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Finding Time

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Finding Time

Breathing Space for Women Who Do Too Much

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What's inside?

How can supermoms stay sane? Promise less, turn off the phone, and say, “no.”

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Editorial Rating

5

Recommendation

Paula Peisner Coxe’s Finding Time is more inspirational than instructive. As the subtitle suggests, the book is aimed at would-be supermoms, and Coxe does a commendable job addressing the demands that stretch women thin both at work and at home. The book itself will fit nicely into a tightly packed schedule – it’s arranged into 36 short chapters, each with its own focus. Within those chapters, harried women likely will find comfort in seeing that others share their familiar woes. What they won’t find are new ways to deal with their troubles. Some of the timesaving tips that Coxe offers: Use an answering machine to screen calls and turn off your cell phone when you don’t want to be disturbed. These techniques hardly qualify as innovative, and neither, in truth, does her writing. Coxe actually uses the line, “Elephants remember, people don’t.” Really. Nevertheless, getAbstract recommends this book to any woman who feels that she might not be able to keep up much longer. For that group, Coxe’s book offers an important message – you are not alone.

Summary

The Urgent Society

Everyone feels time shortages today, because new technologies - such as car phones, voice mail, faxes, fast food and ATMs - have contributed to a sense of urgency. People want to do everything faster. There is so much to do, and so little time.

You, like many others, probably want to stop this treadmill. You need a sense of time management to feel control again. Although time is a limited asset, you can take charge, manage and control it. Consider it like money, which you can make, save, invest, spend or waste. You want to secure and protect your time.

Conversely, consider the elements that take your time - that rob you of it - as time bandits. They steal your time. Such bandits not only are all around you, they are within you. They are that part of you that doesn’t respect and value your own time. But if you take responsibility, establish the right priorities and use your abilities wisely, you can overcome these time bandits and master your time.

To master time, develop habits that help you better use your day. This way, you can distinguish between what you should do, want to do and don’t have to do. In essence, finding time is being...

About the Author

Paula Peisner Coxe is a management consultant and the author of Finding Peace: Letting Go and Liking It. She has her master’s degree in business administration from the University of South California.

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