Getting Organized

Kevin Day, February 9th, 2009

I just stumbled on Randy Pausch’s Time Management lecture from November, 2007.  He didn’t present anything overly unique, but his overall presentation style and credibility made me think twice about my own organization.  He not only knew of a lot of small productivity tricks, but I got the impression that he stuck to them very well.

Some of the highlights:

• Plan
• Organize your paper files
• Have a to-do list ordered by importance
• Do the to-do items that are important, regardless of when they are due (don’t do the unimportant ones)
• Inbox zero
• Make a schedule that fits your naturally productive times
• Write thank-you cards
• Completely clean your desk except for the one thing you’re currently working on
• Track your time
• Kill your TV

I’m doing a couple of these I’m doing already, but there’s a lot more I can improve upon.  I think just seeing him as an example of how successful one can be is enough inspiration to get more organized.

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