Tackling Timewasters: Pleasing, Perfectionism, and Procrastination

Laura Stack

1/2013 · Productivity Pro Press

Táto e‑kniha

Do you have a case of the ''got-a-minutes''? Can you say no to improper requests? Do you know how to recognize a timewaster when you see one? Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro, is ready to help you recognize timewasters and eliminate them from your day. Laura will help you: • Learn to say no when you're overwhelmed; • Avoid resentment when people don't live up to your standards; • Determine the difference between high standards and picky-picky standards; • Discover why you are procrastinating and get started; and • Slow down when necessary, instead of rushing around. How would your day look without timewasters? With help from Laura Stack, you would work fewer hours or play harder. When you tackle the timewasters, you can maximize your time, create greater value, and spend more time with loved ones.

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Laura Stack, MBA, CSP, Laura Stack is America's Premier Expert in Productivity. For over 20 years, her seminars and speeches have helped professionals, leaders, and teams accelerate individual and team performance, execute efficiently, and improve output in the workplace. Her company, The Productivity Pro, Inc., provides productivity workshops around the globe to help attendees achieve Maximum Results in Minimum Time. Laura is the author of five bestselling productivity books published by Random House, Wiley, and Berrett-Koehler, most recently What to Do When There's Too Much to Do. Her newest work, Execution IS the Strategy, hits bookstores in spring 2014. Laura's books have been published in more than 20 foreign editions, and she is a featured columnist for Success magazine. Laura has been featured nationally on the CBS Early Show, CNN, NPR, Bloomberg, the New York Times, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur, and Forbes magazine. Laura has been a spokesperson for Microsoft, 3M, Skillsoft, Office Depot, Day-Timer, and Xerox. Her client list includes top Fortune 500 companies, including Starbucks, Wal-Mart, Aramark, Bank of America, GM, Wells Fargo, and Time Warner, plus government agencies such as the Internal Revenue Service, the United States Air Force Academy, the Census Bureau, the U.S. Senate, and the Department of Defense. Laura was the 2011-2012 President of the National Speakers Association (NSA) and is the recipient of the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation, NSA's highest earned designation. She lives with her husband and three children in Denver, Colorado.