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Cool-Time: A Hands-On Plan for Managing Work and Balancing Time If you have already read the book and are looking for the graphics, scroll down to Graphics, below.
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, influence, and expectation management 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.
The third edition, updated in 2022, 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 - whether at the office or working from home, whether in person or virtual.
It includes suggestions on non-work activities including healthy sleep, as well as new techniques around life-work integration and lessons learned from the pandemic. This makes it a complete approach to managing time and balancing life.
The first edition of Cool-Time was published by John Wiley & Sons, in 2005, and now, the third edition has been revised to factor in the post-pandemic "new normal" and all it entails. It's available at Lulu.com and in our store. Podcast and Social Media We have a podcast: Cool-Time Life (details here), and watch for our evergreen tweets on Twitter that use the hashtag #CoolTime. Newsletter Interested in updates and tips and tricks? Sign up for my monthly newsletter. The signup form is on my homepage.
The third edition, updated in 2022, 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 - whether at the office or working from home, whether in person or virtual.
It includes suggestions on non-work activities including healthy sleep, as well as new techniques around life-work integration and lessons learned from the pandemic. This makes it a complete approach to managing time and balancing life.
The first edition of Cool-Time was published by John Wiley & Sons, in 2005, and now, the third edition has been revised to factor in the post-pandemic "new normal" and all it entails. It's available at Lulu.com and in our store. Podcast and Social Media We have a podcast: Cool-Time Life (details here), and watch for our evergreen tweets on Twitter that use the hashtag #CoolTime. Newsletter Interested in updates and tips and tricks? Sign up for my monthly newsletter. The signup form is on my homepage.
Action Workbook
The Cool-Time Action Workbook provides techniques that will help you commit to new habits and influence the people around you. It's free! Just click the cover image --> to download. If you wish to receive alerts when new pages become available, join our mailing list (your email will not be sold or otherwise re-used) – the signup sheet is at the bottom of the homepage. Or simply follow me on Twitter @stevenprentice, or even just follow the Twitter hashtag #CoolTime. If you have suggestions or comments, please get in touch using my contact form. at steveprentice.com/contact.
Graphics
Here are the graphics that are referred to in the 3rd edition of the Cool-Time book. I did it this way to keep costs down.
The metabolic roller coaster (page 22).
The five phases of a project (page 30).
The volume of a day (page 36).
The "Focus over Time" chart (page 37).
The I-Beam Agenda (page 43).
The three daily time zones (page 155).
The the five bands of sleep (page 156).
The blood sugar and energy level of a night owl (page 171).
The "ant on a rubber mat" space travel scenario (page 187).
The annual time trend (page 220).
Don't forget, you can get more time management reminders from me by searching for the Twitter hashtag #CoolTime, or by following me at @stevenprentice. We also have a related podcast called Cool-Time Life.