Time Management BasicsLynda Kellam1/23/2015

Why Time Management?

Frazzled. Photo by Karin Dalziel . (CC by-NC 2.0)

Caveat: Focus on

Essentialshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9x6D09AKBU

Basic Tips

Establish Habits

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Clear your headScreaming Blue Murder by David Goehring (cc by 2.0)

Actionable to do

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Mom!Becomes...

buy mom a birthday gift...

Decide on appropriate birthday gift...

Call dad and ask what mom wants!

SMART goals

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Find a buddy

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Conquer the Clock

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Multitasking is the enemy. Period.

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Weekly review

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GTD Lite

Collect

Process

Organize

Review

Do

Collect

Capture anything by writing it down

Use inboxes to collect

Minimize number of inboxes

Empty inboxes daily (or every other day)

I’m like water...

Process

Make decision about meaning (remember mom?)

Not actionable? Toss, Tickle, File

Actionable? Do it! Delegate! Create a project!

OrganizeFour key areas:

Project lists

Calendar

Next Actions list

Waiting for

A filing system is your friend

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A FewOrganizing Tools

iSpartan CalendarRemember you can check schedules & invite people to events

Events from other cals can be copied to your own

Share with your closest colleagues

Remember the milk

http://www.rememberthemilk.com/

Evernote http://evernote.com/

Google Docs

Go analogNotebook

Calendar

Files

Review

Review calendar and action lists daily (or whenever you have time)

Conduct a weekly review

Weekly Review

Take an hour each week

Empty inboxes

Empty your head

Review calendar, lists, waiting for list, projects, etc.

Do!

Choose actions based on ...What can you do?

What you have time for?

What you have energy for?

Priorities?

Pomodoro Technique

http://pomodorotechnique.com/

What’s your next action?

Thanks!