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Total Workday Control Using Microsoft Outlook, 2nd Ed. | 
 enlarge | Author: Michael Linenberger
Publisher: New Academy Publishers
Category: Book
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Rating:  64 reviews
Sales Rank: 4519
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Pages: 290
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7 x 1.2
ISBN: 0974930423
Dewey Decimal Number: 650
EAN: 9780974930428
ASIN: 0974930423
Publication Date: April 2, 2008
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Total Workday Control Using Microsoft Outlook is a book for the over-extended office worker whose workday feels out of control. It shows how to regain command of an over-committed workday and an overflowing, unmanaged e-mail in box. It does this by teaching the author's system of time, task, and e-mail management, and it shows how to implement the system in Microsoft Outlook.
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 If you're too busy to read this book, you need to read this book! December 29, 2005
John Bishop (Scotia, NY United States)
65 out of 68 found this review helpful
In "Total Workday Control," Linenberger provides a very readable, very practical guide for getting and maintaining control over the daily deluge of emails and tasks many of us contend with. He does this by sharing eight best practices of task and e-mail management and then showing how to reconfigure Outlook so you can implement these best practices (you'll have to read the book to find out what they are!). Gratefully, he has avoided abstract philosophical jargon and discussion about personal productivity--he just jumps in there with solid, usable principles and advice. My kind of writer.
Linenberger draws on his own extensive management and technology experience as well as the wisdom of other productivity thinkers as the basis for his eight best practices. If you're familiar with David Allen's "Getting Things Done" (GTD)approach or with the FranklinCovey productivity model, then you'll recognize their influence here (and appropriately credited). Linenberger's explanation of these eight best practices leaves the reader encouraged to believe that he/she can actually implement these practices in the real work world.
The bulk of the book focuses on implementation. His assumption is that the reader has a basic familiarity with Outlook but does not know how to best configure Outlook for real effectiveness. Linenberger's "nuts-and-bolts" instructions are very clear and helpful; his guidelines for handling e-mail and his discussion about delegating are alone worth the price of the book.
I think of equal value to me is the extremely practical discussions about how his approaches really play out in the daily routine of work. Linenberger doesn't just say, "here's how to set up Outlook for maximum efficiency;" he goes on to offer concrete ways to actually implement these best practices. This is as close as you can get to having a productivity coach without actually hiring one!
In summary, Linenberger has done a fine job of pulling together some productivity best practices and then illustrating how to implement them "where the rubber hits the road." This is no abstract, theoretical approach. Well worth the read for any busy person.
Robust System for GTD January 25, 2006
Ms. Julie (Inside the Beltway)
20 out of 20 found this review helpful
I thoroughly enjoyed Total Workday Control, along with the hints and insights contained in it. The book describes in detail and implementation method for recent versions of Outlook which is highly compatible with David Allen's Getting Things Done.
Linenberger has a well thought through set up for Outlook which he explains in detail. I had no problems implementing the task frames set up. At a more philosophical level, he captures exactly what it is that makes days so harrowing. I particularly enjoyed his observations about what he calls "miniprojects" -- it became clear to me that so much of what tangles me up is one of my many miniprojects.
Moreover, the Linenberger's system that he sets up is quite robust -- that is it is easy to "get back on the wagon" after having fallen off. Ever the philosopher, Linenberger muses insightfully about how to look at the tasks that were entered to figure out where and how you had taken the wrong tact.
Wow...what a powerful tool June 21, 2006
N. Berry (USA)
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
I always assumed that I should be using Outlook in a more efficient manner, and this book really showed me how to do it. Linenberger shows you how to change some of the pre-set settings of Outlook to make it a more powerful tool. I fell in love with the program immediately.
I've eliminated so many paper to do lists and notebooks that hold data that I never seemed to get to.
If you have a problem staying organized, or just need a jump start to get back on track, this book is highly recommended.
Practical & Straightforward to Implement March 8, 2006
Ramu Nachiappan (Ithaca, NY)
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
I found this book much easier to read and faster to implement than some other books. Linenberger has reviewed and condensed the ideas from literature like Frankin Covey system and David Allen's "Getting Things Done." He digested these ideas into a system of 8 best practices that are simple and straightforward to implement. I am sure he has saved me many years of experimentation finding the best processes. The book will probably be useful both for someone transferring from a paper based system or new to time management systems.
Best, Most Practical,Time and E-mail Management Book August 28, 2006
Sam May (Tacoma, WA USA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
The author of this book has done a great job in collecting the best task and e-mail management fundamentals and putting them all together in one simple presentation. Some of these I have seen elsewhere (David Allen, Franklin Covey; the author quotes his sources), but the difference is that this book transfers theory into a real life implementation, in Microsoft Outlook. Most of the teachings are original. As a result of all this, I now really feel like I know how to manage my tasks, and how to react and manage correctly the tons of e-mail I get. I cannot recommend this book highly enough. It is by far the best time management book I have found.
For instance I, like many others, have tried to use the task system in Outlook to keep track of and prioritize tasks, but it just never worked for me and I gave up on it. But after this book, the task system in Outlook is my constant friend, keeping me pointed at doing just the right things at just the right time. The difference between then and now is that the book taught me step by step a few simple Outlook configuration tweaks, and underlying best task approaches, that for the first time made the Outlook task system really powerful for me. I use it constantly now and it really works.
Another example is e-mail filing. I kept starting and stopping e-mail filing, and never could keep up with the standard "drag to various folders" approach. But the system of using Outlook Categories taught in this book finally showed me a way to consistently file my mail. My Inbox is almost always empty now at the end of each day.
Outlook has so many features that I never knew which ones were important. This book showed me just the right ones to get my work day organized, and showed me which ones not to bother with. With relatively little effort I finally feel like I am using just the right amount of Outlook. In general this book leads to a huge positive difference in the usability of Outlook.
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