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Taming the to-do list : how to choose your best work every day / Glynnis Whitwer.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Revell, [2015]Description: 198 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780800726720 (pbk.)
  • 0800726723 (pbk.)
Subject(s):
Contents:
Procrastinate? me? -- What is procrastination? -- Understanding some of the whys -- Assessing the price we pay -- Myth busters -- Overcoming our fears -- Too busy? -- Thinking with focus and clarity -- Taming our perfectionist instincts -- Replacing bad habits with good -- Strengthening willpower -- Becoming a wise time manager -- Organizing our work -- Small changes matter -- When is it not procrastination?
Summary: Whitwer combines biblical truths and quotations with practical, easy-to-apply advice to help you manage your time. Social media has shifted the burden of communication from the sender to the receiver, and creates a cycle where everyone sets the priorities for your days. By recognizing God's purpose and plan for your day, you will become resistant to the temptations of procrastination, and choose your best work over busy work.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 248.843 W628 Available 33111008071272
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

No matter how hard women work or how much they accomplish in a day, there's lingering anxiety and guilt over what they didn't do. We just wish the world would stop for a day so we could catch up.

Glynnis Whitwer has identified what makes us feel so overburdened--and it's probably not what you think. Taming the To-Do List exposes a seismic shift in our society: from one in which most of us were proactive toward one where we now carry the burden of having to respond --to every email, text, tweet, and message we receive. This major shift creates a cycle where everyone else sets the priorities for our days, rather than us designing our own lives.

Taming the To-Do List addresses this significant change in how we manage our time and the issue of procrastination from a woman's point of view. It addresses the common household tasks many women put off, like doing housework and scheduling doctor's appointments, and moves on to the larger, more life-impacting delays of dreams and goals. Combining practical, easy-to-apply advice with solid research and biblical truth, this book is a compassionate yet challenging message of hope for those struggling to choose their best work over busy work.

Includes bibliographical references.

Procrastinate? me? -- What is procrastination? -- Understanding some of the whys -- Assessing the price we pay -- Myth busters -- Overcoming our fears -- Too busy? -- Thinking with focus and clarity -- Taming our perfectionist instincts -- Replacing bad habits with good -- Strengthening willpower -- Becoming a wise time manager -- Organizing our work -- Small changes matter -- When is it not procrastination?

Whitwer combines biblical truths and quotations with practical, easy-to-apply advice to help you manage your time. Social media has shifted the burden of communication from the sender to the receiver, and creates a cycle where everyone sets the priorities for your days. By recognizing God's purpose and plan for your day, you will become resistant to the temptations of procrastination, and choose your best work over busy work.

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