24/7 Time Management: The definitive time management book for those who don’t have time to read time management books (principles, methods and examples for quick wins and lasting improvements)

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No time for time management

24/7 — 24 hours, 7 days a week we muddle through life. Work, family, friends, hobbies. Some exercise once in a while, or a special event for a little feel-good in between. Occasionally, an important moment occurs; every now and then we move up to the next level or pass through a small valley. Overall, however, you feel like the rest of humanity: You’re pretty busy with managing your everyday life. Your daily tasks need to be done, obligations await you, and you constantly face new challenges. There is rarely time to take a breather. Usually, no time at all. Of course, you have desires and dreams — but when are you supposed to have time for those? After all, the next bill has to be paid and the kitchen wall won’t paint itself.

And so, your life just trickles along.

What a pity!

A tragic pity. What’s the reason behind it? Actually, you know it very well. You know why you’re stressed-out and have trouble sleeping. You know why your to-do list is bursting at the seams and your calendar has been overflowing for quite some time. It’s not just a vague idea — you know the solution: You have poor time management. If what you do every day could be called time management at all. In principle, you know the way out and would love to change your situation, but ironically you don’t have the time for it.

You don’t have time for time management.

At this point, I can reassure you: You aren’t alone. No one has enough time. However, some of us simply use this little time better than others. As if by magic, these people have greater success at work, more free time, and a happier life. All at the same time. They get more things done than the rest of us and are as relaxed as if they just had a three-weeks’ vacation in the Caribbean. Do you want to be one of them? Then let’s take a short mental excursion:

A person is ambling along through the forest and discovers a lumberjack chopping a huge pile of wood. But the lumberjack is making terribly slow progress. He struggles because his axe is blunt and takes an incredibly long time for each piece of wood. The walker asks the man why he doesn’t sharpen his axe first. The exhausted lumberjack points to the log pile still in front of him and answers: No time for that — there is too much to do, I have to chop wood.

Apart from the fact that you shouldn’t annoy stressed people holding an axe in their hand with wise-ass questions, this well-known metaphor illustrates that if you have to deal with a scarce resource, it’s worthwhile to optimize its use. It doesn’t matter whether it’s time, money, or an axe. To make progress in life and improve your skills, you have to invest in yourself and the tools you’re using. If you aren’t willing to do that, you won’t make any headway and you will never reach your full potential.

Hence, what does a good lumberjack do when he has ten hours to chop wood? He sharpens his axe for nine hours. Only then does he start chopping wood. That means: If you want to work efficiently and live happily, you should tweak your technique. If you don’t have enough time and feel stressed, you should use some of your time to structure managing yourself. You have to improve your time management — only then you will have more time for the pleasant things in life.

This book will help you do just that.

24+7 Timesavers

You aren’t looking at some run-of-the-mill guidebook that repeats the same phrases over and over again. You don’t have time for that. You need quick solutions that you can apply straight away. Preferably with sustainable approaches, so that your time management improves in the long run.

This is precisely the kind of book I have written for you.

It’s a time management book for anyone who doesn’t have time to read a time management book. It sounds strange, but I really mean it. Because most books that deal with this subject have a serious defect in design: They’re inefficient. These kinds of books often lack a clear structure, are full of useless ramblings and don’t boil it down to the essence. You have to work out the valuable content yourself in tiresome detail and then figure out how to apply it to your personal situation. That is anything but timesaving.

Here you get what you really need: 24 concrete methods and 7 sustainable principles that help you to improve your time management straight away and simultaneously achieve long-term effects for your life. To this end, I have read and analyzed just about every time management book available and got to the bottom line. This book is the result. It includes the core principles on which successful time management is based.

These are basic concepts that have been used for hundreds of years and have helped millions of people. If you take these principles into consideration in your daily life, your mindset, way of working and evaluation of time will change fundamentally — and permanently. Besides, I will show you 24 methods that you’re able to use to improve your time management instantly.

We are talking about the most famous and most effective techniques available these days. Some of them are classic; others are so modern that they draw on current studies and offer you a methodological advantage in knowledge. However, you won’t get any theory from my book — only concrete measures that you can follow step by step. Altogether, these are your 24+7 timesavers that provide you with maximum benefit in almost no time at all. You can look them up quickly and easily and follow the corresponding instructions. Without a lot of hassle, effort, or time-consuming rehashing of what you read.

But why should you believe me?

Because I’m living proof that time management can work. Not only have I spent years professionally studying various time and self-management methods — I use them myself, day after day. Thus, I know how valuable and precious these techniques are. It’s only thanks to practical time management that I, besides my work as a full-time scientist, have been able to found two companies, author 20 books, write my PhD thesis, and pursue volunteer work — without sacrificing my social life or health. I have great friends, time for my family, I’m a triple godfather, go on vacation regularly, and still have some time left for fun hobbies. Fine, maybe I could take care of tax documents a little sooner and clean up my garage more often, but let’s not quibble.

What I really wanted to say: I know how time management works. Even if you don’t really have time for it or have other things on your mind. With the right strategies, it’s still possible. In this book, I pass on my knowledge to you. Even more: I will show you how you’re able to set up a successful and stress-free system for yourself, to enable you to better manage your time, use it in a cleverer way, and fill it with pleasant things.

How this book is going to help you

Time management isn’t boring or complicated. If you address yourself to the task the right way, it’s fun and acts as a very natural rhythm that reliably leads you through life. Even if you have had little or no experience with self-organization, you will make quick progress with a smart strategy. No matter if you still go to school, are studying, starting your career, or already know what life is all about: You always have the opportunity to optimize your time — this book will assist you to do so.

In fact, in this book I will show you how to improve your time management from scratch. You will learn how to organize your daily routine (hence, spend less time working but still become more successful than ever before). As a result, you regain control over your life, reduce your stress level, and end up with more leisure time at your disposal at a higher quality level.

Sounds too good to be true, right?

There’s just one little snag to it: You have to do something to achieve it. If you just read this book, sit back afterwards, and do nothing, not much is going to happen. Nothing at all, in fact. I don’t want you to