Simplify Your Work Life - Hardcover

St. James, Elaine

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786866837 ISBN 13: 9780786866830

Publisher: Hyperion, 2001

Synopsis

With more than two million copies of the Simplify series books in print -- now there are two million and one reasons to simplify, simplify, simplify.

Elaine St. James' Simplify series has taught the world how to start doing less and enjoying it more. Now Elaine teaches us to balance one of life's most difficult areas: the work world. Filled with tremendously helpful advice, and easy yet profoundly smart suggestions, her new book shows us big and small ways to scale down and simplify life on the job, such as:

--Breaking the habit of bringing work home from the office
--Estimating the time it will take to complete a project, then double the estimate
--Cutting back on the amount of time you spend working
--Learning how to make the right decisions quickly

Written in the same upbeat, relaxed, and matter-of-fact tone that won millions of readers to the simplicity movement, Simplify Your Work Life is certain to attract even more followers.

Elaine's syndicated weekly column Simplify Your Life is carried in 50 newspapers nationwide and is read by more than 2 million fans each week.

About this title

About the Author

Elaine St. James had her own real estate investing business for over 15 years. She is the author of five bestselling books, including Simplify Your Life, Inner Simplicity, and Simplify Your Life with Your Kids. She now lives a quiet, simple life in Santa Barbara, California.

Reviews

St. James is the author of five best-selling books, including Simplify Your Life (1994) and Inner Simplicity (1995). She divides her latest book into seven sections: cutting back on the amount of time you work, learning to seize time, being more productive, being more effective with people, being more efficient with your money, changing the way you work, and changing the way you think about work. Within these sections are 89 recommendations, which include using modern phone technology, getting off junk mail lists, minimizing the paper glut, getting organized, using the Internet consciously, and eliminating distractions. Other of her suggestions sound good, but probably would be impossible for the average worker; these include cutting back to a 30-hour week, no working on weekends, no commuting to work, taking a nap, and finding a worker-friendly environment, to name a few. But there is plenty of sound advice here--for overworked people who have time to read a 300-page book. George Cohen
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Edition details

• Publisher: Hyperion
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0786866837
• ISBN 13: 9780786866830
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304