Structured procrastination

The idea behind the technique is that the timer instills a sense of urgency. Rather than feeling like you have endless time in the workday to get things done and then ultimately squandering those precious work hours on distractions, you know you only have 25 minutes to make as much p...

1. Chouse one important task. I'd call it the main goal of the day. A huge important task that would also take the majority of your time.
2. Choose at most three mideum tasks, things that you should also get done but are not quite as important as the main ...

• Use project to-do lists to outline every step involved in a particular project.
• Shrink relatively unimportant tasks to the bare minimum required for getting them done. 
• Try “last things first.” Sometimes the typical final steps in a task are easier to sta...