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“People want a predictable response, not an immediate response.”
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it doesn’t matter how skilled you are if procrastination keeps you from getting your work done
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The ability to quickly process and synthesize information and turn it into actions is one of the most emergent skills of the professional world today
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Admit multitasking is bad.
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Do the most important thing first
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Organize your to-do list every day
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Dare to be slow
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For people who didn’t grow up watching TV, typing out instant messages and doing homework all at the same time, multitasking is deadly
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even if you can’t get the whole thing done in an hour, you’ll be much more likely to go back to it once you’ve gotten it started.
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Each person has a best time
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you can differentiate yourself by your ability to handle information and manage your time
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This is a great idea because even if you can’t get the whole thing done in an hour, you’ll be much more likely to go back to it once you’ve gotten it started.
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e, someone who is doing the highest priority task is probably not answering incoming email while they’re doing it
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3. Do the most important thing first.
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This is a great idea because even if you can’t get the whole thing done in an hour, you’ll be much more likely to go back to it once you’ve gotten it started
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I try to break own my projects into chunks, so I am not overwhelmed by them.”
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Remember that a good time manager actually responds to some things more slowly than a bad time manager would. For example, someone who is doing the highest priority task is probably not answering incoming email while they’re doing it. As Markovitz writes: “Obviously there are more important tasks than processing email. Intuitively, we all know this. What we need to do now is recognize that processing one’s work (evaluating what’s come in and how to handle it) and planning one’s work are also mission-critical tasks.”
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29 Sep 13
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Time management is one of those skills no one teaches you in school but you have to learn. It doesn’t matter how smart you are if you can’t organize information well enough to take it in.
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If the message needs more thought, move it to your to-do list. If it’s for reference, print it out. If it’s a meeting, move it to your calendar.
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One thing young people are really good at is only touching things once.
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Take action on an email as soon as you read i
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multitasking is bad.
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watching TV, typing out instant messages and doing homework all at the same time
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she spends an hour on the most important thing on her to-d
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you’ll be much more likely to go back to it once you’ve gotten it started.
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organize the night before so when you sit down to work you already know what your most important task of the day is.
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Check your email on a schedule.
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ust because someone can contact you immediately does not mean that you have to respond to them immediately,
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as long as people know how long to expect an answer to take, and they know how to reach you in an emergency, you can answer most types of email just a few times a day
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People want a predictable response, not an immediate response.
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Use book marking servic
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s like del.icio
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.us to keep track of web sites.
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I try to break own my projects into chunks, so I am not overwhelmed by them
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Organize your to-do list every day.
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If you don’t know what you should be doing, how can you manage your time to do it?
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processing one’s work
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nd planning one’s work are also mission-critical tasks.”
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Lexy MartinWhat helps you be productive?
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you have to learn
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Time management
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Careers are made or broken by the soft skills that make you able to hand a very large workload
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Don’t leave email sitting in your in box
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Organize email in file folders
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spends an hour on the most important thing on her to-do list
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Use book marking services
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I try to schedule things so that I work in the morning, when I am the most productive.
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We don’t have problems finishing projects, we have problems starting them
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“make a shallow on-ramp
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break own my projects into chunks
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Some people like writing this list out by hand because it shows commitment to each item if you are willing to rewrite it each day until it gets done.
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processing one’s work
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planning one’s work
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