Table of Contents

Time Management for System Administrators
By Thomas A. Limoncelli
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Publisher: O'Reilly
Pub Date: November 2005
ISBN: 0-596-00783-3
Pages: 226

Table of Contents  | Index

		Copyright
		About the Author
		Foreword
		Preface
			How to Read This Book
			Audience
			About This Book
			Assumptions This Book Makes
			Conventions Used in This Book
			Using Code Examples
			We'd Like to Hear from You
			Safari® Enabled
			Acknowledgments
		Chapter 1.  Time Management Principles
			Section 1.1.  What's So Difficult About Time Management?
			Section 1.2.  The Principles of Time Management for SAs
			Section 1.3.  It Won't Be Easy
			Section 1.4.  Summary
		Chapter 2.  Focus Versus Interruptions
			Section 2.1.  The Focused Brain
			Section 2.2.  An Environment to Encourage Focus
			Section 2.3.  Interruptions
			Section 2.4.  Directing Interruptions Away from You
			Section 2.5.  You Can Say "Go Away" Without Being a Jerk
			Section 2.6.  Summary
		Chapter 3.  Routines
			Section 3.1.  Sample Routines
			Section 3.2.  How to Develop Your Own Routines
			Section 3.3.  Deleting Old Routines
			Section 3.4.  Summary
		Chapter 4.  The Cycle System
			Section 4.1.  Don't Trust Your Brain
			Section 4.2.  Why Other Systems Fail
			Section 4.3.  Systems That Succeed
			Section 4.4.  The Cycle
			Section 4.5.  Summary
		Chapter 5.  The Cycle System: To Do Lists and Schedules
			Section 5.1.  A Sample Day
			Section 5.2.  Other Tips
			Section 5.3.  Setting Up a PAA for Use with The Cycle
			Section 5.4.  Setting Up a PDA for Use with The Cycle
			Section 5.5.  Summary
		Chapter 6.  The Cycle System: Calendar Management
			Section 6.1.  How to Use Your Calendar
			Section 6.2.  One Calendar for Business and Social Life
			Section 6.3.  Repeating Tasks
			Section 6.4.  Know Your Personal Rhythms
			Section 6.5.  Know Your Company's Rhythms
			Section 6.6.  Summary
		Chapter 7.  The Cycle System: Life Goals
			Section 7.1.  The Secret Trick
			Section 7.2.  Setting Goals
			Section 7.3.  Planning Your Next Steps
			Section 7.4.  Schedule the Steps
			Section 7.5.  Revisit Your Goals Regularly
			Section 7.6.  Summary
		Chapter 8.  Prioritization
			Section 8.1.  Prioritizing Your To Do Lists
			Section 8.2.  Project Priorities
			Section 8.3.  Requests from Your Boss
			Section 8.4.  Summary
		Chapter 9.  Stress Management
			Section 9.1.  Overload and Conflicting Directions
			Section 9.2.  Vacation Time
			Section 9.3.  Yoga, Meditation, and Massage
			Section 9.4.  Summary
		Chapter 10.  Email Management
			Section 10.1.  Managing Your Email
			Section 10.2.  Jump Starting the Process
			Section 10.3.  Summary
		Chapter 11.  Eliminating Time Wasters
			Section 11.1.  What Is a Time Waster?
			Section 11.2.  Avoiding the Tempting Time Wasters
			Section 11.3.  Common Time Wasters
			Section 11.4.  Wasteful Meetings
			Section 11.5.  Strategic Versus Tactical
			Section 11.6.  Summary
		Chapter 12.  Documentation
			Section 12.1.  Document What Matters to You
			Section 12.2.  Wiki Technology
			Section 12.3.  Summary
		Chapter 13.  Automation
			Section 13.1.  What to Automate?
			Section 13.2.  How to Automate
			Section 13.3.  Simple Things Done Often
			Section 13.4.  Hard Things Done Once
			Section 13.5.  Letting Others Do Privileged Operations
			Section 13.6.  Summary
		Epilogue
			What to Do with All Your "New" Free Time?
		Colophon
		Index