• Identify your hardest, most important task for the day.
• Do your most important task first thing in the morning. Don't put it off for later.

The Time Blocking productivity method compels you to plan your day hour by hour, and prevent multitasking by batching similar tasks together.

The Commitment Inventory productivity method makes us take stock of all our commitments and forces us to take a look at them.

The Eisenhower Matrix system forces us to prioritize important tasks over urgent tasks.

The antidote to chronic overwhelm is accepting that you cannot do it all.

There are some general areas that all of us should prioritize in order to function well and generally make life worthwhile. These areas are:

• Make a habit of gathering all your to-dos in one place - from email, personal tasks like cooking meals, to new ideas for projects. Capture your tasks in a productivity system and add a date when you need to do it.
• Stay focused by eliminating distractions.

Instead of watching the clock, energy management can be used instead of time management. Our positive mood is high in the morning, dips in the afternoon, and rises again in the evening. We can use this information to our advantage and plan for our high-priority work when our mood...

Warren Buffett's "2 List" Strategy focuses on getting rid of the tasks holding you back from your real priorities.