Table of Contents
Introduction: The Solution to Being Swamped xvii
Chapter 1 Start with the Word 1
Practice 1 Spend Time with the Author of Time
Practice 2 Pray What You Know
Chapter 2 Let Your Yes Be Yes 22
Practice 1 Choose a Workflow
Practice 2 Commit to a Single Commitment Tracking System
Practice 3 Collect Your Open Loops
Practice 4 Define Your Work
Practice 5 Maintain Your Commitment Tracking System
Chapter 3 Dissent from the Kingdom of Noise 52
Practice 1 Let Your Friends Curate Information for You
Practice 2 Stop Swimming in Infinity Pools
Practice 3 Choose More Filtered Content
Practice 4 Renounce or Attain Independence from Social Media
Practice 3 Parent Your Phone
Practice 6 Get Comfortable with the Crevices of Your Day
Practice 7 Take a Walk
Practice 8 Write to Think
Practice 9 Put the Quiet Back in Quiet Time
Chapter 4 Prioritize Your Yeses 78
Practice 1 Accept Your Mission
Practice 2 Choose Your Callings
Practice 3 Set Epic Long-Term Goals
Practice 4 Draft Quarterly Goals
Practice 5 Refine Your Projects Lists and Actions Lists
Practice 6 Lock Posteriorities in the Basement
Chapter 5 Accept Your "Unipresence" 100
Practice 1 Take Control of When You Check Messages
Practice 2 Eliminate External Distractions
Practice 3 Schedule Deep-Work Appointments with Yourself
Practice 4 Create Space for the Shallows and Serendipity
Chapter 6 Embrace Productive Rest 129
Practice 1 Break Well Every Other Hour
Practice 2 Create an Eight-Hour Sleep Opportunity Every Night
Practice 3 Cease and Feast Once a Week
Chapter 7 Eliminate All Hurry 155
Practice 1 Build a Time Budget Template
Practice 2 Adjust Your Time Budget in a Daily Review
Practice 3 Protect Your Time Budget with a Unique Approach to "No"
Epilogue: The Dark Side of Discipline 191
Acknowledgments 195
Notes 197