Tweak It: Make What Matters to You Happen Every Day

Fern said Much ado about nothing. The message of this book can be summed up in a single sentence: "If you want to get something done, you have to put it on your calendar."The other big deal, the author says, is to keep your work and personal priorities on a single calendar, not separate ones.Now, I’ve just saved you $19.Seriously, I can get as much done making a to-do list, which I do every week. I can’t believe that the author has managed to fill up over "Much ado about nothing" according to Fern. The message of this book can be summed up in a single sentence: "If you want to get something done, you have to put it on your calendar."The other big deal, the author says, is to keep your work and personal priorities on a single calendar, not separate ones.Now, I’ve just saved you $19.Seriously, I can get as much done making a to-do list, which I do every week. I can’t believe that the author has managed to fill up over 200 pages to talk about a glorified to-do list as if this is some kind of work/life balance breakthrou. 00 pages to talk about a glorified to-do list as if this is some kind of work/life balance breakthrou. Melinda Ann Lombard said CHANGING MY LIFE ONE TWEAK AT A TIME!. Through Cali's book I am making the small changes (aka "tweaks") to my life that when added up are making both my career and personal life richer and more fulfilling. I am certainly not a "natural" at being work+life fit - far from it. I want to do it all and help everyone I can. Now I am tweaking my daily / weekly priorities and find myself feeling more accomplished and happier, instead of just plain overwhelmed, stressed out, and unhealthy. Cali's Step 1 alone ("Create a complete picture, or Tweak It snapshot of your work+life fit"). A roadmap to getting it all! I'll start off by saying I'm biased. Cali interviewed me for this book, so my advice is a part of it. And I've known and admired Cali's groundbreaking work for years. When I was a careers columnist for The New York Times, I often called on Cali for her expertise about fresh ways to think about the work-life conundrum. I love that she steered the work-life discussion away from the unattainable concept of "balance" and towards "fit" and that she gets that all of us, not just working parents need to figure our fit. This book convinced me

In TWEAK IT, she delivers a brilliant mix of deeply researched and deeply practical advice that will improve the life of anyone who acts on it. In just the first week, I made a date to see my mom for dinner, set a schedule to walk with my husband a few times a week, and remembered to prioritize spending 10 minutes a day with each of my kids. Cali Yost's latest contribution to the field, TWEAK IT, provides individuals with a simple yet elegant way to take hold of their lives and, in doing so, achieve their personal and professional goals. Cali Yost is one of our wisest and staunchest thought leaders. A must-read book for anyone who is overextended, overworked--and passionate about their lives.Susan Cain, bestselling author of Quie

But resolving the job-versus-life conflict doesn't require the kind of big, disruptive, scary transformation that so many time-management "experts" recommend. In TWEAK IT, Cali Williams Yost proves that a comfortable work+life fit can be achieved through making small, consistent, everyday changes--tweaks--that, cumulatively, will optimize job performance and well-being. As the demands of work grow more intense, personal life can get shoved to the side. This engaging, practical book, filled with case studies of people who've tweaked their way to professional success and personal satisfaction, guides readers through an easy-to-implement program that can be tailored to suit any individual's life, both on off the job.

Clients range from BDO Seidman, LLP and Quaker/Tropicana to the United Nations, Ernst & Young and the U.S. Navy. A former commercial banker and graduate of Columbia Business School, Yost is author of the critically acclaimed Work+Life: Finding the Fit That's Right for You, the first "work+life "fit" handbook for individuals. Yost is the CEO and founder of Work+Life Fit,