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Comment on Time Management Case Study by C&B Golden

C&B Golden — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 22:24:23 +0000

Review by C&B Golden for Successful Time Management For Dummies
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First things first, as a real estate broker and team leader who owns almost all of Dirk Zeller’s books, I will admit to being a bit biased in his favor. This prolific author simply writes cleanly and clearly, in a language that we can all easily understand. His latest book is one of his best and is a MUST READ for anyone who has ever felt the pain of “too little time” in their business or personal life. I have found this book to be life changing and have been surprised at how easy many of the concepts are to implement in my daily routine. As Dirk notes early on, Dummy books do not have to be read front to back; instead, you can do what I did and start with areas that hold the most interest for you. In my case, this meant going right to Chapter 5, “Setting Up and Maintaining a Productive Workspace.” Using the simple steps in this chapter I got my massive desk cleaned up, moved tons of “to do” items into Outlook tasks, refined my workflow with my wife (the vice president of the company ) and otherwise got my space turned into a much more productive and sharp looking workplace. Next stop for me was Chapter 10, “Overcoming Procrastination, a Notorious Time Thief.” More organizational goodness ensued… I bought this book for all the obvious reasons but mostly because I knew that many of the holes in my business and personal life are centered on time or the lack thereof. If (like me) you have become honest enough to admit you could improve your time management, this book is FOR YOU. I think it would be especially good for business readers but others can still benefit from its practical advice and suggestions. Lastly, if you are in any way involved in real estate, you owe it to yourself to check out Dirk Zeller’s many other fine books; his work is easily on par with Gary Keller, Stephen Covey and Michael Gerber (to name a few). This book is amazing, it really is, check it out…

Comment on Time Management To Do List by Cameron Tuttle

Cameron Tuttle — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 10:08:58 +0000

Review by Cameron Tuttle for To-Do List: From Buying Milk to Finding a Soul Mate, What Our Lists Reveal About Us Rating: If you've ever written a list or peeked at someone else's list, you'll dig this fascinating and funny book. Every list is like a bizarre peep hole into a person's head, heart, and hopes for life. Maybe it was just my undiagnosed voyeur-listic tendencies, but I couldn't stop reading this book and then wondering what my own lists say about me. Author Sasha Cagan (the visionary who defined the Quirky Alone movement) includes just enough back story and snarky commentary to bring each list to life and inspire readers to start listing toward happiness. This book is perfect for anyone who has ever written anything on a piece of paper, hoping to cross it off.

Comment on Time Management To Do List by Emma

Emma — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:20:56 +0000

Review by Emma for To-Do List: From Buying Milk to Finding a Soul Mate, What Our Lists Reveal About Us Rating: I was kind of disappointed, I was expecting something more along the lines of the universality of Found: The Best Lost, Tossed, and Forgotten Items from Around the World or PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives, but it was not nearly so satisying. There were fewer lists and a lot of narration from the author and background information about the creators of the lists...sometimes too much information to make them likeable, and sometimes just plain voyeuristic without any emotional impact. I wished the lists were allowed to stand on their own a little more. Some folks may enjoy it, in fact, the things I disliked may be the very things someone else would like, but it wasn't my cup of tea and I wished I had looked at it before buying it.

Comment on Time Management To Do List by Deb

Deb — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 08:53:12 +0000

Review by Deb for To-Do List: From Buying Milk to Finding a Soul Mate, What Our Lists Reveal About Us Rating: A List of 10 Reasons To Read This Book:
1. A voyeuristic slice into the scribbled lives of "the listmakers of America (and the world)" and the items on their minds
2. An entertaining collection of hand-written (on whatever paper was handy at the time) to-do lists from 100 real-live listmakers
3. Revealing, insightful, or just plain interesting commentary on each list (by the original listmaker)
4. The challenge of deciphering the listmaker's (unedited!) scribbles, which in some cases are decorated with fun doodles and unintended(?)/unidentifiable spills
5. Insight into the power of list-making--from helping us feel a bit of control in an otherwise-unlistable, chaotic world to giving words to the (often nagging) mumbo-jumbo circulating our minds
6. Endless DIY list ideas for creating your own lists, including "Places Where I Would Like To Get Frisky" "Foods I Want to Try" "My Qualities That Someone Else Will Appreciate" "A Sexual To-Do List for My Partner" "Thoughts to Remove from My Head" and "Ten Reasons to Be Happy Today"
7. "Garret Love" (a new standard of love line-by-line'd on p. 118)
8. Sasha's clever one-line comments following each list
9. Validation that you are not alone in your list-making obsession, uh, I mean tendency
10. Being able to cross off one item in your "Books to Read" list upon completion of this book

Comment on Time Management To Do List by Sasha Cagen

Sasha Cagen — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 08:13:23 +0000

Review by Sasha Cagen for To-Do List: From Buying Milk to Finding a Soul Mate, What Our Lists Reveal About Us
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Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/RQGQ40IN7LPVH Hi! I’m Sasha Cagen, the author! Here’s a two-minute trailer I made to explain why I’ve spent seven years collecting to-do lists and what you can find in the book. Hope you enjoy, let me know what you think. . . And as always, send me your (handwritten) lists at http://www.todolistblog.blogspot.com.

Comment on Time Management To Do List by A reader

A reader — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 07:59:48 +0000

Review by A reader for To-Do List: From Buying Milk to Finding a Soul Mate, What Our Lists Reveal About Us Rating: I bought this book on a whim. I should have looked at it in the bookstore, because otherwise I wouldn't have purchased it otherwise.

While the lists in here are interesting and makes me think about the lists I make, I can't say I really cared to constantly read someone else's list about his or her relationships, what to do next, what they want in life, etc. I would have preferred an expanded explanation that the author has prior to each section. I had thought there might be an examination of handwriting, numbered lists versus not numbered, how list writers phrase or order their items, etc.

It is perhaps a little too voyeuristic for me. It was my fault for not looking at it in the bookstore. I urge you not to make the same mistake and to physically flip through it if you want to buy it.

Comment on Electronic Time Management by D. Piper

D. Piper — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:43:45 +0000

Review by D. Piper for The Time Management Toolkit: Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Step by Step and Take Back Your Life: Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Step-By-Step/Take Back Your Life! (Step By Step (Microsoft)) Rating: This is the best resource of its kind that I've been able to find. I've been using Outlook for over 20-years and thought I knew it pretty good. However I knew I needed to learn more to fully leverage its capabilities. I've learned all kinds of capabilties that have allowed me to better control my email, tasks and calendar.

I highly recommend this to anyone who needs to prioritize their email and more fully utilize Outlook's Calendar and tasks.

Comment on Time Tracking Software by FAST FRED

FAST FRED — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 05:00:26 +0000

Review by FAST FRED for TimeWolf 4.0 for 1-50 Employees Rating: Time wolf is a good company with no problems. We used it for many years. Until we started to upgrade our systems. Our former boss lost Our copy so I purchase the new version. WE had problem installing the program so I called help. I found our that they haven't get the bug out with window 7. So I purchased a window xp computer. The company need a on-line help. You must be a window expert to know where to look to turn some buttons that are not turn on. It took weeks to get it to install. Time wolf needs to get more instruction so anyone can do it.

Comment on Management Training Company by Carlos E. Ossio

Carlos E. Ossio — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 20:58:45 +0000

Review by Carlos E. Ossio for The Encyclopedia Of Restaurant Training: A Complete Ready-to-Use Training Program for All Positions in the Food Service Industry Rating: Extremely useful set of forms and ideas for use in the restaurant industry. It is skewed towards full service restaurants; but still has lots of useful stuff to apply to QSR. Do not expect to find a treatise on training, though. The CD ROM helps to take advantage of the material because it has the full text on pdf format and several of the sections in MS-Word format.

Comment on Management Training Company by Jean E. Brown

Jean E. Brown — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 20:58:09 +0000

Review by Jean E. Brown for The Encyclopedia Of Restaurant Training: A Complete Ready-to-Use Training Program for All Positions in the Food Service Industry Rating: There isn't another book published in the Restaurant field that provides as much comprehensive information. The CD is a wonderful addition.