This book is about time management and how you can use it to achieve a joyful life. Therefore, the determination of how successfully you manage your time is not assessed in traditional time management terms (efficient scheduling, enhanced productivity) but, rather, how effectively you use your time to love the life you live. Your mission is not to beat the clock but to romance it: loving your time is far more important than saving it! In this context, time management is measured not in terms of hours saved, but, rather, hours spent in accentuating the positives and reducing the negatives in your life.
Life Management 2.0: How to Have the Time of Your Life is all about showing you what you can do to maximize your personal happiness and minimize your everyday hassles at home, at work and in your interpersonal relationships. Landmarks are provided along the way that can guide you on your life’s journey—13 Action Steps you can take to achieve the time of your life during your years on this Earth. It is a personal voyage you’ll discover is well worth taking. Bon voyage!
CHAPTER 1: A Metaphor To Live By
CHAPTER 2: Welcome Back From The Mountain: Let Your Journey Begin
CHAPTER 3: What My Doctor’s Visit Taught Me about Time Management
CHAPTER 4: Action Step 1: Don’t Accumulate Possessions and/or Obligations That Create More Hassles Than Happiness
CHAPTER 5: Action Step 2: Money Is Time: Use It to Purchase Positives and Sell “Shoelaces” in Your Life
CHAPTER 6: Action Step 3: Prune Your Interpersonal Relationships
CHAPTER 7: Action Step 4: Give the Green Face Syndrome the Red Light
CHAPTER 8: Action Step 5: Don’t Get Down on Your Luck
CHAPTER 9: Action Step 6: Choose a Career as if a Third of Your Life Depended on It: It Does!
CHAPTER 10: Action Step 7: Revel in the Journey or Skip the Trip
CHAPTER 11: Action Step 8: Don’t Always Put Off until Tomorrow What You Can Enjoy Today
CHAPTER 12: Action Step 9: Avoid the Pitfalls of Perfectionism
CHAPTER 13: Action Step 10: Pursue a Healthy Lifestyle: It Enhances Joyful Living
CHAPTER 14: Action Step 11: When You Must Do Battle, Pick Your Conflicts with Care
CHAPTER 15: Action Step 12: Triumph over the Scarlet Number
CHAPTER 16: Action Step 13: Be the Best You Can Be, Not Necessarily the Best That There Is
CHAPTER 17: Applying What You’ve Learned Through Structured Exercises
CHAPTER 18: Introductory Exercise: Improving Your Hourglass Figure
CHAPTER 19: Exercise 1: Possession Ejection Checklist
CHAPTER 20: Exercise 2: Cashing in on Life
CHAPTER 21: Exercise 3: You Are Who You Know
CHAPTER 22: Exercise 4: Get The Green Out
CHAPTER 23: Exercise 5: Test Your Luck
CHAPTER 24: Exercise 6: The Shadow Knows
CHAPTER 25: Exercise 7: Getting There Is (or Should Be) Half the Fun
CHAPTER 26: Exercise 8: Making Your Own “Bucket List”
CHAPTER 27: Exercise 9: Perfection Detection
CHAPTER 28: Exercise 10: Developing Your Individual Wellness Plan
CHAPTER 29: Exercise 11: The Time Warrior’s Checklist
CHAPTER 30: Exercise 12: Turning the Scarlet Number into the Golden Years
CHAPTER 31: Exercise 13: Being the Best You Can Be
CHAPTER 32: A Discussion of the Introductory Exercise