I had feedback on my last post - See Do Time Management System. I was reminded that this can simply allow someone to spend their time doing busy work and never get to the important tasks.
Earlier I wrote a post on Good Procrastination. See Do meshes with that.
Mostly what I was trying to inspire is good habits when there were NOT other more important things to do. Inspire good habits even when you are tired and would otherwise waste time.
So - how to avoid this trap?
1 - Know your priorities and set specific times and places where you deal only with those things. At those times - no See Do.
2 - When I am busy, I only See Do things I can do in 10 seconds or less. If I am less busy, I might do 2 minute task. So limiting and leaving things that take longer is one technique.
3 - Clean an area. I used to move everything to my credenza (behind my desk) so they were not screaming "do me - do me".
4 - Have a To Do list. One way to keep things from cluttering the mind is to write them down. So sometimes rather than See Do, it is See and add to the To Do list.
Other ideas?
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I was in a board meeting recently and a the topic of starting a new initiative came up. Companies always need to have new initiatives or they will fade long term. So there was an idea and appropriately, it was raised "who wants to champion this".
The point was made - No Who - No Do. Every new initiative needs a passionate champion to move things forward.
The Time Management equivalent of this could be No When - No Do. Projects move forward when there is a specific time set to do the project.
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My brother Lyle and I both have Fitbit's. He mentioned it is genius to use the power of peer pressure to get people to be healthy. That works well for Lyle and I since we are both naturally competitive. Too bad he cannot keep up with me.
Speaking of Lyle, he is a successful author (or storyteller). He is doing an event in Brooklyn on Slow Money on March 20th from 6 to 8 PM.
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Earlier I wrote a post on Good Procrastination. See Do meshes with that.
Mostly what I was trying to inspire is good habits when there were NOT other more important things to do. Inspire good habits even when you are tired and would otherwise waste time.
So - how to avoid this trap?
1 - Know your priorities and set specific times and places where you deal only with those things. At those times - no See Do.
2 - When I am busy, I only See Do things I can do in 10 seconds or less. If I am less busy, I might do 2 minute task. So limiting and leaving things that take longer is one technique.
3 - Clean an area. I used to move everything to my credenza (behind my desk) so they were not screaming "do me - do me".
4 - Have a To Do list. One way to keep things from cluttering the mind is to write them down. So sometimes rather than See Do, it is See and add to the To Do list.
Other ideas?
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
I was in a board meeting recently and a the topic of starting a new initiative came up. Companies always need to have new initiatives or they will fade long term. So there was an idea and appropriately, it was raised "who wants to champion this".
The point was made - No Who - No Do. Every new initiative needs a passionate champion to move things forward.
The Time Management equivalent of this could be No When - No Do. Projects move forward when there is a specific time set to do the project.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
My brother Lyle and I both have Fitbit's. He mentioned it is genius to use the power of peer pressure to get people to be healthy. That works well for Lyle and I since we are both naturally competitive. Too bad he cannot keep up with me.
Speaking of Lyle, he is a successful author (or storyteller). He is doing an event in Brooklyn on Slow Money on March 20th from 6 to 8 PM.
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