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In a culture where busyness is lauded and celebrated, where the reminder beeps of a palm pilot are viewed as measures of worth, where "success" is measured by the sole productivity of a person or a system, Tom DeMarco offers a new and refreshing look at life, both personal and professional. The worst thing to be called in this day and age is a slackard. DeMarco proposes that there is something worse in life than slack; it is the myth of total efficiency, the myth which heightens burnout and serves as a nemesis to effectiveness.

Tom DeMarco's Slack is not just about doing less; it is about being effective. It is not just about better management techniques; it is about better living philosophies. DeMarco is not introducing a new variable into the management equation; rather, he calls us to give heed to a critical element of organizational and personal life that have been ignored or resisted, which have had adverse consequences so obvious that we cannot or choose not to believe or give credence to.

Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency
Author: Tom Demarco
Publisher: Broadway Books; (April 9, 2002)
ISBN: 0767907698