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Why rest and recovery are important
One size does not fit all
These time-management tools assume a lot of things about the environment where they are used and the individual personalities of people who use them.
- Some people have a better awareness of how much time they will spend on a particular task.
- Others are very prone to be optimistic when ‘budgeting' their time.
- Some prefer to do one thing at a time, while others feel comfortable multi-tasking.
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No holy grail
Bear in mind that productivity is not an endless race, just a tool with limits.
Experiment often, as finding an approach that fits your personality and habits can be hard.
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Balancing act
Back when more people worked in factories, laborers did not have to deal with time management. At the assembly line, time was managed for you.
Freedom comes with responsibility: you have to think a lot more about how you manage your time.
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Take control of your life
You are going to die – and this is a crucial fact for time management that is very often neglected.
Time management tools should allow you to take control of your life, and then structure your work around it – not the other way around.
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Created by software developers
Many of these time-management tools are made by a very particular group of people: software developers. “We always want to solve a problem we have ourselves." Unsurprisingly, tech workers are among these tools’ biggest enthusiasts.
Many of the most popular apps and techniques evolved this w...
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Uncritical Productivity
Pursuing productivity for its own sake is counter-productive.
Most people feel able to complete more tasks when they start using time-management tools, but they don’t bear in mind that they can’t keep increasing their productivity forever, and they commit to more and more. In a few ...
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Time-management tools
They offer the promise that you would gain certain control over your life, but there's no guarantee it will work.
When it fails to work, most people try another app or another technique. The available evidence suggests these tools and strategies work for some people in some settings, but n...
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It's not a personality thing
- Some people think that the less conscientious tend to run late, but research doesn't back that up.
- Some think optimistic people might not consider potential delays. Again, little research to confirm this.
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People Actually Say What They Mean
Some spend a lot of time going back through their conversations of the day to find some type of hidden meaning in them. Even if someone was very direct, they assume they meant something else.
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Choosing The Obvious Way
When you examine case studies of people with major accomplishments, you might expect some involved technique they used that others were not smart enough to notice. But often, they only did the real thing.
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