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""Because time, attention, and resources are finite, wise prioritization lies at the heart of any flourishing organization or meaningful life. Yet there': s surprisingly little actionable advice on how to do it well--and many seductive reasons to avoid it entirely. This approachable, psychologically astute, and deeply practical book has the potential to change all that. Reading it is well worth your time."" --Oliver Burkeman, author of Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals Managing Priorities is your guide to prioritizing anything--anytime and anywhere. Harry Max digs into the best practices for prioritization atApple, DreamWorks, NASA, Adobe, Google, Microsoft, and beyond, and brings themtogether in a single, practical method that you can apply step by step. Who Should Read This Book? Every business person who is even remotely interested in prioritization should read ManagingPriorities. Whatever you need to prioritize--tasks, goals, OKRs, projects--this book is for you. Specific chapters are dedicated to what needsto happen and when for individuals, teams, and whole organizations.

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"""A forceful, clear, and detailed method for strengthening prioritization."" --Kirkus Reviews ""An indispensable guide to how, when and who decides what to get done."" --Maryann Kongovi, operations executive ""Because time, attention, and resources are finite, wise prioritization lies at the heart of any flourishing organization or meaningful life. Yet there's surprisingly little actionable advice on how to do it well--and many seductive reasons to avoid it entirely. This approachable, psychologically astute, and deeply practical book has the potential to change all that. Reading it is well worth your time."" --Oliver Burkeman, author of Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals ""Harry Max clearly lays out the steps that anyone can use to be more productive and effective. It's required reading for anyone wanting to be a better business leader."" --Marc Randolph, co-founder and first CEO of Netflix ""This book should be a mandatory part of all business curricula. The DEGAP strategy is applicable to all levels of management, from small businesses to corporate entities."" --Franchette Dyer, CEO of Vetech Business Services, LLC"

"""An indispensable guide to how, when and who decides what to get done.quot; --Maryann Kongovi, operations executive ""Because time, attention, and resources are finite, wise prioritization lies at the heart of any flourishing organization or meaningful life. Yet there's surprisingly little actionable advice on how to do it well--and many seductive reasons to avoid it entirely. This approachable, psychologically astute, and deeply practical book has the potential to change all that. Reading it is well worth your time."" --Oliver Burkeman, author of Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals ""Harry Max clearly lays out the steps that anyone can use to be more productive and effective. It's required reading for anyone wanting to be a better business leader."" --Marc Randolph, co-founder and first CEO of Netflix ""This book should be a mandatory part of all business curricula. The DEGAP strategy is applicable to all levels of management, from small businesses to corporate entities."" --Franchette Dyer, CEO of Vetech Business Services, LLC"

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Harry Max is an executive player-coach, consultant, and hands-on product design and development leader with vision and a solid grasp of operations. A servant leader at heart, Harry works with senior leaders and their teams to help them realize their visions by zeroing in on pragmatic solutions to complex challenges. Max's experience includes having been a founder/CEO, operational leader, and strategy consultant with start-ups, innovators, and global brands, including Apple, Adobe, DreamWorks, Google, Hewlett-Packard, ITHAKA, Microsoft, PayPal, Rackspace, SGI, Symantec, and Yotascale. An early pioneer in e-commerce, Harry was a co-founder of Virtual Vineyards (wine.com), where his designs powered the interaction model behind the first usable and secure online shopping cart. Harry Max is an autodidact. His undergraduate studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, focused on qualitative problem-solving and sociology. He is also an NLP Master Practitioner and a graduate of the Aspen Institute Technical Executive Leadership Initiative and Hoffman Institute. Max's work has been featured internationally in the Economist, New York Times, TEDx, the Wall Street Journal, and a Harvard Business School case study. And lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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