Posts Tagged ‘to-do’s’
What’s Making Your Tasks So Difficult
In: Time Management
2 Jan 2012I have found that the number one reason we struggle with tasks is that they are actually projects, that we TREAT like tasks. So what’s the difference between a project and a task? The easiest way to answer that question is with another question: How do you eat an elephant? It’s an age old question [...]
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- Tags: projects, tasks, to-do's
What My Headlines Look Like
In: Time Management
1 Oct 2011A while back I described how to organize your to-do’s by comparing them to newspaper headlines. Today I want to share an actual model of what that might look like. To summarize, the front page of a newspaper is made up of a series of short compelling headlines. Each headline may have a short blurb, [...]
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- Tags: headlines, running files, system, to-do's
Why Your Action System Isn’t Working
In: Systems
13 Jul 2011What action system do you used to get things done? Outlook? A Filofax? Your Smart phone? Maybe a good old fashioned to-do list? Odds are you are using a combination of all of the above. If your system is not working, it’s helpful to look at all the elements that make a good action system. [...]
The To-Do Box Promise
13 Jun 2011There is a time to sort-and-purge clutter and a time to act on your to-do’s. It’s counter-productive to mix the sorting with the acting. To truly understand why these two things are incompatible, it is first important to recognize the difference between getting organized and staying organized. It’s not unlike the difference between cooking a [...]
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- Tags: action items, to-do's
Reduce To Produce
In: Systems
29 Mar 2011Ever had so much stuff piled up on your desk, that you didn’t feel like you could do ANY of it? Challenge yourself to pick a limited number for each task. Start with your to-do list. Here’s my to do list for today. I’ve got one big fixed commitment in the middle of the day [...]
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- Lisa Corrado: Matt, you are so right when you say many of what we consider tasks are actually projects. And I real [...]
- Steven: Tasks are simple. If you try to finish the tasks then think that you have completed the project. You [...]
- Elaine Hoffmann: I want to thank you and your amazing team for the great work you have done organizing my basement,at [...]
- Linda Kuppersmith: What a brilliant concept. As a business owner that wears several hats (Sales, marketing, accounting [...]
- Matt: Karen, sorry it's taken me so long to get back to your inquiry. I have used several different smart [...]