Reviewed by Rama Gaind.
By Kate Christie, Wiley, $27.95.
“You are a clever, savvy, successful woman. But are you being smart?” This is a definitive question from time management specialist Kate Christie.
If you’re also a working mum, it doesn’t necessarily mean you have it all. Multitasking and managing to maintain a balance presents an ongoing and unique challenge for working mums. Me First teaches you how to take control of your time –once and for all.
Written with candour and humour, Christie offers personal insights, practical exercises and time-management solutions for ‘crazy busy, stressed out and guilt-ridden working mums’.
Below the surface, you are extremely busy, stressed and guilt-ridden. When you do have a spare moment, you fill it with another task that has nothing at all to do with prioritising yourself.
Packed with practical exercises, proven techniques and life-changing stories, Me First will not only help you recover lost time, but also help you recover your lost self.
Kate is the founder Time Stylers, which helps successful, time-poor female professionals and entrepreneurs manage their time more effectively so they can do what they love, shake the guilt over their work and life choices, and experience success at work and at home.
Why not be clever and learn these five steps: start prioritising yourself, liberate yourself from imposter syndrome, cost out exactly what your poor time habits are costing you, learn simple, smart and sustainable solutions to recover more than 30 hours per month so you will be able to set and smash audacious goals for smart outomes.
Christie has a timely reminder. “To time-poor women everywhere, it’s time to start thinking about your time the way you think about your money: as a precious, enormously valuable and limited resource that needs to be consciously invested for the greatest possible return”.
