Time Management for System Administrators
By
Thomas A. Limoncelli
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Publisher:
O'Reilly
Pub Date:
November 2005
ISBN:
0-596-00783-3
Pages:
226
Table of Contents
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Index
Copyright
About the Author
Foreword
Preface
How to Read This Book
Audience
About This Book
Assumptions This Book Makes
Conventions Used in This Book
Using Code Examples
We'd Like to Hear from You
Safari® Enabled
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Time Management Principles
Section 1.1. What's So Difficult About Time Management?
Section 1.2. The Principles of Time Management for SAs
Section 1.3. It Won't Be Easy
Section 1.4. Summary
Chapter 2. Focus Versus Interruptions
Section 2.1. The Focused Brain
Section 2.2. An Environment to Encourage Focus
Section 2.3. Interruptions
Section 2.4. Directing Interruptions Away from You
Section 2.5. You Can Say "Go Away" Without Being a Jerk
Section 2.6. Summary
Chapter 3. Routines
Section 3.1. Sample Routines
Section 3.2. How to Develop Your Own Routines
Section 3.3. Deleting Old Routines
Section 3.4. Summary
Chapter 4. The Cycle System
Section 4.1. Don't Trust Your Brain
Section 4.2. Why Other Systems Fail
Section 4.3. Systems That Succeed
Section 4.4. The Cycle
Section 4.5. Summary
Chapter 5. The Cycle System: To Do Lists and Schedules
Section 5.1. A Sample Day
Section 5.2. Other Tips
Section 5.3. Setting Up a PAA for Use with The Cycle
Section 5.4. Setting Up a PDA for Use with The Cycle
Section 5.5. Summary
Chapter 6. The Cycle System: Calendar Management
Section 6.1. How to Use Your Calendar
Section 6.2. One Calendar for Business and Social Life
Section 6.3. Repeating Tasks
Section 6.4. Know Your Personal Rhythms
Section 6.5. Know Your Company's Rhythms
Section 6.6. Summary
Chapter 7. The Cycle System: Life Goals
Section 7.1. The Secret Trick
Section 7.2. Setting Goals
Section 7.3. Planning Your Next Steps
Section 7.4. Schedule the Steps
Section 7.5. Revisit Your Goals Regularly
Section 7.6. Summary
Chapter 8. Prioritization
Section 8.1. Prioritizing Your To Do Lists
Section 8.2. Project Priorities
Section 8.3. Requests from Your Boss
Section 8.4. Summary
Chapter 9. Stress Management
Section 9.1. Overload and Conflicting Directions
Section 9.2. Vacation Time
Section 9.3. Yoga, Meditation, and Massage
Section 9.4. Summary
Chapter 10. Email Management
Section 10.1. Managing Your Email
Section 10.2. Jump Starting the Process
Section 10.3. Summary
Chapter 11. Eliminating Time Wasters
Section 11.1. What Is a Time Waster?
Section 11.2. Avoiding the Tempting Time Wasters
Section 11.3. Common Time Wasters
Section 11.4. Wasteful Meetings
Section 11.5. Strategic Versus Tactical
Section 11.6. Summary
Chapter 12. Documentation
Section 12.1. Document What Matters to You
Section 12.2. Wiki Technology
Section 12.3. Summary
Chapter 13. Automation
Section 13.1. What to Automate?
Section 13.2. How to Automate
Section 13.3. Simple Things Done Often
Section 13.4. Hard Things Done Once
Section 13.5. Letting Others Do Privileged Operations
Section 13.6. Summary
Epilogue
What to Do with All Your "New" Free Time?
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