Wordclay Author, Jane Schulte, Does It Again!

August 4, 2010 at 4:03 pm mbutler22 Leave a comment

Jane Schulte does it again. Author of Work Smart, Not Hard!, a 2009 National Best Books Awards Finalist, has extended her know-how on effective time management and healthy living to the youth of our job market — the college student.

Schulte decided her time-organization and efficiency tips laid out in Work Smart, Not Hard!, geared towards the office worker, could just as easily be applied to the studies and management of college life. An idea inspired by her own college freshman, her son, who would relay the difficulties of all night study groups and missed deadlines.

The two teamed up, her son reading the original Work Smart, Not Hard! through the lens of a college student and suggesting how to make it more accessible to fellow students.

Work Smart, Not Hard!: For College Students equips the reader with tips for effective time management in this new environment as well as the tools needed to ensure work organization and success in the classroom. Such tips include Schulte’s PEND (or “pending”) system — a cabinet or drawer with file folders marked by date — which syllabi, assignments and other needed classroom materials can be stored. Schulte explains, “Just check it everyday. You are trying to figure out what are your priority items, what do I have to do today?”

Additional tips for students include the importance of a clean work space, the use of professional and proper grammar and etiquette when communicating with professors, and the ability to track and resolve problems on their own before reaching out to parents.

Work Smart, Not Hard!: For College Students is available for purchase on Amazon.com. Visit Jane Schulte on the web at www.stop-struggling.com. And pick up your copy of Work Smart, Not Hard! or Work Smart, Not Hard!: For College Students. Get your work on track towards being well-balanced and time-effective and give life a piece of the pie.

–Melissa

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Entry filed under: In the News. Tags: Author Jane Schulte, College Students, Jane Schulte, Self-Publishing, Work Smart Not Hard, Writing.

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