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The Thieves of Time Assessment by Juliet Funt
Author, Juliet Funt's A Minute to Think is about reclaiming creativity, conquering busyness, and doing your best work. Author Daniel Pink reviewed it saying, “This book is more than a first-rate guide to getting more and better work done. It is a powerful meditation on the false lure of busyness and the sustaining power of the pause. A Minute to Think is essential reading for maddening times.” Juliet Funt is a renowned keynote speaker and tough-love advisor to the Fortune 500. As the founder and CEO of the efficiency firm Juliet Funt Group, she is an evangelist for freeing the potential of companies by unburdening their talent from busywork.
In global business today, a few core forces drive us to overload. They are:
These four elements are appropriately considered valuable assets, but when taken to extremes they become corrupted. Drive becomes Overdrive. Excellence becomes Perfectionism. Information becomes Information Overload, and Activity becomes downright Frenzy. They lure us into a pace and pressure that actually may harm our effectiveness. But if you want more white space you’ll need to purposefully design where and how much you apply Drive, Excellence, Information and Activity. Make them serve you.