PART FOUR
Managing Yourself and Your Time
It is not enough to be busy. The question is: What are you busy about?
Henry Thoreau, American author
If you cannot manage your time, you cannot manage anything else. As a manager you need time to think, time for your people and time for your customers. You can create that time by cuffing down on the time wasters in your life.
Part Four highlights the ten principles of time management that you need to apply in your work if you are going to achieve those ends. I stress, too, that being a good time manager entails being as respectful, careful and thrifty with other peopled time as you are with your own.
I take it for granted that you can control your temper and handle your moods. If you have any difficulty ...
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