- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (1 Mar 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0316731692
- ISBN-13: 978-0316731690
- Product Dimensions: 21 x 13.4 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 16,665 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'What's next? The Mind Gym' Newsweek ** 'Success without the sweat' Financial Times ** 'Think short, punchy fun' Guardian ** 'Send your mind for a workout' Daily Telegraph ** 'Inventive about techniques to deal with everyday problems' Times ** 'Definitely something to think about' Independent on Sunday ** 'Accessible, fun and fascinating' Woman and Home ** 'Tasty little exercises to get you thinking quicker than ever before' Tatler** 'Business book of the week' Money Week
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138 of 141 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
my kind of time,
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This review is from: The Mind Gym : Give Me Time (Paperback)
I read the first book and loved it, even if the subjects were a bit far ranging. When I saw they had produced another book, I wondered if it would be a weaker version of the first. Having read "Give me Time", I can safely say that far from being a shadow of its predecessor, it is more informative, better researched, even easier to use and exceptional value. Moreover, it touches on aspects of time that I had not realised were so vital in our constant quest to find more time in our lives. One example of this is the chapter on delegation which cleverly explains the difference between precision delegation (which is what most of us do) and capability delegation (which is what most of us should do more of); I have tried their techniques and they really do get other people happily to do your work for you. Another treat is the chapter on happiness. A surprising thing to find in a book on time, at least it surprised me, but a revelation. The search for happiness affects all of us and this is the most interesting thing I've read on how to get it. No airy-fairy nonsense, just common sense translated from proper psychological research. The opening chapter is called 'I don't have time to read this book'. A clever way to introduce a questionnaire that guides you to the chapters that you're most likely to find helpful. But, if you're anything like me, once you start you will want to read the whole thing. If you buy one self-development book buy this one. Unlike most books in this genre, it delivers much, much more than the title suggests.
28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
So much more than the title suggests,
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This review is from: The Mind Gym : Give Me Time (Paperback)
Once I started reading this book, I quickly realized it's a book I should have read years ago. It's so much more than the title suggests.
The introduction recommends that you just dip into the book at a chapter that seems to fit what you're looking for, rather than taking the time to read the book cover to cover. I found an interesting chapter 'Manana' and began reading. Wow! It's a short chapter and I got so many good ideas out of it, that really do help to get things done. Typical for this book, it goes below the surface and exposes the real issue. This chapter alone made the book worth buying for me! With that experience, I enthusiastically carried on reading from another section: 'Time Well Spent'. This comprises four chapters that logically follow on from one another - a course in itself. The first chapter of this section is 'Joy Division'. This chapter was revolutionary to me. It says: if we want to be sure that time couldn't be better spent, we have to know what we want; if we don't know what we want then it's going to be all but impossible to know how to go about getting it. So the chapter then takes us through an analysis of how to be happy and how to maximize it. This techique's so simple you won't forget it, and it might just change your life. I didn't expect to find such stuff in a book on time management, but it's so significant in achieving it. There's nothing airy-fairy about this book's content - it's structured, analytical, scientific, and very well presented. The authors did a great job here! It's easy to read and also humorous at times. I'd say this book would be useful for anyone. There are revelations in it that anyone could get something new from. This book doesn't propose to be using techniques that have never been thought of before; it's just simply a great book that breaks down the subject of how to manage time outstandingly well in a very structured way. It's helped me a lot. I highly recommend this book!
17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
perfect timing,
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This review is from: The Mind Gym : Give Me Time (Paperback)
Virtually everyone has a time problem and this excellent book gives sound, easily understandable ways of coping with it. Whether you are short of time or have too much on your hands there is a chapter that will be of enormous help in your personal and everyday life. Find time ( it tells you how) to read it, improve your way of life and tell your friends about it.
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