Time Management and Organization tips

1. Time Management
or…
Organization: You kin haz it

2. What do you want to know?

4. Organization
will set you
free!

5. Tip #1: Time is Precious!

6. Tip #2: Design Your Life!

7. The Nature of Order

8. Mind Like Water
A mental and
emotional state in
which your head is
clear, able to create
and respond
freely, unencumbered
with distractions and
split focus.

9. Can you
concentrate
here?

10. A workbench is for working … not for
storage!

11. A place for everything,
and everything in its place

16. Tidy drawers. Why wouldn’t you?

20. File Cabinet – Alphabetize it!

21. Tip #3 – Make rivers to your inbox

23. The inbox has many tributaries

27. Tip #4: Your memory sucks!
Make lists!
• To Do List
• Shopping List
• Stuff to check out List
• Maybe Someday List
• Tickle File

28. Tickle file - 52 Folders

30. Tip #5: Use a calendar!

31. Tip #6: Make time for your to do list!
• That means – put it on your calendar!

32. Tip #7: Make all tasks bite sized

33. Tip 8: Avoid interruptions and rat holes
• Design for flow! (2-3 hour chunks of work)
• Read email ONLY at email time
• If you can deal with an email in 2 minutes, do it!
If not:
– To do list it! or…
– Put it on “stuff to check out”
• When working, turn your
phone off!
• Never “just check” Facebook
• “Time box” your meetings

35. Tip #9: Sleep is arithmetical
• Day Hours Debt
• Monday 7.5 0
• Tuesday 6.5 1
• Wednesday 5 3.5
• Thursday 7.5 3.5
• Friday 10 1
• Saturday 8.5 0

37. Questions?
• Tip #1: Time is Precious
• Tip #2: Design Your Life
• Tip #3: Make Rivers to your Inbox
• Tip #4: Your Memory Sucks – Make Lists
• Tip #5: Use a Calendar
• Tip #6: Make Time for your To Do List
• Tip #7: Make All Tasks Bite Sized
• Tip #8: Avoid Interruptions and Rat Holes
• Tip #9: Sleep is Arithmetical