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Welcome to a new series of publications entitledTheSkinnyOn™, aprogression of drawings, dialogue and text intended to conveyinformationinaconciseandentertainingfashion.

Inourtime-starvedandinformation-overloadedculture,mostofushavefar too little timetoreadandabsorb importantwritingsandresearchontopics of interest to us. So, our understanding tends to float on thesurface –without the insights of leaders and teacherswhohave spentyearsstudyingthesesubjects.Ourseriesisintendedtoaddressthissituation.Ourteamofreadersandresearchers hasdonea tonof homeworkpreparingour books for you.Wereadeverythingwecouldfindonthetopicathandandspokewiththeexperts. Thenwemixed in our own experiences and distilledwhat wehavelearnedintothis"skinny"bookforyourbenefit.

Ourgoalistodothereadingforyou,identifywhatisimportant,distillthekey points, and present them in a book that is both instructive andentertaining.Althoughminimalist in design,we do take ourmessage very seriously.Pleasedonotconfuseformatwithcontent.Thetimeyou investreadingthisbookwillbepaidbacktoyoumany,manytimesover.

INTRODUCTIONWeatTheSkinnyOnbooksbelievethat less ismore.Webelievethattoomanywriters,thinkersandresearcherstendtouse10wordswhen5willdo.Perhaps that ishistorical.Sincebookshavealwaysbeenprettyhefty items, writers see no reason to change what has worked in thepast.

Wedon'tbelievethatwhatworkedinthepastshouldbethewayof thefuture.Heck,screamingfromoneneighbortoanothermayhavebeenanadequate formof communication200yearsago,but todaycell phonesaregenerallypreferable.Ourobjectiveistocompletelyresearchaparticularsubject–inthiscasetimemanagement–andthentodistillforyou,thereader,justwhatyouneed to know.Not all the fluff...not all the filler. Justwhat you need toknow.

Wehavereadabout100booksandarticlesontimemanagementandhereiswhatwelearned:theprocesswasawasteoftime!Allthewritingssay pretty much the same thing. The fact is that there are about 50principles of timemanagement that you need to know...and once youlearnthose,youhavelearnedwhatyouneedtoknowaboutthissubject.All50oftheseprinciplesareaddressedinthisbook.We are asking for JUST one hour of your time to read our book.Weassureyouthatreadingourbookwillbeoneofthebestexpendituresofyourtimethatyouhaveevermade.

"Time is the quality of nature that keeps events from happening all atonce.Latelyitdoesn'tseemtobeworkingsowell."

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WehereatTheSkinnyOnTMhopeyouenjoyedthisbook.Wewouldlovetohearyourcomments.Mypersonale-mailisjrandel@theskinnyon.com.Thanks foryourattention,andmay timealwaysbeonyourside!Warmregards,

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FURTHERREADINGHere'salistofsomeofthebookswereviewedinpreparingTheSkinnyonTimeManagement:Break-ThroughRapidReading,PeterKump(PrenticeHall,1998)CreativeTimeManagement,JanYager(Hannacroix,1999)EatThatFrog!,BrianTracyBerrett-Koehler,2007)FutureShock,AlvinToffler(Bantam,1970)GettingThingsDone,DavidAllen(Viking,2001)HowtoGetControlofYourTimeandYourLife,AlanLakein(Signet,1973)RememberEverythingYouRead,StanleyFrank(Avon,1990)SpeedReadingforProfessionals,WechslerandBell(Barrons,2006)The4-HourWorkweek,TimothyFerriss(Crown,2007)The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey (Simon &Schuster,1989)The 25 Best Time Management Tools & Techniques, Dodd andSundheim(PeakPerformance,2005)TheAutobiographyofBenjaminFranklin,BenjaminFranklin(1790)The One Minute Manager, Blanchard and Johnson (William Morrow,1982)The Power of Focus, Canfield, Hansen, Hewitt (HealthCommunications,2000)

ThePowerofLess,LeoBabauta(Hyperion,2009)TheTimeTrap,MackenzieandNickerson(AMACOM,2009)TimePower,BrianTracy(AMACOM,2007)TripleYourReadingSpeed,WadeCutler(PocketBooks,2002)WorkLess,DoMore,JanYager(Sterling,2008)

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