How to Organize Yourself

by John Caunt

Published 1 January 2013
How to Organize Yourself will help you to dramatically improve the way you work. With great tips on how to determine your goals, prioritize your tasks and manage your time, it also includes practical advice on how to: focus on the things that produce results; overcome distractions; build positive work habits; avoid information overload and make effective use of technology.

Updated for 2019, this 6th edition now features even more practical exercises, useful templates, and top tips to help you get organized, as well as content on how to deal with the ubiquitous presence of smartphones and adapt to the ever increasing scope for interruption and procrastination in our 24/7 lives. How to Organize Yourself will enable you to take control of your workload, reduce stress and fatigue, and free up time for the things that really matter.

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Organise Yourself

by John Caunt

Published 24 March 2000
Many people find it hard to get on top of their workload, constantly bounce from one task to another and struggle to prioritise, which can have a serious impact on productivity.

Organise Yourself will help you to develop effective organisational skills and dramatically improve the way you work. It contains vital tips on seeing your way through complex problems, building positive workplace habits, avoiding information overload, overcoming distractions and interruptions, organising work space and filing systems, making effective use of technology and coping with the challenges of working from home.

Boost Your Self-esteem

by John Caunt

Published 1 January 2002
The way you feel about yourself doesn't just affect your enjoyment of life and sense of fulfilment; it can greatly influence your performance in everything you do. In today's pressured world, the impact of setbacks and misfortunes, the behaviour of others and our own negative interpretations can all too readily undermine our precious sense of self worth.

This approachable guide is aimed at all those who feel that their view of themselves may be holding them back, either personally or professionally. Practical and accessible, it avoids the jargon and patronising tone of some similar titles and hits just the right note. Issues covered include:

understanding the problem;

building greater self-reliance;

developing new supporting beliefs;

eliminating negative thoughts and attitudes;

setting and achieving goals;

becoming more assertive;

handling setbacks;

keeping self-esteem intact.

An invaluable tool for anyone who wants to overcome negative thinking and achieve his or her full potential, Boost Your Self-Esteem will help you to bounce back and get the best out of life.

Stay Confident

by John Caunt

Published 1 April 2001
Confidence has always been a key determinant of success, but in today's pressurised workplace the ability to come through difficulties and crises with assurance and enthusiasm intact is more important that ever. Challenges to self-belief occur in all manner of everyday work situations and may severely limit performance and progress. This concise guide offers practical strategies for maintaining your resilience and beating those confidence threats. Issues covered include: setting and achieving goals; recovering from setbacks; overcoming fears and worries; handling disagreement and criticism; coping with crises; combating overload and stress; building supportive relationships. Whatever your job or level of responsibility, "Stay Confident" aims to help you rise to the challenge.