The main secret of why you do not catch on time management

You are no longer trying to organize, read books on time management? You throw and start again?

In this article — the main problem that you all the time interfered with. It is easy to win!

Time management rules!

He distinguishes you from among colleagues and competitors. Because around carelessness, routine and chaos. The man befriended time management, fires as soon as the cannon.

This I know from my own.

I see that my efficiency has increased at least 10 times. This is no exaggeration.

For example, here's what I did in 5 months 2014:

• I traveled in Thailand for 3 months with his wife and daughter.
• I read 31 books (13 of them did surveys).
• He wrote 84 articles (for your blog and Layfhakera).
• Took 3 big interview (Mann, Levitas, Tetervak).
• Record more video course on time management.
• 2 launched other major projects.

I'm not bragging. I'm just amazed at his own productivity. And I have something to compare ...

When I look back on my life from 16 to 27 years, I do not care you want. It's disgusting to realize how inept I have spent my time. The same books I read a year on average... well... 5-6 ...

Know komments.

But I... But why not "gone" do you have?

Let's deal ...

Time management — it is difficult?

You see, for example, the classical (brilliant) book by David Allen's GTD - GettingThingsDone. It is written by a monstrous bureaucratic language. For example, page 34:

Provided that the priority action takes less than two minutes, it should make as soon as you have got the appropriate item from the basket. If you need just a quick reading of the note will take thirty seconds, and then up to you positive / negative or other response to be pasted on the reverse side and send it back, it should be given immediately.

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Even if the problem is not a priority, tackle it immediately, if at all, are going to solve it. The reason why the interval limit is two minutes, that takes about as much saving and sorting document, if you are not going to immediately put an end to the problem: in other words, when a gap length is achieved maximum the pace of work.

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Nothing needs to be monitored in the course of fulfillment of priority actions - they just need to execute. However, if you do something and it's not the last step needed to complete the project, you need to figure out what the next step, and evaluate it on a similar criterion. David Allen

So wrote the whole book!

A person who begins to study the GTD system, go crazy! His brain will emerge on the pages of this book!

It's a shame, because in the time management is no big deal. Nothing that would not have understood ninth grade.

Yes, many leave at this stage, but it is not the main reason.

And the main reason — fiddly

Uncomfortable?

Yeah. That's all. You were not able to conveniently customize your time management.

Lying on the couch and watching football — it is very comfortable. You only need to go to the store for beer, to take control in your hand and press the button. Very comfortably!

So, the first important point: the system of time management should be comfortable.

Why can not plan on paper?

Going back to David Allen and the GTD, we see how he was suffering, he lays out the case for 42 daddy (30 days + 12 months), shove them in some box and so on. D.

At a time when Allen was just beginning to come up with a system that really had so perverted. No wonder that time management was uncomfortable.

convenient system — what is it?

• Transparent.
• Fast.
• Automatic.
• All features are available in a couple of clicks.

Now it's elementary, my friends!

We have smart phones. We have computers. Simple, comfortable and at the same time powerful.

We have a cloud-based technologies that allow access to our projects, tasks, all-all the information in a couple of Taps.

I resent when today's young people, hung with the latest devices, take out the crumpled piece of paper, a pencil and start to paint these lists.

This is ridiculous. And shame.

It is a shame to the people who suffered from these Daddy nakleechka 30 years ago.

The second important point: the planning system should be electronic.

I will give a few tips clarifying ...

Tip number 1: Watch out for irregularities

Convenience — 100%! In the event of the slightest roughness, the slightest inconvenience, you must immediately stop and think.

How to fix it? How to configure it?

If you are not comfortable to enter the problem, you should think about how to simplify the input of tasks (for example, I do it mainly with recorder — it's more comfortable for me).

If you are over 0.1 seconds you can not understand the essence of the problem — then you do not know how to articulate the problem.

And so on…

Tip number 2: Keep track of failures

The task that you "like" set, gone? You must be sure to uncover why this happened!

The planning system must be reliable. So you can have complete trust.

It is absolutely necessary. If you do not trust your system time management, so you can never relax. You will continue to keep all things in my head!

Tip number 3: Experiment!

Your program planner should you like the look.

Someone Give 'nyashnye "soft colors, plush buttons. And someone closer strict interfaces with right angles, classic in the style of Windows 98 (yeah, I like that!).

Program planners are now bulk. Select the program that you would be a pleasure to work.

And for this purpose on the screen should not be ...

…nothing extra!

Tip number 4: lick your planner

Electronic scheduler can be set up and paint as your heart desires.

Basic errors:

• Extra visual information.
• Unnecessary functions buttons.
• The tasks are similar to each other.
• Do not use colors and different fonts for different types of tasks.
• Frequent actions made many clicks (do not use hot keys, gestures, and so on. D.).

In general, you understand — the system must be polished before losing momentum.

in total

If you run your diary through force, they say, should, Petya, collect, write down things, — it just will not work. You quit. Sooner or later.

Planning should be as easy as breathing or scratch your ass.

The main secret — CONVENIENCE.

A convenient system can only be digital. Only electronic planners!

Enough to plan on a piece of paper!

Leave it to her grandmother.

Write in the comments!

Why do you not take root time management? Whether it was due to the inconvenience?