基本信息·出版社：Ballantine Books ·页码：256 页 ·出版日期：2008年08月 ·ISBN：0345506197 ·条形码：9780345506191 ·装帧：平装 ·正文语种：英 ...
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基本信息·出版社：Ballantine Books
·页码：256 页
·出版日期：2008年08月
·ISBN：0345506197
·条形码：9780345506191
·装帧：平装
·正文语种：英语
内容简介 To succeed in today’s ever-accelerating world, speed is the name of the game. Forget “slow and steady wins the race.” The key to getting ahead is not fighting or hiding from speed, but embracing speed and using its power to your advantage. As Vince Poscente demonstrates in this rewarding and, yes, fast-paced book, speed has a unique ability to enrich your life. He empowers you to take control of your time, your tasks, your priorities, and your talents, and start making life everything you want it to be. Twenty new tips–exclusive to this paperback edition–show you how to:
• recognize the difference between repetitive chores and passionate pursuits, and assign the appropriate amount of time and energy to each
• mentally shatter the outdated idea that work, home, and leisure should be completely separate, and create a new, purpose-driven model of organizing your time
• discover how to control interruptions, including how and when to accept them–by learning when to multitask and when to focus
Speed provides amazing benefits–you become more conscious of how you spend your time, understand your authentic purpose, and find yourself more flexible and open to new opportunities. When you harness the power of speed, your life and work become less stressful, less busy, and more balanced. What are you waiting for?
Praise for The Age of Speed:“The
Age of Speed is your bible to surf the speed tsunami that’s overtaking business and life.”
–Scott Cook, chairman and co-founder, Intuit
“Thought-provoking . . . It’s time to make peace with the whoosh of your 24/7 lifestyle.”
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Time“[Vince Poscente’s] counterintuitive notion of embracing speed rather than coping with it will change the way people live and work.”
–Stephen M. R. Covey, author of
The Speed of Trust 编辑推荐 From Publishers Weekly Business consultant Poscente employs velocity as a catchall term for explaining how to thrive in our hyperstimulated society. A former Olympic speed skier, he explains how people and organizations can best equip themselves to surf the endless assault of tasks and data familiar to any office worker. To him, speed both causes and solves the ambiguity surrounding high technology and the competing demands of career and personal life. But even if speed is the answer, this book doesn't uncover any insight that hasn't occurred to anyone who's ever stayed late tapping out e-mails. For case studies, the book wheels out long-suffering Eastman Kodak as an example of a Zeppelin that couldn't keep pace with new technology. Google, meanwhile, is a Jet that upped the ante. But readers who want to learn from that savvy company would be better served by other studies than this brief sketch. Poscente dallies on the Aligned Organization and the notion that work is no longer a place—it's a state of mind, but the result is a string of business clichés. With almost every other page left blank, Poscente's kind enough not to demand too much of his readers' time. But the lack of substance ensures that they'll forget it even faster.
(Sept.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Review "God bless Vince Poscente...a good counterpoint to all the handwringing that technology is sapping our very souls." --
Austin American Statesman"Illustrates why harnessing the power of speed is the ultimate solution for those seeking less stress, less busyness, and more balance." --
Soundview Executive Book Summaries"The trick isn't trying to slow things down but knowing when and how to speed them up." --
Chicago Tribune"Thought provoking new book ...advocates coming to terms with --nay, savoring -- the `more-faster-now world'". --
TIME Magazine"Presented briskly - and at times it's as light as a balloon, with its breezy call to turn speed into an advantage. And he helps us address the world more realistically, providing a glimmer of how to beat the tortoise or soar like a jet." --
Toronto Globe & Mail --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
