Preface<br >I was pregnant with this book for several years. I got this image of<br >being pregnant from a book by Henry Miller. Henry described how he<br >would get on a bus and people would offer him a seat. He was so filled<br >with his book that it was obvious to people that he was with child. This<br >image stayed with me for many years and accurately tells you how I<br >felt about carrying this book within me.<br > So why listen to me and take the time to read this book? In fact，<br >why another book on this topic? A classic statement of our culture<br >is， "I don t have time to read a book on time management." Or as a<br >CEO told me after a series of workshops at his company， "I heard a<br >lot of great things about your seminars. Sorry I couldn t attend， I<br >didn t have the time."<br > In 1932， the founder of IBM， Tom Watson， held the first Sales &<br >Marketing Executives Club meeting. An article called "The Biggest<br >Problem Facing American Business Today: Time Management" ap-<br >peared in the first newsletter. Not much has changed.<br > So why another book? Because this one is easy to understand<br >and to implement. Because this book will get you results， guaran-<br >teed. Here s some background to help you know who I am and why<br >I believe I m in a position to be of great help to you in the pursuit<br >and achievement of your personal and professional goals.<br > In May of 19871 started my own business， HUMAN RESOURCES<br >UNLIMITED. My specialties are giving keynote addresses， giving<br >workshops on the challenges of success and workshops on the fun-<br >damentals of effective selling. Since starting my business I have met<br >and talked with thousands of sales and non-sales professionals.<br >Quite often my seminar participants tell me that of all the topics I<br >covered， they enjoyed and got the most out of the sessions on goal<br >setting and time management.<br > When I got to the part of the workshop on goal setting and time<br >management I would noticeably change. My body language became<br >more powerful， and my confidence would soar. I really leaned into<br >the material at this point， because I knew my audience would get a<br >lot out of this section. I had no doubts， and was totally confident. So<br >I started to change my business. I focused more workshops on goal<br >