Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 01/31/2008 - 12:39.
On and off, I've been following a similar system... and perhaps even simpler.
I set myself between 1 and 3 achievable goals for the day.
My criteria: which are most important to my boss. Either will make him look good to his boss, or will keep in out of trouble, whatever.
My phone is always on call forward, and I pick up my messages twice a day.
My e-mail is turned off. I also check it twice a day.
If it's a big project (like the one I have to do today), I break it into achievable tasks.
And you're right about the urgent: everyone thinks their request is urgent. I ignore about half of them and they go away....
From 80 hour weeks, I'm down to about 30, and I'm getting glowing feedback on how much I get done. I'm not getting more done. But what I am getting done matters more.
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I've tried this, and it works!
On and off, I've been following a similar system... and perhaps even simpler.
I set myself between 1 and 3 achievable goals for the day.
My criteria: which are most important to my boss. Either will make him look good to his boss, or will keep in out of trouble, whatever.
My phone is always on call forward, and I pick up my messages twice a day.
My e-mail is turned off. I also check it twice a day.
If it's a big project (like the one I have to do today), I break it into achievable tasks.
And you're right about the urgent: everyone thinks their request is urgent. I ignore about half of them and they go away....
From 80 hour weeks, I'm down to about 30, and I'm getting glowing feedback on how much I get done. I'm not getting more done. But what I am getting done matters more.