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This is the core topic of Gary Keller and Jay Papasan's book The ONE Thing : "What's the ONE Thing you can do this week such that by doing it everything else would be easier or unnecessary?"
Once you determine your 1-3 most important tasks, they are scheduled first in your day. You then make progress on essential items before you get bombarded by distractions. You can use this in conjunction with the time blocking method, saving your initial hours for the most important tasks. Email, phone calls, and meetings come later, after you've completed your essential tasks.
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By focusing obsessively on your most important tasks, every day is productive. You never have a day where you waste time on meaningless tasks. Productivity expert James Clear puts it this way :
If you do the most important thing first ea...
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This is a somewhat bizarre scheduling method that only works for a few select people, but if it works for you, you'll achieve uncommon amounts of productivity in a single day.
Most people are monophasic sleepers, mea...
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By focusing obsessively on your most important tasks, every day is productive. You never have a day where you waste time on meaningless tasks. Productivity expert James Clear puts it this way :
If you do the most important thing first ea...
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However, as Klipp noted above, it's possible to accomplish a significant amount in only a few sessions.
Recommended Pomodoro apps :
The human body operates on cycles called "
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Rather than writing out a massive to-do list and trying to get it all done, determine the 1-3 tasks that are absolutely essential and then relentlessly focus on those tasks during the day.
Once you determine your 1-3 most important tasks, they are scheduled first in your day. You the...
When thinking about our workday, we should give every minute a job. This technique is called time blocking.
Most people generally approach their workday with a list of tasks where they fill the time between scheduled meetings and calls reacting to emails. When the mood str...
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