Time Management

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"To be nobody but yourself in a world that is night and day trying to make you just like everybody else means to fight the hardest fight any human being can fight, and never stop fighting."

 

Introduction:

 

The best book:

 

"How to Get Control of your Time and Your Life"

by Alan Lakein

  1. list goals and set priorities,
  2. make a daily "To Do" list,
  3. start with A's (priorities) and not with C's (lesser priorities),
  4. ask the Lakein's question: "What's the best use of my time right now?"
  5. handle each piece of paper only once, and
  6. do it now

Some other ideas in the book:

Make goals SMART (specific, measurable, achieveable, related/relevant, and time framed)

Spend 80% of your time on "A" priorities.

Use the Swiss cheese method to reduce intimidating tasks

Employ "The Magic If."

Cut off your escape route.

Common mistake - work hard on things that don't matter. We may be efficient, but Lakein suggests that our goal is to do what matters most and become effective. "Work smarter, not harder".