Headless Chickens, Laidback Bears: Scientific Techniques to Create More Time and Revolutionise Your Life and WorkHow To Books Ltd, 2004 - 163 pages This is a time management book with a difference. You will learn to develop methodologies that will enable you to achieve a 25% increase in speed in most activities without any loss in the quality of performance. |
Contents
Time Creation Techniques | 1 |
Adequate Incubation Periods | 33 |
Imaginative and Intuitive Responses | 39 |
Critical Incidents and Learning Periods | 45 |
Timing and Synchronisation | 51 |
Flexible Performance Strategies | 61 |
Critical Analysis of Performance | 67 |
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