Done!: How to Accomplish Twice as Much in Half the Time--At Home and at the Office

by Don Aslett

Book Overview

You know all that you have to do - now, with multi-tasker extraordinaire Don Aslett, you can actually get it DONE! Don a self-made millionaire entrepreneur who's founded several successful businesses,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1593375077
• ISBN13: 9781593375072
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Don Aslett's Cleaning
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Great motivational book

This is a very good meat and potatoes book of how to get stuff done. Aslett does not mince words or wax poetic. His basic message is work hard, work smart, and stretch yourself. He has lots of good tips and tricks for working. I've liked it better than hordes of business books I've read.

Get Things Done!

I bought How To Have a 48-Hour Day back in 1996 and since this is a revised edition of that book, I'm posting the review I wrote about 48-Hour Day. As some people have posted, if you have 48-Hour Day, you don't need to buy this revised edition. The basic message is the same, and there is not that much different. However, if you are an Aslett fan as I've become, it does not hurt to read them both and soak up the message a bit deeper. This was the first of Don Aslett's books I ever read, and it is the book that made me want to read more. It is an easy to read book with plenty of illustrations and it has such a powerful message. If you follow the advice Aslett presents in this book you will most certainly accomplish more than you ever dreamed possible. There are some things I disagree with. I often wear shirts with button down collars, so I think Aslett maybe goes a bit too far when he suggests not having collars that button down so you can save time getting dressed. However, he makes a great point. Many little things we do each day that take time add up to a lot of time. So, if we learn to cut a minute here and a minute there off of ordinary routines, we will have more minutes for accomplishing our goals. Besides containing a lot of excellent time management advice, this book is also very motivating. Why Do More is a great chapter if you need convincing that accomplishing more makes you feel better. If you need some motivation, this book will give it to you. Page 66 has two words on the page in huge font - BE EARLY. The advice and reasons Aslett presents for being early are priceless. Just incorporating this strategy can save you tremendously. As I said, this was the first of Aslett's books I ever read back in 1996. Since then, I have read it several times when I needed a kick in the pants to get back on the productivity train. I just recently read a couple chapters again to assist with a presentation I was giving and to motivate me to do even more in 2008. Read this book and then put the strategies to work and you will accomplish more and feel great about getting things done. Reviewed by Alain Burrese, J.D., author, speaker Hard-Won Wisdom From The School of Hard Knocks, Hapkido Hoshinsul, Streetfighting Essentials, Hapkido Cane, and The Lock On Joint Locking series

PLUM

THIS WAS, AS ALL DON ASLETT BOOKS, VERY GOOD. HOWEVER, IT IS VIRTUALLY (EXCEPT FOR A FEW SENTENCES) THE SAME AS 'HOW TO HAVE A 48-HOUR DAY'. I READ 'DONE' FIRST, AND ENJOYED IT VERY MUCH.

Great book, if you're patient to get through it

This is one of my favorite Aslett books because he gets a little philosophical. His "thesis" is: the more productive you can be, the less time you will think about the problems in your life and the more rewards you will reap. Its not your typical time management book. Like Aslett's other books, he rambles, and rambles with antecdotes and stories but this book has less of that. What Aslett does accomplish is convincing the reader that people who do more have richer lives. I believe him and he does make a case for it! That's why this book is unique. The title of the book, however, is misleading. The author doesn't talk about accomplishing things in half the time...the book should be called: "Do More: how accomplishing goals will give you a better life."

Same book -- New title

This is a very good book on time management, if you're a multi-tasker rather than a one-thing-at-a-time type. But somebody should have told me that this is just Aslett's 1996 book "How to Have a 48-Hour Day" under a new title.