You work in a profession where, despite your best efforts to plan your working week, your daily activities are often dictated by circumstance rather than strategy. You are sick of the constant juggle and live with an ever-present undercurrent of stress. You simply don't have enough time. And time for a quality life outside work? Forget it You know that something needs to change so that you can continue to be a great doctor and live a more integrated work/ life. Imagine if you could gain Control over your time. Bestselling author Kate Christie will help you invest your time to fi nd your lost time. Smart Time Management for Doctors provides a proven 5 Step process along with practical and easy to implement productivity strategies to help you identify and harness 30 hours of lost time a month.

Do you find it difficult to achieve a work-life balance? Would you like to know how you can become more effective with the time you have? With the introduction of the European Working Time Directive, which will severely limit the hours in the working week, it is more important than ever that doctors improve their personal effectiveness and time management skills. This interactive book will enable you to focus on what activities are needlessly taking up your time and what steps you can take to manage your time better. By taking the time to read through, complete the exercises and follow the adv.

With the introduction of the European Working Time Directive this book aims to increase personal effectiveness within a medical setting by empowering readers with effective time management skills and showing how having the right focus is the key to getting things done.

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This book aims to increase personal effectiveness within a medical setting by empowering readers with effective time management skills and showing how having the right focus is the key to getting things done.

Time management is the act or process of planning and exercising conscious control over the amount of time spent on specific activities, especially to increase effectiveness, efficiency or productivity. It is a meta-activity with the goal to maximize the overall benefit of a set of other activities within the boundary condition of a limited amount of time. Time management may be aided by a range of skills, tools, and techniques used to manage time when accomplishing specific tasks, projects, and goals complying with a due date. Initially, time management referred to just business or work activities, but eventually the term broadened to include personal activities as well. A time management system is a designed combination of processes, tools, techniques, and methods. Time management is usually a necessity in any project development as it determines the project completion time and scope. The major themes arising from the literature on time management include the following: Creating an environment conducive to effectiveness Setting of priorities Carrying out activity around those priorities The related process of reduction of time spent on non-priorities Incentives to modify behavior to ensure compliance with time-related deadlines.

An all-you-need-to-know introduction to time management--startingyou on the Smart path to a well-balanced and fulfilling life * Smart Advice on how a series of surprisingly simple lifestylechanges can truly liberate your overloaded daily schedule * Smart Strategies for coping with information overload atwork--how to negotiate and prioritize the overwhelming demands ofnonstop meetings, correspondence, presentations, and deadlines * Smart Tips on identifying and modifying your particularmanagement style--maximizing strengths, minimizing short-comings,and ensuring lasting change * Smart Information on using time-saving computer programs anddaily planners to help clear a path through all the clutter * Quick reading and easy referencing with a comprehensive index andloads of sidebars and tables

From the authors work with GPs it's clear that there are some who manage their time and others where time manages them. So they've collected evidence of what works and what doesn't, and brought together the best advice and strategies to assist GPs to manage their time for maximum effectiveness.

S.M.A.R.T. Goal and Time Management is a project created by the Wendy Talley, LCSW, and owner of Thelese Consulting Group, LLC (TCG). The TCG/S.M.A.R.T. Workbook is designed with you in mind to provide creative strategies using clear and concise steps to complete unfinished projects, developing a business, assisting you to achieve your goals or even creating monthly goals throughout the year. SMART was designed by George T. Doran in 1981 where he presented it to Businesses and Entrepreneurs looking to write useful Management Goals and Objectives. Since then, it has taken off in many professional areas, including the mental health field where Wendy Talley has been practicing for 18 years. The objectives of this workbook for you to A) Tap into positive thinking and create new positive habits, B) Identify clear and concise goals, C) Apply S.M.A.R.T tools to any decision-making process, D) Effectively set goals while identifying hard and fast dates for completion, E) Identify and resolve barriers to completing your objectives, F) Design an action plan to evaluate the results of achieving your goals, and G) Design a balanced weekly schedule. Enjoy meeting your goals and Living your Destiny on Purpose.