Juggling Elephants: An Easier Way to Get Your Big, Most Important Things Done--Now!

by Jones Loflin and Todd Musig

Book Overview

What do you do when your life feels as busy as a three-ring circus? Juggling Elephants tells a simple but profound story about one man with a universal problem. Mark has too much to do, too many priorities, too much stress, and too little time. As he struggles to balance his many responsibilities without cracking under the pressure, Mark takes a break to attend the circus with his family. There he has a surprising conversation with a wise ringmaster...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591841712
• ISBN13: 9781591841715
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Portfolio
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

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A Fresh Approach to Time Management

Even if you're always aware of your priorities, this book takes it a step further and gives the simple visual imagery of a 3-ring circus to quickly remind one of what has to be done now. We hear it all the time at seminars from business owners, "my life is like a circus how can I fit everything into my already full schedule?" We give sound solutions for managing your marketing activities online in our book, How to Say It: Marketing with New Media: A Guide to Promoting Your Small Business Using Websites, E-zines, Blogs, and Podcasts. This book, "Juggling Elephants" can only enhance your productivity, throughout the day, when you periodically ask yourself "which ring am I in now?" Then stay in the ring, completing your acts, until it's time to move to the next ring. It's a simple and excellent visual reminder that we can all use to stay on track of our myriad activities.

Easy to understand

This book made some of the complications of tme management easy to understand and implement.

Good Book for Newly Promoted Managers/Supervisors

It is true that the style and metaphors of this book may be basic for a lot of people, especially if you have been in a leadership position for a while. I have found it useful to help educate new leaders on the importance of establishing a work/life balance early on in their new endeavours before they burn themselves out. I've seen many of them devote far too many hours to the first few weeks on the job, only to fail because they aren't given enough tools to be successful. Given the lack of management talent in many industries, there's a never ending search for anything to assist those who have never led before. This book gives a clear cut and simple way to determine what should and should not be on your radar and plate to increase one's productivity--both personally and professionally. The HR world does a very good job of talking about the importance of having a work/life balance, however there's not much to start people off in the right direction. New leaders need all the guidance and assistance they can get, and this book helps them sharpen their focus, decide their priorities, and engage their teams. There's not a leader out there that cannot benefit from the sage advice offered in the book to "constantly offer positive reinforcement for good behavior" as it's one of the top reasons people leave their jobs. Getting knowledge and skills on how to improve that recognition is almost worth reading the book alone.

Excellent!

This was a great book- a very easy read and just so simply put! Everything "just makes sense"! Now for the implementation piece! ;)