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The Skinny on Time Management How to Maximize Your 24-Hour Gift By Jim Randel Illustrations by Malinda Nass Rand Publishing (2010), 215 panels ISBN 10: 0984139397 ISBN 13: 978-0984139392

Reviewed by Israel Drazin - April 27, 2010

This short humorous book, dramatized with comic book stick figures, teaches what all people should do daily no matter what they intend to accomplish. Randel shows his readers by various ways, including quotes from famous writers, how to maximize the use of every hour during the day, get results, and still enjoy life. First, people need to be aware of how much time they are using for the different things that they do daily, such as sleeping, watching TV, reading, eating, and exercise. Then decide what they want to accomplish and set a specific goal, which should include a time for accomplishing the goal. Then learn how to avoid distractions.

Most of his suggestions involve the letter P. Randel suggests that people need to see if they are wasting time during the day and decide to use these found minutes and hours more productively to accomplish their goal. People should find out whether they produce their best work during the morning, afternoon, or evening, and use that best time most effectively. Plan each day what you want to accomplish; to-do list are helpful. Prioritize the activities; do the most important item first. Never procrastinate under any circumstance. Many people accumulate physical clutter and these piles clutter and confuse the mind and stop or at least slow down work.

In short, these ideas help people accomplish more with the relatively short hours of their lives.

Dr. Israel Drazin is the author of fifteen books, including a series of five volumes on the Aramaic translation of the Hebrew Bible, which he co-authors with Rabbi Dr. Stanley M. Wagner, and a series of four books on the twelfth century philosopher Moses Maimonides, the latest being Maimonides: Reason Above All, published by Gefen Publishing House, www.gefenpublishing.com. The Orthodox Union (OU) publishes daily samples of the Targum books on www.ouradio.org

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