Comments on: Working on the Right Things

By: Armistead Legge

Armistead Legge — Sat, 21 May 2011 23:25:02 +0000

Glad to help Ben!
I have tried a lot of these time management strategies and prioritization methods, but they all end up causing me more wasted time than benefit. I'm not saying Johnny's system is bad (I think that guy definitely knows what he's talking about) but for me, I like a slightly simpler method. I may try his method sometime too, but time blocking seems to work pretty well.

Let me know if you get any other cool ideas for time management:)

Armi

By: bsrubin

bsrubin — Sat, 21 May 2011 18:30:03 +0000

Good reminder on time blocking. I've had really good results with Pomodoro in the past – and with this new system prioritizing for me I believe some form of time blocking will be an excellent addition. Adding it back to the list of stuff I'd like to bring to the fore!

By: Armistead Legge

Armistead Legge — Sat, 21 May 2011 05:58:49 +0000

This seems like an awesome, if not slightly complicated goal. As a kid, I have a lot more time than most, but I still have to ruthlessly prioritize all my tasks in order to get things done.

My strategy is as follows:

Make a to-do list in the morning with everything that I need to do that day. Not stuff that can wait.

I do those thing first, but I use a technique I call "time blocking"
It works by setting a specific amount of time to do a task, and then just working on that. It's similar to the Pomodoro method, but more flexible. I pusposely put a few extra things on my to-do list so i just move on to the next thing when I finish with the last.

I also really like the Tim Ferriss method of reminding yourself throughout the day with questions like:

"Is what I'm doing conducive to my goals?"

and

"If the day ended now, would I be satisfied with what I've accomplished?"

This usually works pretty well, and if I start to get really frustrated, I just run sprints or read something and come back later.

Cheers!