“Cut to the Chase” by Stuart Levine
The best way to get things done is to get to the point: communicate as clearly, simply, and effectively as possible, and avoid unimportant activities that suck up time but deliver no value. Cut to the Chase is a short but detailed book about how to use and protect your two most valuable assets: your time and energy.
Stuart Levine’s experience as a CEO lead him to conclude that a lot of time is wasted at work, and the biggest culprit is ineffective communication and unclear priorities. Levine sets a good example by respecting your time reading this book. Each of his 100 principles is detailed in no more than two pages, using crystal-clear language and examples.
Your time is enormously valuable, and every day you’re teaching others how to use your time, whether you realize it or not. Using simple tactics like “I got it – let’s move on”, having crystal-clear objectives before you start working, and setting meetings for 10 minutes instead of an hour can save you precious minutes, and those minutes add up to hours over the course of a standard workday.
You’ll want to keep Cut to the Chase handy by your desk for quick ideas and inspiration – the habits Levine recommends aren’t always easy to adopt, but practice eventually makes perfect.
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