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Title: Streetwise Time Management by Marshall Cook ISBN: 1-58062-131-7 Publisher: Adams Media Corporation Pub. Date: May, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95

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Average Customer Rating: 2.2 (5 reviews)

Rating: 3
Summary: Comprehensive (though not original)
Comment: This book covers the basics of contemporary thought about time management. The author summarizes and explains many tips and tactics that are available elsewhere: however, if you only want to read one or two time management books, this one is better than many in the crowded genre. Some reviewers have complained about the format -- similar in layout to the "Idiot's Guide" and "Dummies" series -- but many readers find that headlines and sample quotes are easier to read and skim than more tightly packed text. I'm a Ph.D. psychologist who coaches academics and mid-career professionals, and for my work I've read dozens of time management books. This is a reasonable, although not stellar, addition to the pack.

Rating: 2
Summary: Basic Information Spread Out Over 327 Pages
Comment: My tip for time management is to skip this book. Assuming that one reads at about one page per minute, it's difficult to believe that one could recoup the five to six hours invested in reading this long-winded, tired, poorly written, poorly organized book in saved time. The time management pointers are very basic, and have been written about many times [this book is essentially a 'compilation' (to be polite) of past research]; the author (Marshall Cook) seems to 'borrow' liberally from many sources, and particularly from Stephen Covey's far superior '7 Habits of Highly Effective People'. I recommend '7 Habits' or Brian Tracy's 'Eat That Frog' -- a short (113 page), easy-to-read book that gives better information, but can be read in an hour or so.

Rating: 1
Summary: Layout not very efficient.
Comment: If you can stop and examine your daily practices and how they use your time - then change the way you act, don't buy this book. There weren't very many pointers that I couldn't have come up on my own.

In addition, the layout is awful. What's the point of justifying the text two inches away from the edge of the paper with quotes from the text that you are reading. There is a page summarizing what is coming up in front of every section. All of the distractions don't allow you to read it in a very timely manner. Kind of ironic. Find another time management book.