Time creation, as it is defined in this book, is another name for chronemics, the study of how we use our time and of how we may use it more effectively. It provides a set of techniques for doing things in time-saving ways and will change your life for the better if you put it into practice. You will cease to be one of life's headless chickens who dash around looking busy but achieving little, and become one of its laidback bears who really gets things done and enjoys life at the same time. This book will enable you to speed up those activities that can sensibly be speeded up, and to identify ways of saving time in those that cannot. The objective as one of life's laidback bears is to create some discretionary time which you can spend in whichever way you fancy; be it getting more work done, thinking about work-related problems which you don't normally have time to think about, engaging in your favourite leisure activity, or just sitting and dreaming.
AUTHOR BIOG:
Gordon Wainwright is an independent management training consultant. He has written several books on management communication skills, including 'Read Faster, Recall More' (also published by How To Books) and runs courses for a wide range of organisations, including multinationals and government departments.
CONTENTS:
1. Time creation techniques
Accurate feedback
Flow rates
Deadlines
Anticipatory scanning techniques
Selective perception of cues
Adequate incubation periods
Imaginative and intuitive responses
Critical incidents and learning periods
Timing and synchronization
Slippage and downtime
Flexible performance strategies
Critical analysis of performance
2. Overcoming problems using time creation techniques
Elimination of faults
Motivation
Continuation and follow-up
Risk taking
Vigilance and attention
Maintaining maximum speed
Effects of variety of activity
Timewasting
3. Applications in personal skills
Thinking
Reading
Writing
Listening and speaking
Social skills
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