10 Books That Will Help You Manage Your Time Well

Last updated on May 27th, 2021 at 01:11 pm

We all have 24 hours a day 7 days a week, yet it seems like some have figured out how to multiply those hours. I decided a long time ago that I wanted to be one of those people. I want to multiply my time. I want the less important to take less time, and I want more time for the more important.

How does one find more time? For me, I found it in the pages of books, written by others further along in the quest to manage time.

10 Books To Help You Manage Your Time Well

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1. Say Goodbye  To Survival Mode

Say Goodbye To Survival Mode is so much more than just a time management book. It is a pick yourself up out of the pit and get back out there running your own personal marathon of life and loving every minute of it book. It inspired me to set a WOW goal this year that I have been working towards faithfully for months now.

2. Life Management For Busy Women

 Life Management For Busy Women is full of good Godly sound advice on managing your time at home, with friends, and in ministry.

3. What Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast

What Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast is a short ebook that reminds you that if you want to reach a goal you can make time for it and the perfect time for it just might be first thing in the morning.

4. What Most Successful People Do On The Weekend

What Most Successful People Do On The Weekend impacted my life in a significant way. It convinced me of how essential it is to take at least one day off a week for refueling for the week ahead.

5. How To Handle 1000 Things At Once

How To Handle 1000 Things At Once inspired me to start a Brain Dump List, which has become such an essential time management tool for me.

6. 21 Days To A More Disciplined Life

Do you have a goal you want to reach and no idea how to break it down into bite-size pieces you can accomplish in day to day life? Then you need to read 21 Days To A More Disciplined Life.

7. Tell Your Time

Tell Your Time is a short ebook that helped me map out my days. I might not follow a time grid quite like the one in the ebook, but the ebook did give my days a daily rhythm that maximizes my work hours while still allowing me time to be a wife and mom.

8. More Hours In My Day

More Hours In My Day is full of practical tips to help you manage your time better.

9. It Takes An Egg Timer

It Takes An Egg Timer reinforced the need for one of my favorite time management tools ever– an egg timer of course. The author goes into what type of egg timer is most effective and why, and how she uses it to get both small tasks and large tasks done.

10. I Know How She Does It: How Successful Women Make The Most Of Their Time

I Know How She Does It won’t tell you how to do it but instead is true to its title in that it tells you how other women are fitting work, family, and personal interests into their days. The author gives examples of real-life families throughout the book who are redefining what going to work looks like.

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Tired of living a chaotic life?

I recommend taking Make Over Your Mornings and/or Make Over Your Evenings. These are 15 day, video-driven courses that come with a workbook for you to complete. Each day’s lesson consists of a five-minute video, five minutes of reading and a five-minute workbook activity. These courses will help you streamline your day taking you from frazzled to calm.