Cut to the Chase

How can I get more done? How can I stay focused? How can I condense my workday so I have time to spend with the people I love?

The answer to all these questions according to bestselling author and business guru Stuart Levine is to cut to the chase and in this book he's gathered together 100 concise invaluable lessons to help you do just that. Cutting to the chase is about more than getting to the point; it's about staying focused getting to grips with the job in hand and concentrating on what's important. Ultimately it's about making the best use of your time and energy.

Whether you want to know how to approach each task with clarity focus and purpose how to prioritize or even how to make sure others don't waste your time Cut to the Chase has a brilliant and simple rule you can follow. It is an indispendable guide to taking control of your time so that you can lead a happier more balanced life.

STUART R. LEVINE, former CEO of the Dale Carnegie & Associates, Inc, is Chairman and CEO of Stuart Levine & Associates LLC, a consulting and leadership development company. The author of the national bestseller "The Six Fundamentals of Success "and coauthor of the international bestseller "The Leader in You," he has been profiled in the" New York Times, "the" Los Angeles Times," and "USA TODAY," and he has appeared on the "Today "show,"" CNN, CNBC, and PBS. He lives in New York with his wife, Harriet, and two children, Jesse and Elizabeth. Winner of several AudioFile Earphones Awards and a multiple finalist for the APA's prestigious Audie Award, Alan Sklar has narrated nearly two hundred audiobooks, including Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden, The Kennedys: America's Emerald Kings by Thomas Maier, and The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright. Named a Best Voice of 2009 by AudioFile magazine, his work has earned him a Booklist Editors' Choice Award (twice), a Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Award, and Audiobook of the Year by ForeWord magazine. The Dartmouth graduate's theatre credits include Hamlet, The Taming of the Shrew, The Seagull, and many modern roles. Alan has also narrated thousands of corporate videos for clients such as NASA,Sikorsky Aircraft, IBM, Dannon, Pfizer, AT&T, and SONY. For several years, he has been the spokesman for TracFone Wireless Co. and can often be seen and heard on TracFone radio and TV spots and infomercials."I am so pleased, as is my husband, to have found a narrator that holds our attention so well that we have come to compare every other narrator to him (you). So far we have found none with such a talent as yours. We very much plan to listen to as many of your works as we can find." ---Sandi King, a letter to Mr. Sklar