Organized to Be Your Best!: Simplify and Improve how You Work

FROM THE PUBLISHER

This is the one book you need to get control over your desk, your computer and your demanding work life. Rely on the "bible of organization" and you'll see how to: Control multiple, ever-changing projects and priorities, intense workloads and information overload Manage e-mail, voice, fax and other instant communications Devise a time and information management system that works for you Work more effectively with others Master a messy desk and the paper jungle and turn piles into files Maximize your work space, including alternative, virtual and home offices Get the most from your computer and the Internet

Susan Silver is a nationally recognized organizational expert and founder of the management consulting firm Positively Organized! She lives in Los Angeles.

SYNOPSIS

This remarkable system of organization approaches getting organized from a perspective that emphasizes the importance of integrating work with personal goals, handling change, and thriving in today's economy. Step-by-step instructions are given on how to prioritize and accomplish more high-value work, deal with instant communication and information overload, and create a versatile work space-at the office, at home, or on the road. Businesspeople learn how to manage time, simplify paperwork, and maximize filing systems-including files stored on the computer.

FROM THE CRITICS

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Now in an updated and expanded fourth edition, Susan Silver's Organized To Be Your Best!: Simplify And Improve How You Work continues to be an indispensable instruction manual enabling the reader to control multiple, ever-changing projects and priorities, intense workloads and information overload. Readers will learn to manage email, voice, fax, and other instant communications, devise a time and information management system tailored to their needs, work more effectively with others, master a messy desk and "piles of files", maximize the work space (including alternative, virtual, and home offices), and get the most from the computer and the Internet. Very highly recommended, Organized To Be Your Best! is as practical and applicable as it is "reader friendly" and workplace productivity improving.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

Robert J. Osterhoff

A practical and easy-to-understand approach to being more productive...a must in today's rapidly changing environment. — Director of Corporate Quality Xerox Corporation, Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Winner

This is a wonderful book to help you set priorities, get organized and stay on top of everything...especially helpful for running a successful business AND enjoying life to the fullest. It's a valuable reference source for all of my executives. — Founder and CEO Lillian Vernon Catalog/Web Site

Edward W. Bales

The difference between success and failure is not in the quantity of time but in the quality of that time. Organized to Be Your Best! is a quality handbook on time. Its use can lead to greater success in life. — Former Director of Education, Motorola University Motorola Inc., Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Winner

Joel Slutzky

This is a book you will read and reread, uncovering new discoveries each time. It's like a treasure chest. — CEO, Odetics, Inc.

Scott G. McNealy