we need a straightforward approach to help us reclaim our time and upgrade our work habits. We need to concentrate our priori ties, protect our time, and simplify our work to amplify our results.
This book will help you become a Workday Warrior. Find more time in your day, play at a higher level, and feel more in control of your time. Your work (and life!) will never be the same.
Contents
Introduction ix
Part 1: Clarify xix
1 Time Barrier #1: Too Many Priorities 1
2 The Power of Three 14
3 How to Deal with Your Other Work 37
4 Your Most Essential Productivity Tool 46
5 How to Build Your Master Action Plan 59
6 How to Plan Your Day 77
Part 2: Fortify 85
7 Time Barrier #2: Too Much Flexibility 87
8 Introducing Your Proactive Routine 95
9 Habits Drive Results 108
10 Energy Oscillates 122
11 Focus Beats Multitasking 141
12 Define Your Time Budget 153
13 Build Your Proactive Routine 174
14 Implement Your Proactive Routine 194
Part 3: Simplify 205
15 Time Barrier #3: Too Much Complication 207
16 The Simplify Filter: Scale Back 218
17 The Simplify Filter: Streamline 233
18 The Simplify Filter: Seek Help 252
Action Plan: Be a Workday Warrior 263
Acknowledgements 271
Endnotes 275