Up Against The Clock: How You Can Double Your Time?. Ronald C. Mendlin

      But what about the blizzard of brochures, announcements, company memos, newspapers, magazines, catalogs, and (yes) books that buries you continually, at work and at home? How do you decide what to actually read, and when? And where do you put all of it? Begin by really examining your schedule and deciding how much time you have to read each week. How many hours a week do you have for reading, and how many of those hours do you want to spend reading periodicals? How many periodicals can you realistically fit into that time frame?

       SETTING YOUR READING PRIORITIES

      Start with magazines, professional journals, newsletters, and any other periodicals that you are currently subscribed to. Make a list of all of them:

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       Assign a “1” rank if you regularly find information in it that is useful for your work and/or your personal life. Also, write a “1” if you regularly read and enjoy it. Assign a “2” rank if this publication occasionally gives you useful information, or you occasionally enjoy it. Assign a “3” if you rarely or never have time to read it.