Be regular and orderly in your life, so you may be violent and
original in your work. Gustave Flaubert Alton Brown Organization
will set you free!
Tip #1: Time is Precious! Use it wisely.
Where does your time go? Find out!
Tip #2: Design Your Life!
What is Order? DBAFGCE BGFCEAD ABCDEFG ECABDGF
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.
Can you concentrate here?
A workbench is for working not for storage!
A place for everything, and everything in its place
Tidy drawers. Why wouldnt you?
File Cabinet Alphabetize it!
Tip #3 Make rivers to your inbox
The inbox has many tributaries
Dont do this
Tip #4: Your memory sucks! Make lists! To Do List Shopping List
Stuff to check out List Maybe Someday List Tickle File
Tickle file - 52 Folders
Tip #5: Use a calendar!
Tip #6: Make time for your to do list! That means put it on
your calendar!
But which task to do? Do the obviously urgent ones Do the ones
you are excited about Then pick at random
http://www.random.org/
Tip #7: Make all tasks bite sized
Tip #8: Public Deadlines are the Best Motivation
Tip #9: 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 Say NO whenever you can
Tip #10: Consider a Uniform
Tip #11: Sleep is arithmetical Day Monday Tuesday Wednesday
Thursday Friday Saturday Hours 7.5 6.5 5 7.5 10 8.5 Debt 0 1 3.5
3.5 1 0
Tip #12: Caffeine is a Sometimes Food
Questions? Tip #1: Time is Precious! Use it Wisely. 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:
Public Deadlines are the Best Motivation Tip #9: Avoid
Interruptions and Rat Holes Tip #10: Consider a Uniform Tip #11:
Sleep is Arithmetical Tip #12: Caffeine is a Sometimes Food