Time management, Portent-stylePresentation Transcript
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My day
45 min workout or bike to work
100+ real e-mails/day
3-4 client projects
Answer 20-30 tweets
Curate 4-15 times
2 hours on tools
2-3 sales calls
Presentation or
Blog post or
SEOmoz Q&A and
Quora
The kids
The spouse
The cats
The guinea pig
The hamster
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From PopHangover.com Projects Milestone MilestoneTask Task Task Task
Time management is aboutcontrolling distractions andmaking the most of your effort.
Time management ispart of your job.
Time management ispart of your life.
First, understand the structure
Projects
Milestones
MilestonesDeliverables that change thestatus of something, specify arecipient, and have a due date.
Milestones“Have doctor check weirdrash before Friday.”
Milestones“Have doctor check weirdrash before Friday.”Implicit deliverable:Report identifying rash
Milestones“Have doctor check weirdrash before Friday.”Dr. is recipient.
Milestones“Have doctor check weirdrash before Friday.”Status from “unknown”to “known”
Milestones“Have doctor check weirdrash before Friday.” Due date
ProjectsMilestonesTasks
Some tasks are...
BUT NOT ALL
BUT NOT ALL DAMMIT
BUT NOT ALLFOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT’S GOOD
BUT NOT ALLDON’T MAKE ME COME OVER THERE
Tasks are...Everything you do, all day, every day.
Tasks are...The basic unit of productive time.
TasksNo task > 45 minutes.
TasksNot all tasks have milestones, butall milestones have tasks.
TasksAre atomicAre planned dailyCome into focus over time
My routine
The sweep
Can you do it in 2 minutes or less?Do it now.Should someone else handle it?Delegate.Will it take longer? Make a task.
Sunday or Monday Sweep Projects Milestones/project Tasks/milestone Tasks w/ no project/milestone
Every morning Sweep Take the next 3-4 major to-dos/milestones and break them up into 45-minute actions. That’s my day’s to-do list.
During the day 45 minutes on your next to-do. 5-10 minutes doing another sweep, etc.
Measuring
Toggl.com
Pomodoro
Pomodoro
Old-fashioned
Old-fashioned
This is not time tracking!!!!
It’s measurement
Measure as you work, not after
MEASUREMENT & IMPROVEMENT
MEASUREMENT & IMPROVEMENT DAMMIT
MEASUREMENT & IMPROVEMENT FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT’S GOOD
MEASUREMENT & IMPROVEMENT DON’T MAKE ME COME OVER THERE
Nifty tools & tricks
Mechanize what you can
Texter for Windows
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IFTTT
Task tracking
Todo.txt
Workflowy
TeuxDeux
DropboxLaptop > Mobile > Tablet > Home
Free up brainspace
1Password
Evernote
Learn to use Excel & Word right
Learn to use Excel & Word right
Learn to use Excel & Word right DAMMIT
Learn to use Excel & Word right FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT’S GOOD
Learn to use Excel & Word right DON’T MAKE ME COME OVER THERE
Learn scripting
Learn scripting
Learn scripting 1st time: 4 hours
Learn scripting Now: 30 minutes
The result
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