Attack Your Day Before It Attacks You

“Finally, a quick-fix approach to activity management that doesn’t take more time to learn than the amount of time it saves!”

--Trapper Woods, CSP

“This book is filled with nuggets of wisdom! Attack Your Day! delivers a unique and practical approach to activity management for a more productive life.”

--Greg S. Reid, bestselling author, Three Feet from Gold

“Great achievers know themselves and use their time and talents wisely. Read this book and be better than great!”

--Bill J. Bonnstetter, founder and Chairman, Target Training International, the world’s most validated assessment tools

“A pleasure to read, Attack Your Day! is both a primer for someone learning to utilize their time wisely and a refresher for those who want to fine-tune their skills. Improve the quality of your days and your focus with the authors’ techniques.”

--Gale S. Pollock, Major General, United States Army, retired

Avoid Being Overwhelmed, Deal with Interruptions, and Enjoy Your Best Life!

Do you ever run out of time before you run out of things to do?

Today, we have more events and activities to manage than ever before. This is due in part to technology, the Internet, and the expectations of doing more with less. To maximize our time, we need to be great at implementing five activity management skills.

In this book you will learn fast, flexible, and easy solutions for greater productivity.

Smarter time management for a whole new world: faster, more flexible, and easier! Mark Woods' activity-based Attack Your Day system has helped thousands of individuals supercharge their productivity – in work and business, in school, and throughout their personal lives. Now, it's your turn! Attack Your Day's five crucial "activity management" skills and 101 productivity strategies can help you achieve unprecedented levels of effectiveness, as you move relentlessly towards achieving your most important goals in life. You'll learn how to dramatically improve the way you choose and prioritize your activities… organize your day so it's inherently more productive… make sure the most important tasks get done… overcome procrastination once and for all… know how and when to "turn on a dime" in response to events, without sacrificing focus or efficiency… learn how and when to say NO to interruptions. You're always doing "something": make sure you're doing the right things at the right times the right way, and you can transform your life!

Mark Woods is a successful entrepreneur, author, business owner, motivational speaker, and training consultant. He has a strong passion for helping individuals and organizations achieve their true potential.

Throughout his career he has held leadership roles with several organizations, implementing process management solutions to assist in new business development, branding, marketing, training, and client acquisition.

His engaging style combined with practical solutions connects with audiences on an emotional level. Mark’s presentations are punctuated with stories, real-life experiences, and anecdotes that ignite life-changing energy in those who experience his programs.

Mr. Woods is CEO of Woods Group Incorporated, a training and business development firm specializing in activity management, goal setting, work-life integration, and personal productivity.

Visit his websites at www.markwoods.info and www.attackyourday.com.

Trapper Woods (1935-2010) enjoyed a career that spanned more than 40 years and was also known as “Father Time.” Trapper was an executive leader, corporate consultant, company president, business owner, and internationally acclaimed speaker.

A professional member of the National Speakers Association (NSA), Trapper was the recipient of the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation, the speaking industry’s international measure of professional platform skills.

For 23 years, Trapper was a speaker and a leading spokesperson for Day-Timer, a subsidiary of ACCO Brands Corporation. His engaging style is the result of his fundamental belief in the goodness inherent within each person and the value of diversity.

He traveled more than 2 1/2 million miles influencing tens of thousands of people in more than 350 corporations throughout the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the Caribbean.

His favorite geographical spot in the world was Snowbird Resort in Utah where he loved to experience nature.

Introduction     xv

Chapter 1: Activities Rule! Not the Clock

Don’t Be a Slave to Time     1

Chapter 2: Color Your Choices

The Art of Choosing and Refusing     11

Chapter 3: Carry Your Time in Buckets

Fine-Tune Your Tools     23

Chapter 4: Arrange Your Plate

Think Inside the Box     49

Chapter 5: Don’t Just Execute, Flexicute!

Learn to Turn on a Dime     73

Chapter 6: The Hocus Pocus of Focus

Make Time-Wasters Disappear     81

Conclusion     93

101 Productivity Strategies     97