These days, everyone is busy. Advances in technology mean there is more information to sort through than ever. Work hours have increased, but to-do lists are endless - schedules get blown in the first five minutes of the day. You could spend more time “planning” and “prioritizing” your list than actually doing the work! At work and in life, we all just have too much to do! And when you have too much to do, it’s hard to feel productive.

If you can’t do everything, you need to put your time and energy into what will yield the more important results. Laura Stack shows how to hone in on the high-value tasks, protect the time to do them, focus on their execution, and organize your life around the stuff that really matters. Her innovative, step-by-step Productivity Workflow Formula (PWF) allows you to spend less time and achieve greater results than you ever thought possible. We can no longer do more with less – we can’t put in more hours or work harder than we are now – we have to work differently and do less to achieve more.

 

The new mantras "buckle down!" These times are about a return to quality rather than quantity; all of us must learn to be competent—and not simplycompetent, but SuperCompetent®. In this competitive economy, just being able to do your job is no longer enough. Competence is expected; you’vegot to be SuperCompetent to get an edge.

Written for High Potentials in Leadership Development programs, SuperCompetent will give you proven methods to reach your maximum potential and achieve breakthrough results. You’ll get to yourproductive best by mastering six keys to peak performance:

1. Activity: the value and importance you place on your tasks
2. Availability: your mastery of your schedule
3. Attention: the capacity to focus intently and concentrate on your work
4. Accessibility: the ability to organize the inputs and outputs in your life
5. Accountability: the extent to which you take personal responsibility for your actions and outcomes
6. Attitude: your motivation, drive, and proactiveness

SuperCompetency is not about mantras but about mindsets. SuperCompetentwill transform how you think. Let Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro®,give you a clear and practical system for achieving Maximum Results in Minimum Time®.

As we've seen in this competitive economy, you can't be simply competent; you have to be SuperCompetent®to get an edge. In this program, you'll discover the six keys to unlocking your full potential: Activity, Availability, Attention, Accessibility, Accountability, and Attitude. You will learn a clear and practical system for achieving Maximum Results in Minimum Time®. By contrasting SuperCompetent hero thinking with Simply Competent zero thinking, you'll see that transforming your performance it not about mantras but mindsets.

A holistic approach to increasing your get-up and go, from the productivity expert whose previous books showed people how to Find More Time and Leave the Office Earlier®. If you want to be productive but are just too tired all the time, you need to read this book! Laura Stack combines invaluable insights and practical advice in this guide to becoming more energetic and more productive in every area of life. Stack describes the factors that contribute to low energy (the "energy bandits") and explains howto reduce their effects and build up or renew sources of positive force (with "energy boosters"). Focusing on simple changes that make a huge difference, The Exhaustion Cure presents fresh, manageable ways to:

• Stop relying on caffeine, cigarettes, alcohol, and other substances to keep you going.
• Manage your workload and concentrate at work.
• Avoid letting negative situations or people control your thoughts and actions.
• Organize your efforts and productivity around deeply held values and goals.

Twenty-eight percent of Americans miss work every year because they are too exhausted to go. The Exhaustion Cure offers everyone from overtired parents to listless retirees sure-fire, easy-to-implement solutions.

Long hours. Juggling family and work. Deadlines. High stress levels. Today's professionals are feeling more overworked and overwhelmed than ever before. Yet you CAN get more done than you ever thought possible-and still get home to your real life sooner. Laura Stack, "The Productivity Pro,"® shows you how. Leave the Office Earlier® explores the ten key factors that improve results, lower stress, and save time in today's workplace. Fun ,interactive quizzes speed you to exactly the advice and techniques you need the most. You can tailor this information-loaded book to your own needs by focusing on your problem areas-such as time-wasters, distractions, email overload, or poor organization-and by following theeasy-to-implement solutions. With Laura Stack's help, you'll work more efficiently and be more productive in every area of your life, so that you can really live according to your priorities. Don't just work faster. Work better, reduce stress, and leave the office earlier®!

You have a sink full of dishes to wash, three loads of laundry to do, 17 bills to pay, 26emails to answer, a big stack of novels on the night stand you'd love to read, and zero minutes of free time. You can't add more hours to the day, but Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro®, will help you make themost of the time you have and get things done. This book picks up where Laura's bestselling book Leave the Office Earlier® leaves off: life after work. Now that you're more productive during your workday, this complementary book teaches you how to get things done at home, rather than feeling that you never have enough time. Laura Stack shows you how to make every area of your life strong. Whether you need help on just a few things or your life is totally out of control, Find More Time will help you organize your space, time, chores, projects, paper, bills ,children, errands, and information to reduce your stress and create a productive home environment, so you'll have more time to enjoy your life. This book identifies eight pillars of personal productivity that support successful, productive lives. Each pillar is a chapter, and the first letter of each factor starts with the letter "P": Plans, Priorities, Personality, Pests, Possessions, Paper, Post, and Play. Readers determine their own Productivity Quotient (PQ)™ by answering ten questions per factor, resulting in a cumulative score out of 400possible points. Find More Time today!

Featuring "The CampingTrip," a story written by Laura Stack about her father. From the first time a daughter grasps dads hand and says her first words, to the day she moves out on her own, the bond between a father and daughter is ever evolving: dad goes from child-hood hero, feared inspector of boyfriends, to the sage friend of adulthood. Daughters mature from perfect little angels into rebellious teens to accomplished women who are dad's pride and joy. Chicken Soup for the Father and Daughter Soul celebrates this wonderful relationship with stories about childhood, the trying years of adolescence, the poignancy of leaving home and even the years when daughters often become caregivers. Every story in this special volume is sure to evoke the fondest of memories and rekindle the bond between dads and their little girls.