{"id":1750,"date":"2008-04-10T12:49:57","date_gmt":"2008-04-10T11:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/progmanager.wordpress.com\/?p=329"},"modified":"2008-04-10T12:49:57","modified_gmt":"2008-04-10T11:49:57","slug":"time-management-resource","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2008\/04\/10\/time-management-resource\/","title":{"rendered":"Time Management Resource"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A new manifesto has just been published on time management over at the Change This site.<\/p>\n

In essence it recommends forgetting about tips, tricks and gizmos – instead building a really solid understanding of the 7 fundamental practices of time management;<\/p>\n

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  1. Capturing – making sure that all calls on your time are captured in a system – not in your brain<\/li>\n
  2. Emptying – making sure that whatever you use to capture calls on your time (e-mail inboxes, in-trays, calendars etc) are regularly emptied – ie the calls on your time are put into a system<\/li>\n
  3. Tossing – getting rid of as much of the demands on your time as possible – being rigorous – but not ruthless in managing your time commitments – saying no!<\/li>\n
  4. Storing – putting useful information in a place where you can safely retrieve it as needed – this does not mean relying on your memory (‘tickler’ files work well here!)<\/li>\n
  5. Acting Now! – doing whatever you can right now – especially if it will only take a few minutes – avoid procrastination. (Get a supply of those little sticky dots of paper and force yourself to put one on each piece of paper you have \u2018in the system\u2019 every time you pick it up – you will be amazed at how many get several dots – before you do ANYTHING with them!)<\/li>\n
  6. Scheduling – anything that you can’t do right now must have time scheduled for it – effective scheduling – knowing how long things should take and what contingencies might be appropriate is a fine art – well worth mastering<\/li>\n
  7. Listing – for jobs that need doing – but don’t merit a fixed appointment in the diary then use lists.\u00a0 Have a list for things to do when you are:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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