time-management

without stress

Case-study from Eduson.tv course

Nikolay Dodonov, Time-Management coach

GTD technique teaches

How to work

effectively and without

stress

The popular time-management techniques - GTD

(Getting Things Done) - will help you to organize your

working process and teach you to solve problems one

at a time, in priority order.

GTD techniques teaches

how to work

effectively and without

stress

concentrate on

one important task

Discard all distracting programs (Skype, notifications

about new messages, etc.) and concentrate on one

task at a time, and not several tasks at once (for

example, you cannot talk on the phone and check your

email at the same time).

concentrate on

one important task

free your mind of all

that is unnecessary

at the given moment

«Unload» distracting tasks and thoughts from your

head simply by writing them down on «a storage

medium» (paper day planner or special program). Thus

you will free your brain’s RAM and be able to solve

problems more effectively.

free your mind of all

that is unnecessary

at the given moment

eat a frog

Per day

Unpleasant tasks that you continually postpone tend

to pile up very soon. Try and perform one of such

unpleasant tasks every day.

eat a frog

per day

discard

reminders!

Do not set reminders - just look through your task

list whenever you change your location (when you com

to your office, home, etc.).

discard

reminders!

discard

junk mail

at the entry

Filter out unnecessary information at the point of its

emergence (avoid email subscriptions). If you have any

doubts about the usefulness of information, you can put

it aside for future consideration.

Discard

junk mail

at the entry

Plan your

working day

before it starts

A regular review of tasks will help you to allocate

your time effectively and single out first priority

tasks.

plan your

working day

before it starts

keep

all ideas and tasks

in one place

It is very convenient to keep your documents and

notes in electronic form, and it is best to store them

within one program. In such archive, you will easily find

necessary information.

keep

all ideas and tasks

in one place

set a stable

work pace

A step-by-step systematic working pattern is more

effective than working in peak-load conditions.

Efficiency decreases sharply when, at first, problems

are completely ignored, and then solved in a rush, in

deadline mode.

set a stable

work pace

differentiate between

events and tasks

Fixed events (business appointments, arrangement to

see a doctor, etc.) constitute a rigid framework of

your time schedule. And the tasks, which are not

bound to any specific time, should be allocated

depending on their priority and availability of free

working hours.

differentiate between

events and tasks

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