It’s January 5th. Back-to-reality day for those who still have jobs. They all know that to keep those jobs, they need to be better at everything, including time management. How convenient that scatterfooted Wired contributor Chris Hardwick has a Diary of a Self-Help Dropout in the magazine’s current issue.
Hardwick spent two weeks each with three different approaches to time-management: the time nazi approach of “Getting Things Done” author David Allen,the earth motherish Julie Morgenstern’s “Never Check E-Mail in the Morning” and the utopia of Timothy Ferris’s “The 4-Hour Workweek.”
Hardwick’s favorite was The 4-Hour Workweek, in part because it seemed to fit best with his freelance lifestyle. From his review, the other two books, especially Morgenstern’s, are probably better suited to those still working for corporations.
Also note that he found useful pointers in all three. And he’s still not very well organized. But his reviews are funny, reflect the major aspects of each book, and hey, who has time to read and apply three different books on time management?
