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Time management strategies

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lykaon78

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I really have a hard time keeping track of all the crap this goes on at work. Basically, I over extend myself, then forget things. It comes down to time management.

I've tried a Franklin planner with no success. Years ago I tried a Palm.

Currently I'm using the Outlook calender, tasks, and email flags to try keep some reasonable sense of things.

Anyone have any suggestions that have worked for them?

 
i just make lists on stickys or note cards

i cross stuff off when i do it, when i finish the list, i make a new list

if i need to re prioritize , i make a new list
 
Originally posted by: lykaon78
I really have a hard time keeping track of all the crap this goes on at work. Basically, I over extend myself, then forget things. It comes down to time management.

I've tried a Franklin planner with no success. Years ago I tried a Palm.

Currently I'm using the Outlook calender, tasks, and email flags to try keep some reasonable sense of things.

Anyone have any suggestions that have worked for them?
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Can you give us some idea of what you do?

MotionMan
 
Nothing works better than a prioritized notecard. When you write things (some people) remember it much easier. Then just cross it off when you do it, like someone else suggested.
 
MotionMan - I manage people at a financial services company. I also do a lot of data mining with Microsoft Access - mostly productivity, auditing and trending reports.

So people ask for data all the time and usually other things get in the way and I forget.
 
Originally posted by: lykaon78
MotionMan - I manage people at a financial services company. I also do a lot of data mining with Microsoft Access - mostly productivity, auditing and trending reports.

So people ask for data all the time and usually other things get in the way and I forget.
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Easy - tell everyone that they can request information verbally, but if they really want to be sure, they should send it to you via e-mail and set up a folder for all your pending requests.

Also, you can e-mail your tasks to yourself and keep those in that folder as well.

They even get prioritized by date!

MotionMan
 
Try David Seah's Task Order Up Printable Planner. It somewhat mimics the system that cooks use to organize and prioritize multiple food orders. It's very neat. I used the system for a while when I was working on many different tasks. My work is a lot more linear at the moment, so I'm not using as much.

BTW David Seah is a graphic designer who blogs a great deal about time management and productivity. You might want to check out his blog for more inspiration: www.davidseah.com
 
Originally posted by: MotionMan
Originally posted by: lykaon78
MotionMan - I manage people at a financial services company. I also do a lot of data mining with Microsoft Access - mostly productivity, auditing and trending reports.

So people ask for data all the time and usually other things get in the way and I forget.
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Easy - tell everyone that they can request information verbally, but if they really want to be sure, they should send it to you via e-mail and set up a folder for all your pending requests.

Also, you can e-mail your tasks to yourself and keep those in that folder as well.

They even get prioritized by date!

MotionMan
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MM has it. Get them to only submit requests through email so you always have it...keep the pending ones in a seperate folder and move them into a finished folder when completed.
 
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