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Cool-Time: A Hands-On Plan for Managing Work and Balancing Time
In the real world of interruptions, e-mail, and time pressure, few people are able to organize their work in isolation from everything else. In fact, effective time management is more about human relationships and expectations than it is about making lists. Cool-Time is a complete approach to managing time and defending it from the endless demands and expectations of others in the workplace, and in work from home scenarios.

It contains practical, personal techniques that will help you apply your new skills to real-world situations: holding time-effective meetings, dealing with distractions, learning to focus, coping with unrealistic workloads, planning for the unexpected, negotiating with your manager over conflicting tasks, and using technology effectively.

It includes suggestions on non-work activities including healthy sleep, which make this a complete approach to managing time and balancing life.

The first edition, published by John Wiley & Sons, in 2005, is available at Amazon here. Autographed copies available in our store.
Tap into the power that cool thinking generates—learn how going slower can actually help you get more done, faster.
Before you check your wireless e-mail for the fourth time this hour, ask yourself, is this truly helping you get further ahead? Or is the pressure to address the immediate actually pushing you backwards?

Cool Down takes a look at our innate and powerful addiction to high-speed activity, and shows how it is robbing us of the ability to think creatively and to connect with others (clients, colleagues, managers, and even family) just when we need to the most.

Cool Down offers a provocative look at the value of slowing down in many aspects of our lives and demonstrates clearly that to get further ahead, faster, people do actually need to cool down. It's not about doing less; it's about achieving more by slowing down. Cool Down highlights the harmful effects of speed on productivity and reveals the value of slow in helping us to think clearly and prioritize more effectively.

Cool Down is a fascinating look at the world of work, revealing how and why slow is the next tool of strategic advantage.
  • Shows why and how to consciously step away from reactionism, pressure, and overload.
  • Reveals the numerous ways in which cooling down will improve your potential and abilities--intellectually, emotionally, and creatively--making you more productive by going slower.
  • Contains practical advice that will help you apply cool techniques to real-world situations: at work, on the road, and at home.
  • Explains how to improve communication with your boss, your colleagues, and your family.
  • Features lots of examples, practical tips, to-dos, and concepts that are memorable and easy to apply. Each end-of-chapter summary includes "Key Points to Take Away" and assessment questions to help you honestly observe and change your current habits.
A complete approach to managing the pressures of life in a fast-paced world, Cool Down allows you to slow down so you can get ahead--and stay there. The first edition, published by John Wiley & Sons, in 2007, is available at Amazon here.
Imagine walking into your workplace today and asking yourself this question: "Is this the day I get fired?" ' You should do that. And your response to yourself should be “So what?” Because, frankly, the odds of losing your current position are higher than they have ever been, regardless of your age, education, or smarts. Jobs are not what they were, and you only have to look around to notice that everything now is very different and very immediate. But... there has bever been a better time to be between jobs. This is not a bad news book. You can prepare yourself for agile, reliable career self-sufficiency, by ensuring you take the time now to build your own future. This book will show you how to divide your time between maintaining your current job, while taking your future into your own hands. Sure, thinking about getting fired is scary. But the antidote to being scared is to have a plan. This book is your plan. Available at Amazon here. Autographed copies available in our store.
Sandy Parkinson and Christine Lee are co-owners of a small eatery in the downtown core based on the concept of offering small bites instead of large meals. Recently things have been going well, mostly due to the patronage of a mysterious Chinese man who uses the office space above the restaurant. All that ends, however, when the Chinese man disappears and a long line of people come along looking for him. His upstairs business, it turns out, was not entirely what it seemed. Sandy and Chris are thrown into the adventure of their lives as they seek to keep their restaurant alive and discover that everyone around them has secrets. Mouth is an upbeat urban adventure story, filled with humourous episodes that skewers our busy lifestyles and love of technology while weaving a narrative of plot twists and engaging characters. Available at Amazon here. Autographed copies available in our store.