Stealing Back TIME: Do Less, Achieve More: How to Master Efficiency and Productivity

Alexia Maas

Sep 2025 · Maas Leadership LLC · Narrated by Alexia Maas

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If you have too much to do and never enough time - this book is for you! By teaching us to do less and achieve more instead of always doing more, this book is a game changer.

With practical tips for everyone, this book is a "masterclass in regaining clarity and focus". By fearlessly tackling what she calls the seven “Hidden Thieves of Time”, Maas teaches us how to regain control of our time and our work life balance. She highlights what has gone wrong in our modern-day approach, why it went wrong and how to do it better. The Maas MethodTM is her unique approach to layer and leverage a variety of solutions to drive one consistent result: how to achieve more by doing less.

In applying this method, Alexia saves hundreds of hours of personal time and thousands of hours of company time each year for herself, her clients and her readers - but don't just take her word for it. Here's what others are saying:

"It takes courage to change the status quo and say "do less" when everyone else in the world is constantly striving to do more. This book is a game changer and so is Alexia Maas." - Bill Amelio, former CEO of Fortune 500 Global Companies: Avnet Inc and CHC Helicopter

"Maas brings refreshing clarity to one of the greatest challenges leaders face: managing time effectively. This book is not just about tech hacks, it's about building sustainable habits that empower leaders to prioritize what truly matters. Alexia's wisdom and strategies will resonate deeply with anyone seeking to lead more intentionally and reclaim their time". - Jon Hoak, former General Counsel at FLEX and Hewlett Packard,

"A MUST read. This is a book you owe to yourself!" - E. Leigh Dance, Founder and Executive Director of Global Counsel Leaders, and former VP Director at Chase Manhattan Bank (JP Morgan)

About the author

With thirty years' experience as a successful International Lawyer and over a decade serving as a Global C-Suite Executive and Board Director, and now also being an Industry Leading Author, Executive Coach and Managing Partner of her own consulting firm, there isn't much Alexia doesn't know about trying to do it all! Experienced in Transformation & Change Management; Business Development & Growth Strategies; Compliance & Risk Management; Industry Disruption, Crisis Management and People & Talent Development, she is renowned for her strong focus on execution and high impact, creative problem solving as well as her relentless drive for simplification and operational efficiency. She is also an accomplished strategist and thought leader among peers. Alexia tells the story of her journey as she became more and more overloaded with work, and how she developed a new method of working which she calls The Maas Method¿ by "layering and leveraging" several best practices in a way to consistently drive one consistent outcome: enabling ourselves to achieve more by doing less. What Alexia says about this journey: "In our desire to do more with less, we often lose sight of what's really important and by continuing to add things to our "to do" list, we lose control of our most precious resource: TIME. As the scope of our roles and responsibilities continues to expand, it becomes harder to identify the true priorities. Constantly doing more is easy. The hard part is finding ways to do less and still be productive where it counts. I help my readers and clients find practical approaches to the challenges of today so they can "steal back" time, get things done, and still have time leftover to enjoy a fulfilling personal life." Alexia appears regularly as a keynote speaker and leads workshops and consulting projects to help others become masters at beating the Hidden Thieves of Time, unleashing their true value and recapturing their own work life balance. Alexia has lived in the UK, Norway, Sweden and is now based in North Carolina, USA. For more information about the author, her books and speaking engagements, please visit www.alexiamaas.com

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