So you’ve learnt about the importance Vs urgency matrix, and been blown away by the simplicity of it’s prioritisation method. You’ve promised yourself that you’ll prioritise and schedule the important but not urgent tasks into your week. But wait! ALL…
Do you wish you were less of a push-over? Do you find yourself agreeing to other people’s deadlines and then staying late to do your own stuff? If so, it sounds like you could do with saying “No” a bit…
Do you have too many meetings in your diary and struggle to get things done? Do you feel out of touch with what you’re doing and bounce aimlessly from meeting to meeting? Don’t worry, this is quite common – today’s…
This is a blog for all those people who find it hard to get important stuff done because they get distracted. Distractions are a key barrier to using your time effectively and productively – and this post forms part of…
Are you a procrastinator? Do you sit on tasks when they first come to you, waiting for that magical moment when you’ll know that the time is right to do it? Do you find it hard to commit to completing…
Part two of this blog on prioritisation looks at a very useful matrix – the Importance Vs Urgency matrix. This is an invaluable tool which helps you to prioritise by focussing on important, not urgent activities. if you struggle to…
Being productive has always been important to me, and a key skill that can help you improve your productivity is prioritisation (I think it’s important enough to be Golden Rule #4 in it’s own right…) Prioritisation means dealing with or…
This is the third step in my productivity journey – we’ve already looked at cleaning your inbox, cleaning your calendar – this week I’m looking at creating a ‘clean’ to-do list. How can you know what you need to do…
In step one of my productivity blogs I talked about having a clean inbox, allowing you to focus on your own priorities. This second step looks at focusing on achieving a clean calendar. So what is a clean calendar? For…
This post is step one of my productivity philosophy, which you can follow to help you find more time to concentrate on the things that matter. For the introduction to my philosophy and its golden rules, please visit here. Step…