Posts Tagged "getting things done"

Tweet Pin It The Principle: “Do everything by convenience according to the size of your priorities”… Once you prioritize your projects and activities according to your hierarchy of values (as above)… …scheduling becomes simply a matter of convenience based on wherever you are at any time. Here’s a real-life example to make the point crystal clear… My situation right now as I type: The computer is on, an article is open about time management… … I need to look after my health (an important rock), so it’s time that I ate something (a pebble / project) so I’ll rush to the kitchen to chop some salad, steam some potato’s, and whatever else...

Tweet Pin It For 11-years I obsessed over getting organized. Then in 2006 I realized it was the wrong way to go about things. I will explain everything and it will probably change the way you live: Personal productivity has become all the rage, from Franklin Day Planners to Getting Things Done with David Allen modern life is so fast paced full with options and choices. And today I read this about a Professional Organizer and her client.. “together they purged her office of unnecessary clutter, set up a system of file folders and discussed strategies that would allow Mohan to make decisions more quickly. Not only is Mohan’s desk spotless, but her files are so organized she can delegate more work to...

6 months ago in my private journal I wrote... I have come to think only 3 active projects at a time is sensible. But how to divide them amongst so many areas of life? My good friend Joshua Seymour quoted this passage from a book we have both read:

Tweet Pin It The ‘New Professional’ needs increasing productivity. Wikipedia suggests that a ‘professional’ is someone… with specialized formal education has economic security has a comfortable salary etc. Security and Comfort? Are you kidding me?! You only need look at job loss counts, and talk to professionals to know there is no comfortable salary or economic security… A 2007 study by the Center for Creative Leadership found that nearly 92 percent of the executives surveyed believe the challenges their organizations face are more complex than they were just five years ago. Isn’t that pretty darn obvious? Give a moments thought to the macro-factors effecting your...