"Do It Tomorrow" is a book about time management by Mark Forster. There are a quite large number of books published on this subject matter of "how to achieve a day's work in one day" as Forster puts it, but in my opinion, this is one of the better ones.

The paperback edition I have was published by Hodder and Stoughton of London in 2006 and the ISBN is 9780340909126. The book retails at 7.99 pounds, but can be found cheaper on sites such as Amazon.

In many ways, a lot of what Forster says is common sense. He makes one good point, which is that the week before you go on holiday many people feel very good about their work because they tie up all the loose ends, get the odd things done that need doing and try to ensure that everything due to be completed is done by the end of the week. The author tries to put a framework together of how to do that for every week, so that you're always on top of your workload.

Personally, I usually manage to complete the work I need to do each week, but often forget about the bigger picture, ie, starting larger projects which will take much longer to complete. Much of this book looks at how to deal with priority matters which can be dealt with quickly, whilst also encompassing the larger projects and tasks which need to be undertaken.

He also talks about ensuring that "urgent things" are defined correctly, ie, getting everyone out of a building in the event of a fire could be defined as urgent, but work which has left to the last minute and just not completed should not have been declared as urgent. It's a simple comment to make, but one that many people often don't heed.

The other important factor that the book looks at is how to include modern technology, such as e-mail, the Internet, etc, in your task list. It must have been much easier fifty years when there was just a phone and the post to worry about, no faxes, e-mails or other distractions!

This, and the book "Getting Things Done" by David Allen are in my view the two best books I have read on this subject. This book certainly had a positive and helpful effect for me, and I started to use its suggestions a few months ago, so I've managed to keep the ideas going.

So if you think that your time management could be improved and want some advice on how to start doing it, then maybe give this book a try.