Executive Stamina: How to Optimize Time, Energy, and Productivity to Achieve Peak Performance

323 Pages·2008·1.53 MB·English

by  Marty Seldman

EXECUTIVE
STAMINA
How to Optimize Time,
Energy, and Productivity to
Achieve Peak Performance
Marty Seldman
and
Joshua Seldman
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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EXECUTIVE
STAMINA
How to Optimize Time,
Energy, and Productivity to
Achieve Peak Performance
Marty Seldman
and
Joshua Seldman
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.
ISBN978-0-470-22290-4(cloth)
1. Executiveability. 2. Management. 3. Careerdevelopment. I. Seldman,
Joshua,1977- II. Title.
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Our future
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Ronnie Miller Hasday

Contents
About the Authors ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
PART I WORK/LIFE ALIGNMENT
1 WhatIsMostImportanttoYou? 21
2 IsYourScheduleAlignedwithYourPriorities? 35
3 TheMinimumsandShifts/DriftsSystems 45
4 FindingYourCareerSweetSpot 61
PART II BUILDING YOUR STAMINA
5 TheImpactofStress 75
6 IncreasingYourFitness 93
7 YourLifelongFitnessPlan 113
8 Nutrition 137
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