Teachers - Time and Paper Management - Annotated Bibliography (A - L) Books on Productivity Bibliography Maker In Quebec

 Aslett, Don. (1991). Not for packrats only: How to clean up, clear out, and dejunk your life forever. New York: Plume Books.

This guy is the king of clean-up! And, he makes it fun to read about cleaning up. See if you can top any of his stories with examples from your own life of strange things you've saved, etc. This book is a motivator for me.

Bittel, Lester R. (1991). Right on time! The complete guide for time-pressured managers. New York: McGraw Hill. Bibliography Maker In Quebec

This book is the most far removed from education of any of the ones I've actually bought or checked out of the library, but, there are still good ideas for teachers in terms of figuring out how your time is spent, becoming more productive, etc. Worth checking out from a library, but not buying.

Bliss, Edwin C. (1983). Doing it now. New York: Bantam Books.

This book, along with Getting Things Done by the same author, are considered classics in this field. Both are simple to read, but with clear truths for those of us who need to manage our time better.

Braiker, Harriet B. (1986). The type E woman: How to overcome the stress of being everything to everybody. New York: New American Library.

What can I say--the subtitle says it all. My guess is that most of you will recognize the description of the Type E woman. I have told friends of mine to run, not walk, to their nearest bookstore to buy this.

Burka, Jane B. and Yuen, Lenora M. (1983). Procrastination: Why you do it, what to do about it. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.

The authors, both psychologists, offer a look at the "why" of procrastination--but they don't stop there. They go on to help us get past the why. Very readable.

Covey, Stephen R., Merrill, A. Roger, and Merrill, Rebecca R. (1994). First Things First, New York: Simon & Schuser.

Well, this is one of those heavy books. You may recognize Stephen R. Covey's name from his bestseller, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. This book is similarly outstanding. I found that I could not read it for any length of time because there is just too much. This is the book for when you are ready to think about your unifying principles and how to decide what is important in your life.

Culp, Stephanie. (1990). Conquering the paper pile-up: How to sort, organize, file, and store every piece of paper in your home and office. Cincinnati, OH: Writer's Digest Books.