Join Dave Crenshaw for an in-depth discussion in this video Organizing and using stacking trays, part of Time Management Tips Weekly.
- Occasionally, people reach out to me with questions…about my Time Management Fundamentals course…here on the Library.…The most popular question is,…"What should I do with stacking trays?"…I recommend that people who go through that course…have a variety of supplies on hand,…one of them being a set of about six plastic stacking trays.…What are we supposed to do with these things?…In short, stacking trays are for creating homes.…Homes are the resting place for things…after you process them.…
Homes are different…than what I refer to as a gathering point,…which is a place where unresolved, unprocessed items go.…In other words, you take something out of a gathering point,…you process it, and then, if you need to keep it,…put it into a home.…A home can be anything like a filing cabinet…or a Tupperware container or stacking trays.…Personally, I have four stacking trays that I use.…I have the luxury of working in a home office.…
So my first stacking tray is for my wife.…When I'm processing,…any time something pops up that I need to give to her,…
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Dave Crenshaw
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6/18/2018Released
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 5s
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Time management for students2m 59s
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The trouble with texting3m 48s
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