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“Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.” – Zig Ziglar The secret to time management isn’t more time management hacks at all. Here are 3 keys I’ve found: Manage energy not time. Make room for your big rocks. Use anticipation to drive versus react. I often …
Today I helped a colleague clear their inbox. I’ve kept a zero mail inbox for a few years. I forgot this wasn’t common practice until a colleague said to me, “wow, your inbox doesn’t scroll.” I didn’t learn the Zen of the zero mail inbox over night. Don’t Let Email Administration Get in the Way …
“Eight hours work, eight hours sleep, eight hours play, make just and healthy day.” – King Alfred the Great One of the most important lessons at Microsoft was learning the value of a 40 hour work week. I’ve been on time, on budget for 10 years on projects ranging from grass-roots or “best efforts” to …
“When it’s time to die, let us not discover that we have never lived.” — Henry David Thoreau Learn the 7 Habits of Highly Motivated People and you can continuously breathe new life into everything you do. I’ve seen too many people struggling with their motivation, or lose their mojo and wonder how to find …
To Do, Doing, Done is my favorite way to segment a Kanban. It’s where I start. It’s simple and intuitive. Another benefit is that it’s easy to glance at three segments. I’m a fan of “glance and go” vs. “stop and stare.” In the Kanban above, the “To Do” segment has a set of work …
