Successful Self-Management : A Psychologically Sound Approach to Personal Effectiveness.

TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- PREFACE TO THIS REVISED EDITION -- CONTENTS -- PART I GETTING STARTED -- WHERE ARE YOU NOW? -- SELF-MANAGEMENT DEFINED -- PART II FIVE BUILDING BLOCKS TO SUCCESS -- FIVE BUILDING BLOCKS TO SUCCESS -- BLOCK 1: UNDERSTANDING PERSPECTIVE -- HOW DO YOU LOOK AT CONTROL? -- SELF-QUIZ: HOW I ALLOCATE MY TIME AND TALENTS -- SELF-QUIZ RESULTS -- BLOCK 2: UNDERSTANDING PURPOSE -- VALUES WORKSHEET -- FURTHER VALUE SHARPENING -- MORE THOUGHTS ON VALUE CLARIFICATION -- THE 3-STEP VALUE SHAPING PROCESS -- VALUE ALIGNING ACTIVITIES-THE COMFORTABLE MARRIAGE OF VALUES AND GOALS -- CHARACTERISTICS OF GOOD GOALS -- BLOCK 3: UNDERSTANDING YOUR PERSONALITY -- ASSERTIVENESS -- HOW ASSERTIVE ARE YOU? -- HOW RECEPTIVE ARE YOU? -- FEEDBACK RECEPTIVENESS QUIZ -- FEEDBACK IN BUSINESS -- HOW TO NURTURE GOOD FEEDBACK -- FEEDBACK CHECKLIST -- BLOCK 4: UNDERSTANDING PLANNING -- LET'S STOP AND DO IT… -- Completion Symbols: The Payoff -- TYING GOALS AND VALUES TO YOUR DAILY PLANNING -- PLAN-IT © FORMS -- ORDER FORM FOR THE PLAN-IT LIFE ORGANIZER © -- BLOCK 5: UNDERSTANDING PRODUCTIVITY -- SOME TIME-TESTED DEFENSES AGAINST THE BIG 6 PRODUCTIVITY KILLERS -- 1. INTERRUPTIONS -- 2. CLUTTER and PAPERWORK -- 3. UNPRODUCTIVE COMMUNICATION -- 4. PROCRASTINATION -- 5. INDECISION -- 6. SELF-OVERLOAD -- PART III A FINAL THOUGHT ABOUT BALANCE IN YOUR LIFE -- A FINAL THOUGHT ABOUT BALANCE IN YOUR LIFE -- WELLNESS AND CENTERING A LOPSIDED WHEEL -- LOPSIDED WHEEL: AN EXAMPLE -- IS YOUR WHEEL ROUND OR LOPSIDED? -- YOUR BALANCE WHEEL.

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