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Romancing the Clock is an entertaining book about time and how you can use it to love the life you live. Twelve Action Steps will help you use your time to accentuate the positives and reduce the negatives in your life. If you are not enjoying your time you don't need to manage your hours, you need to manage your life!

Dr. Karlins puts his 20+ years experience to work in this book, while offering insightful humor in everyday situations. Lean how time management influences all aspects of your life and how to make your life at both home and work more productive and happy.

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Introduction: What my doctor's appointment taught me about time management.


Action Step #1: Don't accumulate possessions that create more of a hassle than a joy.


Action Step #2: “Money is time:” Use it to purchase positives and sell “shoelaces” in your life.


Action Step #3: Prune your interpersonal relationships.


Action Step #4: Give the red light to the Green Face Syndrome.


Action Step #5: Don't get down on your luck.


Action Step #6: Choose a career as if a third of your life depended on it. It does.


Action Step #7: Revel in the journey or skip the trip!


Action Step #8: Don't always put off until tomorrow that which you can enjoy today.


Action Step #9: Avoid the pitfalls of perfectionism.


Action Step #10: Pursue a healthy lifestyle: It enhances joyful living.


Action Step #11: When you must do battle...pick your fights with care.


Action Step #12: A metaphor to live by.

Time Management [NETEFFECT SERIES] (Business Studies)

For courses that address time management.

 

Don’t watch the clock–romance it! Filled with stories of universal appeal, this entertaining book is about time and how you can use it to love the life you live. Illuminating ideas and twelve Action Steps help you learn to use your time to accentuate the positives and reduce the negatives in your life. Drawing on Dr. Karlin’s 20+ years of experience, learn how time management influences all aspects of your life and how to make life (at both home and work) more productive and happy.

• Romancing the Clock, 2/E
  Karlins
  © 2009 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 144 pages | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0135037336 | ISBN-13: 9780135037331
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". . . it is a real experience being provided . . .the writing style is comfortable to the reader and holds your interest. I couldn't put it down." — Ron Kapper, Professor Emeritus, College of DuPage

"For once an author has broken free of the standard fare . . . this book provides a unique and appealing product." — Monty Lynn, Abilene Christian University

". . . logically organized, free of jargon, and presented in familiar style." — Francis N. Catano, St. Anselm College

". . .the readability, honesty, and illustrating stories [have] universal appeal. Topics are covered in a down-to-earth approach as opposed to a more esoteric style." — Joyce W. Fields, Ph.D., Columbia College, SC

Marvin Karlins is the author of 19 books and over 200 articles that have appeared in various professional and popular journals. He received his Ph.D. in psychology from Princeton University and is currently Professor of Management in the School of Business at the University of South Florida. In addition to his writing and teaching, Professor Karlins has spent 20 years working as an international consultant in the fields of time/stress management, leadership, and commercial aircrew training. He currently lives in Riverview, Florida, with his wife of 25 years, Edy; his daughter, Amber (age 15 going on 25) and three cats of undefined age and pedigree. His interests include eating, dieting, and aging gracefully.

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Romancing the Clock is an entertaining book about time and how you can use it to love the life you live. Twelve Action Steps will help you use your time to accentuate the positives and reduce the negatives in your life. If you are not enjoying your time you don't need to manage your hours, you need to manage your life!

Dr. Karlins puts his 20+ years experience to work in this book, while offering insightful humor in everyday situations. Lean how time management influences all aspects of your life and how to make your life at both home and work more productive and happy.

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  ISBN-10: 0131128337 | ISBN-13: 9780131128330
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  Abascal, Brucato & Brucato
  © 2001 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 224 pages | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0136347274 | ISBN-13: 9780136347279
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  Timm & Jones
  © 2005 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 208 pages | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0130989908 | ISBN-13: 9780130989901
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For courses in Introduction to Importing and Exporting and Export Management.

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  Neipert
  © 2000 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 202 pages | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0136717446 | ISBN-13: 9780136717447
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  Cox
  © 2003 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 320 pages | Instock
  ISBN-10: 013060710X | ISBN-13: 9780130607102
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For undergraduate-level courses in Human Relations, Supervisory Practices, Principles of Management, Communications, and Career and Self Explorations.

Helping students become aware of the strong impact that one's attitude has on every aspect of life, this highly regarded primer in the field of business human relations empowers readers of all backgrounds to play their human-relations roles with greater understanding and sensitivity. Fully updated and fresh with new material, it teaches readers that people who balance their technical skills with human-relations competencies find greater on-the-job happiness, contribute more to the productivity of organizations, and, in general, have more successful careers and satisfying lives.

• Your Attitude is Showing: A Primer on Human Relations [NetEffect Series], 11/E
  O'Neil & Chapman
  © 2006 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 320 pages | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131183885 | ISBN-13: 9780131183889
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• Package ISBN-10: 0131598759 | ISBN-13: 9780131598751
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• Romancing the Clock (NetEffect Series), 1/E
  Karlins | ©2003 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 112 pages
  
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  Robbins & Coulter | ©2007 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 672 pages
  
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