Reviewing your progress lets you correct a bad estimate sooner
We plan at high, strategic levels of thinking and execute at lower, tactical levels. A quick check mid-week can help us make sure our tactics fit with our strategies.
Get the best of both worlds with a little structure
Paper and digital calendars complement each other nicely. Here’s how to set up your system to get the best of both technologies.
Paper is pretty, but pretty limited
A digital calendar gives you more power over your schedule than a little ink smeared on a piece of paper.
Not all work is created equal
We often ask ourselves—out of frustration—why we never get anything done. The truth is, we’re getting more done than we realize. Whether or not it’s the work we want to accomplish is another question.
The answer may (but shouldn’t) surprise you
Try doing too much today, and you’ll feel like a failure, no matter how much you got done. Don’t do enough, and you won’t conquer the world on schedule. Here’s how to find the sweet spot.
Start each week from a blueprint of how you want to work
There’s no need to create your weekly schedule from scratch. Once you figure out how you work best, use that as the starting point for each week.
Wrap things up and move on
We all want to get more done. Here are five ways to finish up sooner so you can get on to the next big thing.
Find the time to make more time
Automation saves time, but it takes time, too. Here’s how to make the time to get started.
Coalesce Quadrant 3 into Quadrant 2
Most coworkers want to be respectful of your time and not disturb you when you’re in the middle of something. Office Hours can send a signal that it’s an especially good time to interrupt you.
Building blocks to lay out your week
There are four basic blocks of time you can put on your calendar. How you arrange them is up to you.
