This book is about managing all the projects in your life, both at work and outside of work. The older I get, the more I'm convinced that everything in life is a project. Your birth was a project. Your death will be a project. Why? Because every activity, event, problem, challenge, or goal in your life has a beginning, an end, and a duration of time in between. That means it's a project, with a before, during, and an after. The sooner you recognize that everything in your life is a project, use the tactics, techniques and tools from this book, the sooner you'll be able to enhance the quality of your life. Unfortunately, most people stumble through life with a victim mentality; complaining, "How could this happen to me. I'm a good person! Let's ignore it and see if it goes away." The best way to predict your future is to create it. It's possible to create a life with less stress, frustration, and failure, with more confidence, success, and value added to your career. The more you know about how to avoid, reduce, or eliminate every pain in your life, the more pleasure you can experience. This book can enhance the quality of your life and the lives of those around you, but only if you use what you'll learn here. As for my life, I've made many bad choices alone the way and I failed to act on bad situations that were very painful. I just suffered in silence, hoping it would resolve itself. If I would have known and used what you'll learn here, my life would have experiences less pain, with more joy, wealth, and serenity. All the problems in your life can be subdivided into 3-categories; anticipated positive, anticipated negative, and unanticipated. Anticipated Positive: Graduating from High School, falling in love, getting married, getting a job, leaving home and supporting yourself, buying a car, choosing a college, graduating from college, picking a career, advancing in your career, raising children, and buying a home. Anticipated Negative (expect, but not know when): Failure, setbacks, delays, distractions, accidents, illnesses, injuries, job loss, death of a loved one, your death, etc. Unanticipated (what you don't expect, but could happen): Catastrophic acts of nature, adultery, divorce, incarceration, addiction, bankruptcy, victim of a crime, foreclosure, repossession, disability, terminal health condition, etc. So what's the solution? Learn how to convert every problem or pre-problem, into a project designed to maximize the positive effects and minimize the negative. A pre-problem includes any challenge, struggle, toleration, adverse situation, issue, concern, shortfall, or obstacle that is unknown or unacceptable to you that could affect the quality of your life. If you're prepared, problems and their results will be less severe, with a shorter duration, and a better result. If you're unprepared, your problems are still the same, but the longer you wait to resolve them - the worse they become. Pre-problems don't become problems unless you are totally unprepared or have no idea what to do. Most pre-problems don't become problems, because someone took swift and decisive action when they occurred. This means that if you use the tactics, techniques, and tools from the book, turn the pre-problem into a project, you can take the action needed to ensure it never becomes a problem. I know that if you approach each problem or pre-problem in your life with a project mindset, your chances of resolving it will be quicker, easier, and cheaper. Stop wishing you were better and do something about it today!