Randy Pausch's video on time management:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTugjssqOT0
Here's the slide he uses:
http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~robins/Randy/RandyPauschTimeManagement2007.pdf
My take aways:
- Time shortage is a systemic problem and needs a systemic approach.
- You don't FIND time, you MAKE time.
- Learn to say NO.
- Don't approach life like you have all the time in the world.
- Do the hardest thing first. If you have to eat a frog, don't spend too much time looking at it. If you have to eat 3, eat the largest one first.
- Prioritize based on your 1 hour time value.
Tools:
- Make a TODO list - Quadrant.
- Work desk - multiple monitor, speaker phones
- Thank you note
- Group your phone calls. Call at lunch. Hang up on yourself mid sentence.
- Delegate - don't be vague. assign specific thing, specific deadline, specific penalty/reward.
- Delegate - assign task and give them authority and trust.
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