Work Smart, Not Hard

George Sullivan covers the right territory — time management, delegation, stress, communication, goal-setting — and the author has real professional credibility. The problem is that this book came out in 1988, and the workplace it describes, the examples it uses, and the cultural references it leans on are all significantly dated. Publishers Weekly also flagged that the celebrity citations function as decoration rather than substance. In a category with dozens of well-regarded contemporary alternatives, there's little reason to start here.