Put Time Management to Work: Get Organized, Streamline Processes, Use the Right Technology

Peggy Duncan

1 Is this "time management" or "how to use microsoft outlook"?
I was particularly looking forward to the chapter on email, since my INBOX is perpetually swamped. However, this book spends too much time describing, step-by-step, how to use microsoft outlook. I already know the mechanics of how to use the program, and no real insight was provided.

Other chapters had similar problems - her suggested solutions are too rigid, don't address fundamental problems.
Here are her tips for organizing computer files:
1. Right click the start button, click Explore, then find My Documents folder , and double click to open.
2. Click File, point to New: then click Folder.
and on and on...

So, if your computer files are disorganzied because you don't know the basics of how to use a computer, you might benefit from this book. But if you'd like tips on how to deal with files that could go logically go in more than one place, ways to keep track of different versions of the same file, or anything more complex, forget it.

The topics on organizing your house & workspace are much better covered in Morgenstern's "Organizing From the Inside Out".

2 Put Time Management to Work
"Peggy Duncan has done a great job with this book. It is easy to read,highly practical and packed full of useful information to save a busy person time. Not only does it address time management from a priority management point of view but it provides nitty-gritty, real world examples and help to make you more efficient and effective. I gained a lot from it and highly recommend this book. If you want to get more done in your life, don't hesitate. Get this book and improve your life."

3 Have too much to do and not enough time to do it?
Put Time Management To Work: Get Organized, Streamline Processes, Use The Right Technology is a straightforward, no-nonsense guide expressly written to help busy people make the most of their limited waking hours as applied to unlimited needs and ceaseless demands. Chapters focus on everything from organizing one's desk to coping with other people's messes to setting goals, calendar management, effective delegation and much, much more. Highly accessible, straightforward, and practical, Put Time Management To Work is an absolute "must" for everyone from domestic homemakers to corporate executives who have too much to do and not enough time to do it!

4 Learn how to manage your time on a daily basis
With tips for road warriors, handling life's interruptions, and input overload, reading this book will help you learn and practice effective time management on a daily basis.

Whether you are organizationally challenged, or struggling with those chaos creators who are, PUT TIME MANAGEMENT TO WORK will help solve the mystery of manging your time once and for all.

5 You WILL find useful organizational tips in this book.
Peggy Duncan has compiled a wonderful group of organization and efficiency tips based on her years of experience in both her personal and professional life. It is a quick, easy read. The book is full of ideas that will help with time management, daily task control and how to keep your work area clean and organized. A department in our company was having constant problems with timely follow up and losing questions and requests submitted to them. We implemented a task log based on this book's recommendation and saw immediate and dramatic improvement.

6 Great Book!
This was a great book and very timely as I have been in the midst of reorganizing. I read the book in one evening and was absolutely renewed and energized about the whole process. I couldn't wait to create my supply list and get started. It's hard to believe that I now have a "bill paying station". Just as I would begin to think "but what about . . " I'd keep reading and it was there. The book covers all the critical areas. These tips will simplify my life and aid me in taking my business to the next level!

7 Time Management for Life
Peggy Duncan's book is outstanding! I received my copy a week ago and have already read it twice. The information and suggestions are extremely current and very usable. You can read through the whole book to capture everything or spot read for the most immediate problems you are encountering.

Ms. Duncan's writing is easy, friendly, comfortable and comforting. She deals with every time management situation that you might imaagine in your business. I believe that, by applying her suggestions/solutions in one's working life, the carryover into the rest of life will be almost automatic.

This is one of those books that I will refer to as a "must have" in your library.

8 Great Book!
I received the book and just in the nick of time. I knew I needed help and was told just the day before this book came that my disorganization was costing me money not to mention time. I flipped through the book, then went back and read the sections I needed help on. As I went through everything, I made a list of the things I needed to do and the things I needed to buy.

I purchased a desk drawer organizer, several containers for my supply cabinet, the paper port software, hanging files and some labels to label everything. If it were not for my PC,Outlook and my pocketpc, my life would really be a mess. Most of my "files" are on the computer and not in drawers. I learned early on that the computer is my best friend since I have extreme difficulty keeping up with paper.

I must say, I no longer spend minutes looking for a pen on my desk or looking for tape in my supply cabinet. I have set up in and out boxes for mail with the hanging folders (to eliminate anything on my desk). I no longer have to run to the library to type up forms (that was a once a week trip) because I can now just scan them into my computer and fill them out with Paper port.

I have deleted the sound that an email has come in and check my email three times/day--when I come in, at noon and at the end of the day. I also set up my email for auto preview so that I don't have to open the message and I can figure out immediately if I want to deal with it or delete it.

I still have some other things to do like putting in some contacts into Outlook so I can get rid of business cards and finish labeling everything but this has put me in such a better mood, and now I can really handle business and grow.