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How America’s Most Successful Executives Accomplish So Much in So Little Time They head the nation’s biggest, fastest - grow
How America’s Most Successful Executives Accomplish So Much in So Little Time They head the nation’s biggest, fastest - grow
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2010-01-26
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How America’s Most Successful Executives Accomplish So Much in So Little Time
They head the nation’s biggest, fastest - growing companies. They’re the movers and shakers and policy makers.
How does the "super - executive" manage to do it all—and still find time for a personal life? A top productivity expert reveals the answer.
WASHINGTON D. C. (SPECIAl.) —It’s the business epidemic of the 90s: Too much to do, too little time.
Downsizing and layoffs have decimated the ranks of many organizations. Yet those who retained their jobs are now saddled with more responsibilities, so they’re busier than ever. If the rapidly escalating symptoms of stress, fatigue and burnout are any indication, many of these "lucky" survivors are killing themselves—sometimes literally.
Paradoxically enough, however, some of the word’s most successful CEOs—just the folks you’d expect to suffer the most from chronic overload —lead very different lives.
Consider John C. Malone, president of TCL, America’s largest cable TV company. Despite his enormous power and wealth, Malone works only five hours a day—and goes home for lunch, to boot.
When wildly successful Disney CEO Michael Eisner makes a commitment to his children, he simply refuses to work late.
And when Steven Spielberg decided to team up with his two high - powered pals, David Geffen and Jeffrey Katzenberg, to launch the mega -studio DreamWorks SKG, he agreed to the venture only when he was sure that the partnership would allow him to spend ample time with his family.
All of these people have enormous responsibilities. Yet they somehow find time for leisure, family, hobbies, and other personal pursuits. In short, they enjoy life. How do they do it?
The Productivity Coach
Stephen Winston knows the answer. "These high achievers have mastered techniques that simplify their lives and make their work more efficient," she says.
According to Winston, they reserve serious work for "prime times" when their energy level is at its peak. They multiply their time with minimum effort by using a strategy called "leveraging."
"Anyone can learn these methods," claims Winston. "They can help people get more done faster, leaving plenty of free time for other things."
Stephen Winston was perhaps the first professional organizer. Equipped with an insider’s knowledge of the corporate world, she began teaching overburdened business people how to make their work mole rewarding. Her popular books Getting Organized and The Organized Executive have together sold more than one million copies.
Today, Winston is America’s top authority on sharpening organizational skills, successful time management, and personal productivity. She’s a consultant to major corporations—ranging from American Express to Xerox—who collects $1,500 a day for her advice. Her clients seem to love her.
Success story
Take the ad agency vice -president who had trouble getting assignments done. Winston showed her how (and where) to block out periods of private time to accomplish creative work undisturbed.
Not only was her problem solved, but shortly afterward she was named senior vice - president. She attributes the surprise promotion to the change in her work habits that Winston engineered.
Expanding the day
Her clients are grateful for Winston’s help. But she often heard comments like, "I wish I had you around all the time," She also thought about the many people who might benefit from her expertise, but who are not in a position to hire her.
One day, she hit upon the solution: a monthly advisory letter. She calls it The Organized Ex ecutive: How to Accomplish More in Less Time.
"My mission," Winston says," is to help my subscribers gain the freedom to enjoy their success, to feel that they’re in control of their lives, and fulfill all of their goals."
The recommendations in The Organized Executive, she notes, are practical and specific. Its simple, ingenious, action -oriented solutions are tested and proven in the real world.
What’s the single biggest challenge in the workplace? Many would say it’s interacting efficiently with others. So Winston gives her readers useful tips such as how to handle interruptions. She also deals with topics ranging from lengthy meetings to e - mail overload, from delegating effectively to telling people "no" without offending or angering them.
Winston has surprising news for those with perennially cluttered desks: you don’t have to be neat to be organized. She also shows haw to cope with information overload, overcome workaholism, heat fatigue and stress, and find "hidden time" you never knew you had. And she reveals skill of those time management "secrets" of top CEOs.
Recapturing time
"I’ve designed The Organized Executive to be quick- reading," says Winston. In fact, subscribers can process each monthly issue cover to cover in just 15 minutes. That investment will pay big dividends in new - found time and increased productivity.
"My aim is to show people how to get more done faster, and recapture precious time for themselves, their families, leisure, and personal pursuits," Winston continues. "The reader will be more productive, make quicker and better decisions, and avoid falling victim to the pressures that are driving so many people bonkers these days."
Books and seminars can be valuable, but often prove to be a one -time fix. In contrast, The Organized Executive arrives every month. So it serves as a constant reminder, always feeding its subscribers new ideas and motivating them to upgrade their knowledge and capabilities.
"Sharpening your time management skills makes you more permutable and more marketable, which is especially important in today’s uncertain economy," Winston declares. "Your time becomes more valuable to yourself and to your employer. That can help make you indispensable."
"What’s more, a portfolio of productivity skills will serve you well anywhere. You gain self- confidence, self- reliance, and a new sense of power and control over your destiny."
Personal counseling
A 12 - month Charter Subscription to Tile Organized Executive is just $ 97. Compared to Winston’s $1,500 daily consulting fee, that’s not a bad deal. The subscription also includes a free Q&A service. Subscribers may contact Winston, ask her any question about organizing or time management, and receive a personal response.
According to the publisher, the newsletter will help you gain an extra hour each day, or he will refund the entire price you paid.
In the passage, the author takes Michael Eisner and Steven Spielberg as examples to show that these people have achieved success without______.
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答案
sacrificing their personal life
解析
结合文章5,6,7,8,9段,可以得知作者举例是想说明有些人也可以在不牺牲自己私生活时间的条件下取得成功。
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