HBR Guide to Getting the Right Work Done Book

Section 1 Get Started

1 You Can't Get It All Done: …so what should you do? Peter Bregman 3

2 Nine Things Successful People Do Differently: It's not who you are; it's what you do Heidi Grant Halvorson 9

3 Being More Productive: An Interview with David Allen and Tony Schwartz: Do you need the right system or the right frame of mind? Daniel McGinn 23

Section 2 Prioritize Your Work

4 Get a Raise by Getting the Right Work Done: Focus on the work that will bring the greatest reward-for your organization and for you Peter Bregman 35

5 The Worth-Your-Time Test: Stop wasting time on the wrong work Peter Bregman 39

6 Say Yes to Saying No: Make it easier to decline projects and invitations Alexandra Samuel 43

Sections 3 Organize Your Time

7 A Practical Plan for When You Feel Overwhelmed: How to get started when you don't know where to begin Peter Bregman 49

8 Stop Procrastinating-Now: Five tips for breaking this bad habit Amy Gallo 53

9 Don't Let Long-Term Projects Become Last-Minute Panic: What to do when you have "all the time in the world": Peter Bregman 57

10 Stop Multitasking: Do just one thing to get many things done Peter Bregman 63

11 How to Stay Focused on What's Important: Stop fighting fires Gina Trapani 69

12 To-Do Lists That Work: The secret is specificity Gina Trapani 73

13 How to Tackle Your To-Do List: Use your calendar Peter Bregman 77

14 Reward Yourself for Doing Dreaded Tasks: When crossing items off Your list just isn't enough Alexandra Samuel 81

Section 4 Delegate Effectively

15 Management Time: Who's Got the Monkey?: Delegate, Delegate, Delegate William Oncken Donald L. Wass Stephen R. Covey 87

16 Levels of Delegation: Teach them to fish Linda A. Hill Kent Lineback 109

Section 5 Create Rituals

17 Ritual: How to Get Important Work Done: Make good habits automatic Tony Schwartz 113

18 Power Through Your Day in 90-Minute Cycles: Work with Your body's natural rhythms Tony Schwartz 117

19 An 18-Minute Plan for Managing Your Day: Frequent check-ins with yourself will keep you on course Peter Bregman 121

20 Use a 10-Minute Diary to Stay on Track: The best way to spend the last few minutes of your day Teresa Amabile Steven Kramer 125

Section 6 Renew Your Energy

21 How to Accomplish More by Doing Less: Take breaks to get more done Tony Schwartz 135

22 Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time: Time is limited, but your energy is not Tony Schwartz Catherine McCarthy 139

23 Why Great Performers Sleep More: hellip;and how you can, too Tony Schwartz 147

Section 7 Take Control of Your E-mail

24 Simplify Your E-mail: Three folders will do it Gina Trapani 153

25 Eight E-mail Overload Experiments: Don't be afraid to be extreme Alexandra Samuel 157

Section 8 Maintain Your New Approach

26 Sustaining Your Productivity System: You've become productive! Now keep it up Alexandra Samuel 165

Section 9 Explore Further

27 More Productivity Books to Explore: Summaries of three popular titles by Covey, Morgenstern, and Allen Ilan Mochari 171

28 Productivity Apps and Tools: Tech tools to keep you on track 175

Index 181