TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction: The Case for Reduction

• Saving Our Own Lives
• Harsh Realities
• The Solution
• A Brand-New Model: The Productivity Workflow Formula

Step One: Determine What To Do

• Why Do You Have So Much to Do?
• What Is Your Productive Value?
• Tracking Down Time-Wasters
• Where Does Your Time Go?
• To-Do Lists: Tracking What's Left
• Triage: Wartime Prioritization
• Summary: PWF Step 1 Checkup

Step Two: Schedule Time to Do It

• About that 4-Hour Workweek Idea
• Scheduling 101
• Further Reducing Your Commitments
• Learn to Say No -- And Make it Stick
• Rescuing Your Time from Meetings
• In the Decision Comes the Dilemma
• Summary: PWF Step 2 Checkup

Step Three: Focus Your Attention

• Driven to Distraction
• Handling External Distractions
• Heading Off Internal Distractions
• Slipping the Electronic Leash
• Focus Aids
• The Zen of Avoiding Distraction
• Summary: PWF Step 3 Checkup

Step Four: Process New Information

• Taming the Information Glut
• Filing Preepts
• Your Personal Time Management System
• Basic Information Handling
• The 6-D Information Management System
• The E-mail Decision Tree
• Summary: PWF Step 4 Checkup

Step Five: Close the Loop

• Organized Implementation
• The People Problem
• Handling Micromanagers
• Reducing Inefficiencies and Breaking Bottlenecks
• The Quest for Constant Improvement
• Continued Progress Requires Constant Reevaluation
• Summary: PWF Step 4 Checkup

Step Six: Manage Your Capacity

• Personal Energy
• Get Some Sleep
• Watch Your Diet
• Exerise Your Body
• Make Yourself Happier
• Maintaining You Energetic Edge
• Summary: PWF Step 6 Checkup

A Final Note: An Extra Hour -- Or More

The Productivity Workflow Formula (PWF) Self-Assessment

Notes

Index

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