Cool Down (34 page)

eyes

closing while exercising

facial signals

family time

balancing with work

dinner

importance of regularity

parent as model for child

scheduling

fatigue

and fear and mental capacity

fear

and anger

of being out of the loop

and fatigue

and illness

of losing job

of missing email

of missing voicemail

of repercussions

and stress

in the workplace

Ferrazzi, Keith

firefighting

cost of

preventing

First Things First
(Covey)

food choices

breakfast

healthful

for lunches and snacks

foods

dangerous, and driving

Fox, Jeffrey J.

France

slow food movement and

French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure
(Guiliano)

Friedman, Thomas

future

assessing

Gardner, Randy

gazebo building (symbolic)

Gerber, Michael

Ghosn, Carlos

Gladwell, Malcolm

globalization

call centres

effect on workers

Grandin, Temple

grapevine

being part of

Guiliano, Mireille

Hagerty Classic Insurance

health

driving and eating

effects of pressure on

food choices

importance of lunch

and overwork

washroom habits

in the workplace

heart attacks

heart rhythm

disturbances in

high blood pressure

“high concept”

“high touch”

holograms

home-based professional.
See
Self-employed

Honoré, Carl

human contact

importance of

illness

and fear

and stress

image

body language and first impression

hiring consultant

managing

posture

self-assessment

speaking style

videotaping self

voice

image consultant

immediacy and blur

In Praise of Slow
(Honoré)

inflection

infomania

information overload

intellectual isolation

Intermittent Explosive Disorder

isolation

Italy

slow cities movement and

Jagger, Mick

Japan

birthrate

overwork in

tea ritual

work culture

Japan Consumer Marketing Research Institute

Japanese Ministry of Labour

job

fear of losing

identifying

job market leveraging hidden

Kreuger, Alan

Laker, Sir Freddie

law of diminishing returns

lethargy

during unemployment

lifelong learning

on company time

listening

active

assessing skills

effective

lunch

assessing eating habits

effect on metabolism

food choices

and health

hunger at midday

importance of

networking at

and productivity

on the road

while driving

working through

management by walking around (MBWA)

managers

managing

as mentors

selling to

workaholic personality

managing up

Mandela, Nelson

Masuda, Hiroya

mealtimes.
See also
Breakfast,

Dinner, Lunch

silent times at

meetings

accountability and

agenda for

arriving early

assessing

back-to-back

bathroom breaks

booking

due diligence

managing up

minutes, preparing

of more than one day

optimal times for

participants

and personal blur

planning for

preparing for

and productivity

scheduling

scheduling morning

seven-second rule

silence in

timing of

mental capacity

mental potential

mentors

becoming

and career furtherance

and carpooling

finding

for self-employed

using

minutes

preparation of

mornings

using wisely

motivation

movies

and exercise

suppliers

MP3 player

and exercise

use for blue-skying

muffins

multitasking

muscles

building slowly

music

and exercise

suppliers

names

remembering

using person's

naps

and productivity

replacing
siestas

negotiation

networking

assessing

goals

inside company

lunchtime

and unemployment

Never Eat Alone
(Ferrazzi)

Nissan

orators

organizational memory

Orwell, George

overwork

parasympathetic system

parent

as model for child

parents

and child discipline

Parkinson, Cecil Northcote

Parkinson's Law

PDAs

assessing use of

turning off

personal blur

damages of

and driving

and immediacy

and meetings

tips for avoiding

personal time

importance of

phone

as business tool

Pink, Daniel

planning

assessing tasks

assessing timelines

and managing crises

for meetings

posture

powers of observation improving

presenteeism

definition and examples

identifying

reducing

self-assessment

pressure

reactions to

prioritizing

private time

setting aside

Probst, Robert

productivity

and cubicles

driving and eating

effect of speed on

increasing

loss of

and lunch

and naps

and slow movement

proofing

writing

quality

and speed

radios

as creativity killer

reactionism, candid

Reardon, Kathleen

Redelmeier, Donald A.

Renault

rest

body's need for

rhythm

in speech

road rage

roadway illusion

role models

for implementing slow philosophy

rush hour

safety

driving and eating

salesmanship

schedules

changing for exercise time

Schlosser, Julie

Schuilman, Amy

Schultz, Howard

The Secret Handshake
(Reardon)

self-assessment

self-employed

daily warm-up for

mentors for

selling

active listening

identifying clients

importance of

negotiation

subtle

to your manager

seven-second rule

silence

and downtime

at mealtimes

in meetings

silo effect

creativity

described

sleep

deprivation in children

experiments

importance of

slow cities movement

slow exercise

Slow
movement

advantages of

and Alcan

applying concepts

and Astrazeneca Inc.

in Italy

in Japan

negative concepts

in North America

North American view of

role models for implementing

web addresses for

snacks

for breakfast

speaking style

speed

change in

illusion of

and mental capacity

and quality

of traffic

and washroom habits

spoken-word books

suppliers

stress

strokes

sugar crash

table manners

tachometer

as metaphor for mental potential

tea ritual

teleconferences

thank-you notes

Throwing the Elephant
(Bing)

Tibshirani, Robert J.

time

allotting

management

and stress

timers

tithing

applied to workweek

Toastmasters

traffic speed

transition plan

lunch and networking

during unemployment

between work and home

travel

arriving early

challenges of

travel kit

trust

building

turnover rates

and burnout

unemployment

avoiding depression

avoiding lethargy

exercise during

gazebo building (symbolic)

hidden job market

length of

and looking for work

lunch and networking

reaction to

return to work quickly

transition plan

unique identifier

videoconferences

videotaping

of self

viscosity principle

visual messages

vocal tone

voicemail

fear of missing

policy

using efficiently

walking

and stress

washroom habits

and health

and speed

A Whole New Mind
(Pink)

Wilson, Glenn

work

context of

pace of

reassigning

seeking during unemployment

work culture

at Alcan Inc.

in Australia

in Canada

in Japan

in North America

in Spain

in the United States

work patterns

assessing

workaholic

bosses as

workday

preparing for

tasks, assessing

waking up

workload

assessing

workplace

benefits of cooling down

(Friedman)

worry

and mental capacity

writing

planning

proofing

tips for effective

writing style

yoghurt

Zamenhof, Ludovic Lazarus

Steve Prentice
is president of Bristall Morgan Inc., a professional education firm with offices in Toronto and New York City, which specializes in reinstating productivity and profitability where distraction and overload currently reign. His first book is entitled
Cool Time: A Hands-on Plan for Managing Work and Balancing Time
and is published by John Wiley and Sons (2005). He is a frequent media guest and is regularly called on for TV and radio interviews to discuss issues dealing with stress, overload, and workplace technology.