Here are the notes I made from this chapter:
Electric calendar x paper calendar on a Sunday night = organised heaven.
To Do Table rather than a To Do List
Quick Ticks | Tasks | Projects
Batch these tasks together and time block them into your daily plan.
Decide what to do before the working day starts using the Eisenhower Method.
Urgent & Important - DO NOW!
Not Urgent & Important - Schedule
Not Important but Urgent - Delegate
Neither - forget it!
Productivity tips I think will help me:
Take breaks
Tidy workspace
2 minute rule - just do it now if appropriate
Commit to a task, don't multitask
Do the To Do Table the night before/before work starts
Rituals are concious decisions to do something
Habits are subconcious actions
Combined they make our ROUTINE.
I will commit to doing the following steps BEFORE I start my working day:
I will put my to dos into the Eisenhower Method table to focus on what needs doing TODAY.
Then changing my overwhelming to do list into a to do table so I can batch today's tasks.
I will time block the tasks in my calendar.
I will use the Pomodoro technique & keep my phone off my desk.
