TABLE 38. ART. DESIGN. DEVELOPMENT.
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Get yourself organized for 2009 [1.2.2009] |
#1. Get rid of the computer and get a notebook. I started with those cheapo composition books but now use this Moleskine notebook. I like both. You can buy a lots of cheapos for the price of a single Moleskine. If you go cheap, just be sure that the paper isn't too thin. I hate it when your ink pen bleeds through to the other page... the major reason I prefer a pencil. Anyway, the comp notebooks made by Mead are better than the bargain basement ones. I basically follow Bill Westerman's GSD technique. #2. Get the computer back. Sorry about what I wrote in #1 above. You'll need it for scheduling stuff, and to accept meetings from other people. The trick to this is: schedule EVERYTHING! I mean everything. Playtime with your kids, date with your spouse, blocks of time to take care of the list items you created in your notebook. Use alerts liberally, you want as many devices going off as possible so that you remember to get stuff done. Basically, I use the calendar on my computer to plan stuff, and I track what I actually did on a time ladder in my notebook (see Bill's GSD site). Sounds complicated, but it's really simple. #3. Do NOT use the To-Do List application in Outlook, your Blackberry, iPhone, Palm device, whatever. It may seem convenient, like the calendar, but it is big-bad. Just keep saying to yourself "The electronic to-do list is for amateurs. The paper list in my paper notebook is for professionals like me." #4. Plan weekly. Schedule your "big rocks" on your calendar first. This is a reference to an exercise that Steven Covey uses in his 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Tha Habit is called "Putting First Things First". Read more here and here. #5. When I create a new daily list and time ladder in my notebook, I check my calendar and fill in time slots that have been scheduled. Eh, works for me. |
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