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"About the Author Dedication Preface Chapter 1 Clear Your Desk Is His Day Like Your Day? Are You a School Leader? Time: Friend or Foe? A Simple Solution Creating a Tickler File The Tickler File in Action Other Examples Forgetting is a Good Thing The Paper Workflow Let’s Tackle the Rest of the Desk Let’s Tackle the Rest of the Office (or Classroom) An ""L-Shaped"" Desk Prepare Tomorrow Today My First-Year Secret Weapon Summary: Your Desk is Clear and So Is Your Thinking Chapter 2 Your Signature Tool What is a ""Signature Tool""? Why You Should Use a Digital Tool An Organized Task List A Task List That Gets Done The Calendar A Very Complete Contacts List A Wealth of Reference Material Our Love/Hate Relationship with Email Summary: You Only Have One Place to Look Chapter 3 Handling Repeating Tasks Setting Up a Repeating Task System Who Can Help? The Art of Delegation Expanding the Repeating Task List Throughout the Organization Summary: Do the Thinking One Time and Let the System Handle the Rest Chapter 4 Managing the Flood of Incoming Information Documentation Email Let’s Begin Getting In to Empty Voice Input Summary: Surf the Wave Instead of Drowning in the Flood Chapter 5 Handling Multiple Projects Projects are Different Project Execution: The GPS of Life Define the Goal Break the Project into Small Steps Put the Next Steps and the Related Goal on the Task List Keep Related Information with the Project Stick With a Project as Long as You Can Put a Bookmark in the Project Organize the Supporting Material Summary: Build a Reputation for ""Staying on Top of Things"" Chapter 6 Where Do I Put It?...It’s Paper Fingertip Files Current Projects Reference Files Off-Site Storage File It the Way You Find It Summary: Paper is Not the Enemy—Lack of a System Is Chapter 7 Where Do I Put It?...It’s Digital The Computer Desktop Documents Fingertip Files Current Projects ""Cloud"" Storage Using Multiple Cloud Services Backing-Up Your Files Summary: It’s Only of Value if You Can Find It Quickly Chapter 8 Evernote Made Easy A Day in the Life of the Evernote User The Case for Evernote Getting Started What Notebooks Do You Need? Stacks, Notebooks, and Tags Returning to Linda’s Day: Lesson Plans in Evernote Designing Your Own System Digital Documents versus Digital Notes Summary: Your Notes Just Became More Valuable Chapter 9 Putting it All Together: Mindy’s Math Dilemma The Goal and the Next Step The Initial Meeting Project Planning When the Dance is Over Total Control and Peace of Mind Chapter 10 Time is My Friend References"