From the course: Time Management Tips: Scheduling
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Plan quarterly to improve productivity
From the course: Time Management Tips: Scheduling
Plan quarterly to improve productivity
- Occasionally people are surprised when they find that I don't recommend that you do planning on a daily or weekly basis. Part of the reason for that is that I recommend that you're processing consistently weekly. That means that you're taking all the items that you have to deal with and deciding what, when, where. If you're doing that, if you're processing on a consistent basis, your schedule is probably already full. At least a couple of weeks out if not a month or two. So does that mean that planning as no value at all? Well I believe that it has value if we do it in the bigger picture. For instance, quarterly. That means that every three months we want to sit down and establish the new things that we're going to accomplish, make commitments to them, and then schedule some time to work on it in our calendar. So step one of this quarterly planning session is to review our targets for the quarter. A target is something…
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Replace to-do lists with a schedule3m 21s
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Efficiently setting appointments with others2m 58s
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Setting achievable expectations1m 57s
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Plan projects with many steps2m 35s
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Planning to free up time3m 3s
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Estimating task length2m 33s
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How to schedule a meeting3m 35s
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How to help others keep appointments with you2m 37s
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What to do when appointments are cancelled3m 23s
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Plan quarterly to improve productivity2m 28s
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Make time to have fun2m 49s
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Create a nightly ritual for sleep2m 31s
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Prioritize learning opportunities3m 8s
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Explore the weekly planning session2m 16s
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Yearly planning to support goals2m 44s
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What to do when major life events occur1m 51s
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