- There’s always time. Time is priorities.
- Days always fill up. Only plan for 4-5 hours of real work per day.
- Work more when you’re in the zone. Relax when you’re not.
- Respect your time and make it respected.
- Stop multi-tasking. It merely kills your focus.
- Set up a work routine and stick to it. Your body will adapt.
- We’re always more focused and productive with limited time.
- Work is the best way to get working. Start with short tasks to get the ball rolling.
- Work iteratively. Expectations to do things perfectly are stifling.
- More work hours doesn’t mean more productivity. Use constraints as opportunities.
- Separate brainless and strategic tasks to become more productive.
- Organize meetings early during the day. Time leading up to an event is often wasted.
- Group meetings and communication (email or phone) to create blocks of uninterrupted work.
- Keep the same context throughout the day. Switching between projects/clients is unproductive.
- Work around procrastination. Procrastinate between intense sprints of work (Pomodoro Technique).
- Break the unreasonable down into little reasonable chunks. A big goal is only achieved when every little thing that you do everyday gets you closer to that goal.
- No two tasks ever hold the same importance. Always prioritize. Be really careful with to-do lists.
- Always know the one thing you really need to get done during the day.
- Break tasks into hour increments. Long tasks are hard to get into; feels like it all needs to get done.
- Delegate and learn to make use of other people.
- Turn the page on yesterday. Only ever think about today and tomorrow.
- Set deadlines for everything. Don’t let tasks go on indefinitely.
- Set end dates for intense or stressful activities. Everything ends at some point.
- Always take notes.
- Write down anything that distracts you. The point is, if you write them down, they’ll stop bubbling up when you’re in the zone.
- Take breaks. Sometimes.
* Source: SlideShare – 26 Time Management Hacks I Wish I’d Known at 20