201 Ways to Manage Your Time Better

Alan Axelrod and James Holtje pack 201 discrete workplace tips into a slim, dip-in-and-out format that respects the reader's time — which is at least thematically appropriate. Meetings, phone habits, morning routines, business travel, reading speed — the coverage is broad and the Quick-Tip Survival Guides format keeps it actionable. The honest problems are two: the advice trends generic, and a 1997 publication date means the technology context (voicemail etiquette is a recurring topic) has dated poorly. Readers who have already spent time with more substantial time-management writing — Getting Things Done, for instance — will find little new here. It is not a bad book, just a thin one that has been lapped by time. Worth a look if you find it cheap and need a fast refresher, but there is little reason to seek it out.