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What is Monkey Management? How to Deal with a Monkey on Your Back
Do you ever find yourself taking on other people's work, and then finding it's like having a monkey on your back? What you need to learn about is Monkey Management. And that's the topic of this video.
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Activity Log: Logging Your Time and Activities
Don’t know where your time goes? The first step is to keep an eye on it. And that means keeping an activity log - a record of how you use your time. What gets measured, gets managed!
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To Do List and 7 Other Time Management Lists You Should Use Instead
To Do lists are a rubbish way of getting things done. But the idea of a well-formed list is a good one. So, I explain why To Do lists are toxic and recommend 7 other lists you should be using instead.
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Prioritization: Understand Urgent and Important
Some things are important. And there are things that are merely urgent. To properly prioritize your work and be fully productive, you need to be able to understand the distinction between urgent and important.
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How to Clear a Backlog - The 4 Rs Method
We all get behind from time to time. This creates a backlog of stuff you need to do. It may be a pile of papers you have to read, or bills to pay, or forms to fill. Perhaps it’s an email inbox full of unanswered (or unread) emails. Or it...
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How to Handle Overload: When Time Management is Not Enough
What do you do when you objectively have too much to do in the time available? This is overload. We'll look at the techniques to use when you are overloaded.
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How to Say NO: Noble Objection - the Ultimate in Time Management
What do you do when all other time management methods fail you? You have too much to do. You need to say 'no'. You need to make a Noble Objection. But it's not so simple. So, I'll show you how to say NO properly - and make it a positive...
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How to Handle Interruptions and Distractions
You think you're on schedule. And you would be... if it weren't for interruptions and distractions Let's look at how to handle being interrupted.
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Eating Frogs: A Solution to Procrastination
Eating Frogs is a tried and trustworthy method to deal with chronic procrastination. If you are constantly putting off a job you really don't fancy - but it needs to be done - eating frogs is the method for you.
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What is the Pomodoro Technique? Working in Sprints
You have to love Francesco Cirillo’s Pomodoro Technique. It’s the boldness and simplicity of this great little time management tool!
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How Does the Getting Things Done Time Management Method Work?
Getting Things Done (GTD) is probably the most famous proprietory time management method. It was developed by David Allen. It's simple to explain and complex to implement well. For some people, GTD works like a dream. Others find it to...
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What is the Autofocus Time Management Method? And How Does it Work?
Mark Forster's Autofocus Technique for personal time management is as little known as David Allen's Getting Things Done is well-known. But if you are after a personal productivity system, check this out.
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What is the Chain Method of Time Management? And How Does it Work?
The Chain Method was reportedly described by comedian Jerry Seinfeld to web developer and stand-up comedian, Brad Isaac. Seinfeld used the Chain Method to motivate himself to find time to write new material every day.
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How to Use the Kanban Method for Time Management
Kanban started life as an inventory control system at Toyota in the 1950s. It was part of the Toyota Production System, developed by Taiichi Ohno to support ‘Just in Time’ manufacturing. Now, Kanban is a widely-used approach to plan and...
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What is Strategic Time Management? ...and How?
‘People are our most valuable asset’ they say. But, in truth, you can replace them. But you can't replace time. When it’s gone, it’s gone forever. Strategic Time Management treats time as the strategic asset it really is.
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Wellbeing: What to do to Increase Your Productivity
You cannot work effectively and be highly productive if you are not well. So your wellbeing is vital to your personal productivity. In this video, we will look at the four essential components of your wellbeing and how they aid you in...
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Milestones and Deadlines for Self-Motivation and Greater Productivity
How do you motivate yourself to be productive and get things done? Milestones and deadlines are great motivators. And they work in slightly different ways. So, to understand self-motivation with milestones and deadlines, take a look at...
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Three Types of Procrastination... and Why 2 are Good
Everyone knows what procrastination is: It’s when we put off things that seem difficult or unpleasant. But there's more to procrastination than that. And not all forms of procrastination are bad.
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Special Time: and How to Use it to Work Effectively
If you want to work effectively and be as productive as possible, you need to use the Special Time you have available to its fullest. So, in this video, let's look at what Special Time is, and the five types of special time you can use.
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Prioritization with the Pareto Principle - the 80-20 Rule
Deciding what is important can be bewildering when you have too much choice. You need to prioritize. And a simple tool is the 80-20 Rule - properly known as the Pareto Principle.
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The Power of Habits: Productivity through Effective Working
If you want to improve your productivity, the first thing you need is the right habits: productive habits. So, this first video in our course on personal productivity is about just that. Effective working by cultivating the right habits....
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Organization: How to Enhance Your Productivity by Being Organized
Being organized is one of the keys to great productivity. You may think organization is dull, but it saves you wasting time finding what you need. So, it's a great investment. Effective working means rapid access to resources, tools, and...
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Use your Energy Cycles for More Effective Working and Greater Productivity
We all have times when our energy levels are high. And others when we are feeling dull and slow. These are your energy cycles. And knowing what your energy cycle is can help you to plan and use your time most effectively.
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Failure of Multitasking: The Multitasking Myth
Multitasking is doing more than one thing at a time. Multitasking is a poor choice at best, and a disastrous one at worst. In this video, we look at three things: 1. What multitasking is 2. Why it doesn't work well 3. If you must...