Time, Today's Silent Killer

By Roberta Cava

Do you find you have too few hours in a day? Are you always rushed? Are you existing instead of living?
If so, this book is for you! If you don't manage your time properly, your stress level goes up, so start with time management. Learn techniques that give you maximum benefit from a minimum investment of time and energy. Learn that cutting corners is not cheating - but simply good time management.
Spend more time doing the things you want to do, become energized and able to accomplish much more than you have in the past.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Cava Consulting
• Release date: Oct 10, 2018
• ISBN: 9780648443728

Roberta Cava

Roberta Cava is the author of 30 books. Two of them are international best-sellers. Her Dealing with Difficult People book was published in 1990 (23 publishers in 17 languages). She was born in Canada but now lives on the Gold Coast of Queensland, Australia.

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Time

Today's Silent Killer!

Roberta Cava

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ISBN: 978-0648443728

Do you find you have too few hours in the day? Are you always rushed? If so Time, Today’s Silent Killer is the book for you!

If you don’t manage your time properly, your stress level goes up, so start with time management. Develop techniques that gave you maximum benefit from the minimum investment of time. Learn that cutting corners, is not cheating - but rather good management of your time. Compare how you use your time to how you really want to spend your time and become energised and able to accomplish much more than you have in the past.

Time, Today’s Silent Killer is an absolute must for anyone who needs to improve their time management skills.

Roberta Cava is the owner of Cava Consulting in Australia and has presented her seminars worldwide, including her most popular session: Dealing with Difficult People that has been presented to over 55,000 participants. She has 35 years’ experience in Human Resources and Career Counselling. Roberta is the author of 34 books and will be writing more.

BOOKS BY ROBERTA CAVA

NON-FICTION

Dealing with Difficult People

(22 publishers – in 16 languages)

Dealing with Difficult Situations – at Work and at Home

Dealing with Difficult Spouses and Children

Dealing with Difficult Relatives and In-Laws

Dealing with Domestic Violence and Child Abuse

Dealing with School Bullying

Dealing with Workplace Bullying

Retirement Village Bullies

Keeping our children safe

Just say No!

What am I going to do with the rest of my life?

Before tying the knot – Questions couples Must ask each other

Before they marry!

How Women can advance in business

Survival Skills for Supervisors and Managers

Human Resources at its Best!

Easy Come – Hard to go – The Art of Hiring, Disciplining and Firing Employees

Time and Stress, Today’s silent killers

Take Command of your Future – Make things Happen

Belly Laughs for All! – Volumes 1 to 6

Wisdom of the World!

FICTION

That Something Special

Something Missing

Trilogy: Life Gets Complicated

Life Goes On

Life Gets Better

DEDICATION

Dedicated to my support group of loyal friends and family who are always there when I need them.

TIME,

TODAY’S SILENT KILLER

Table of Contents

Introduction

CHAPTER 1 - Where does the time go?

How long can we expect to live?

What is normal aging?

A strong will is one way to live longer

How to live a longer fuller life

How do we age?

You know you're older when ...

Does having money make a difference?

Retirement

How much time do we have?

Time breakdown

Fear of failure

Fear of success

Self-sabotage

CHAPTER 2 - Time management techniques

The busy man

Principles of time management

Are you over-planning your day?

Keeping a time log

How to choose priorities

Daytimers and To Do lists

Different kinds of tasks

Swiss cheese approach

How to start complex long-term tasks

Procrastination

Reward vs punishment

Lateness

How to deal with professionals who keep you waiting

I can't say No

How to say No

CHAPTER 3 - Time management at work

Time leakage

Bottlenecks

Helping your staff set priorities

Bring forward file

Is your in-basket out of control?

Working overtime

Delegation

Where are you now?

Interruptions and crisis

How to prevent interruptions

How to control crisis situations

Solutions to time-wasters

CHAPTER 4 - Time management at home

Introducing business to home management

How to organize yourself for work

Finding the right child-care

Obtaining help at home

In the middle

How to give your family loving time

Are you a night or morning person?

The hurry-up epidemic

How to hang loose

CHAPTER 5 - The Importance of Goal Setting

Where do you want to go?

The importance of goals

Types of goals

Framing my goals so they're attainable

Guidelines for personal goals

Guidelines for setting career goals

Career steps

Career as main priority

What could be holding you back from obtaining a promotion?

-overtime

- travel overnight

- offered a promotion in another city

Using sick leave

Child care

How to start to plan my goals

Goal setting plan

Driving and restraining forces

Brainstorming

Using goal setting plan

Conclusion

Unique Career Counselling Service

Bibliography

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INTRODUCTION

Initially, my interest in time management occurred when I found myself financially and emotionally responsible for the welfare of not only myself, but my three children. There just didn't seem to be enough hours in the day to get everything done.

Later, my interest was stimulated when I started my own company. What I did with my time, would decide whether my training and development firm succeeded or failed. But my high energy level caused me to go around in ever-widening circles, starting many projects, but finishing few. I needed to learn how to focus my interest in one direction at a time without being distracted by future tasks and the constant interruptions that plagued my day.

Faced with many conflicting (and often urgent) demands on my time, I developed techniques that gave me maximum benefit from the minimum investment of time. I learned that cutting corners, was not cheating - but rather good management of my time. After I compared how I used my time to how I really wanted to spend my time, I began applying the practical principles of time management. I became energised and was able to accomplish much more than I had in the past.

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CHAPTER ONE

Where does the time go?

Time is important today. We make such statements as:

I don't have time.

Time is money.

Where did the time go?

We save time and waste time.

We know that referees call time, prisoners serve time, musicians mark time, historians record time and loafers kill time. As consumers, we often invest in labour saving devices that are time-saving devices. Union and management discussions often concentrate on: Shorter work week ... flexible hours ... overtime ... double-time ... full time ... part-time ... and permanent part-time.

We sense its importance but talk about time as if it was something concrete that we could see, feel, and hold. If a person from Mars were to hear us talking about time, I'm sure he'd think it was something physical that he could see and touch. Time is our most valuable commodity. If you asked average eighty-year-old what he cherished most in life, most would state: good health and having more time.

Unfortunately, most of us squander our time. Many spend it existing, rather than living, never realising that life is like a taxi - the meter is always running. When you think of it, the minute you just spent reading this book has gone and will never return. It can't return no matter what you do.

How we use the time we have - whether we waste it just existing or whether we live each minute - depends on each of us. Are you in a rut, just plodding along through life doing things by automatic rote? Then stop your slide into oblivion, and ask yourself these questions:

1. Am I doing what I planned to do with my life or did I get off track somewhere along the way?

2. How can I put more oomph into my life, so I spend my time living instead of existing?

3. Are there things I want to do in my lifetime, but haven't taken the time to plan how I’ll make them happen?

4. Do I have concrete, realistic, written-down goals that guide me in the right direction?

Think of life as on a journey. If you wanted to take a road trip, you'd likely study the map carefully to determine which route would be the most suitable. You'd spend time planning it. Why is it, then, that so few people sit down and plan their lifetime, where they're going and when they expect to get there? Instead, many leave it to chance, luck, or whatever comes along to determine their life's path.

How are you spending your valuable time? Is it time to make some changes in your life?

How long can we expect to live?

For centuries, society believed that the maximum human lifespan was close to 70 years (the biblical three score and ten). The entire animal kingdom seemed proof that, whether dictated by God or by genes, whether measured in months or years, heartbeats or cell divisions, Earth's creatures seemed destined to live (and die) in highly consistent rhythms: Galapagos turtles, within 150 years, elephants within 70,