Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: The Case For Reduction -- Saving Our Own Lives -- Harsh Realities -- The Solution -- A Brand-New Model: The Productivity Workflow Formula™ (PWF) -- 1. Determine What To Do -- Why Do You Have So Much to Do? -- What Is Your Productive Value? -- Tracking Down Time-Wasters -- Where Does Your Time Go? -- To-Do Lists: Tracking What's Left -- Triage: Wartime Prioritization -- Summary: PWF Step 1 Checkup -- 2. Schedule Time To Do It -- About That 4-Hour Workweek Idea -- Scheduling 101 -- Further Reducing Your Commitments -- Learn to Say No-And Make It Stick -- Rescuing Your Time from Meetings -- In the Decision Comes the Dilemma -- Summary: PWF Step 2 Checkup -- 3. Focus Your Attention -- Driven to Distraction -- Handling External Distractions -- Heading Off Internal Distractions -- Slipping the Electronic Leash -- Focus Aids -- The Zen of Avoiding Distraction -- Summary: PWF Step 3 Checkup -- 4. Process New Information -- Taming the Information Glut -- Filing Precepts -- Your Personal Time Management System -- Basic Information Handling -- The 6-D Information Management System™ -- The E-mail Decision Tree -- Summary: PWF Step 4 Checkup -- 5. Close The Loop -- Organized Implementation -- The People Problem -- Handling Micromanagers -- Reducing Inefficiencies and Breaking Bottlenecks -- The Quest for Constant Improvement -- Continued Progress Requires Constant Reevaluation -- Summary: PWF Step 5 Checkup -- 6. Manage Your Capacity -- Personal Energy -- Get Some Sleep -- Watch Your Diet -- Exercise Your Body -- Make Yourself Happier -- Maintaining Your Energetic Edge -- Summary: PWF Step 6 Checkup -- A Final Note -- An Extra Hour-Or More -- The Productivity Workflow Formula (PWF) Self-Assessment -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author.