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Time Management or… Organization: You kin haz it
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Organization 2014

Aug 26, 2014

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Jesse Schell

Organization and Time Management
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  • Time Management or Organization: You kin haz it
  • What do you want to know?
  • Be regular and orderly in your life, so you may be violent and original in your work. Gustave Flaubert Alton Brown Organization will set you free!
  • Tip #1: Time is Precious! Use it wisely.
  • Where does your time go? Find out!
  • Tip #2: Design Your Life!
  • What is Order? DBAFGCE BGFCEAD ABCDEFG ECABDGF
  • Mind Like Water A mental and emotional state in which your head is clear, able to create and respond freely, unencumbered with distractions and split focus.
  • Can you concentrate here?
  • A workbench is for working not for storage!
  • A place for everything, and everything in its place
  • Tidy drawers. Why wouldnt you?
  • File Cabinet Alphabetize it!
  • Tip #3 Make rivers to your inbox
  • The inbox has many tributaries
  • Dont do this
  • Tip #4: Your memory sucks! Make lists! To Do List Shopping List Stuff to check out List Maybe Someday List Tickle File
  • Tickle file - 52 Folders
  • Tip #5: Use a calendar!
  • Tip #6: Make time for your to do list! That means put it on your calendar!
  • But which task to do? Do the obviously urgent ones Do the ones you are excited about Then pick at random http://www.random.org/
  • Tip #7: Make all tasks bite sized
  • Tip #8: Public Deadlines are the Best Motivation
  • Tip #9: Avoid interruptions and rat holes Design for flow! (2-3 hour chunks of work) Read email ONLY at email time If you can deal with an email in 2 minutes, do it! If not: To do list it! or Put it on stuff to check out When working, turn your phone off! Never just check Facebook Time box your meetings Say NO whenever you can
  • Tip #10: Consider a Uniform
  • Tip #11: Sleep is arithmetical Day Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Hours 7.5 6.5 5 7.5 10 8.5 Debt 0 1 3.5 3.5 1 0
  • Tip #12: Caffeine is a Sometimes Food
  • Questions? Tip #1: Time is Precious! Use it Wisely. Tip #2: Design Your Life Tip #3: Make Rivers to your Inbox Tip #4: Your Memory Sucks Make Lists Tip #5: Use a Calendar Tip #6: Make Time for your To Do List Tip #7: Make All Tasks Bite Sized Tip #8: Public Deadlines are the Best Motivation Tip #9: Avoid Interruptions and Rat Holes Tip #10: Consider a Uniform Tip #11: Sleep is Arithmetical Tip #12: Caffeine is a Sometimes Food