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By: Achieve more - Find your Natural Rhythm

Achieve more - Find your Natural Rhythm — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:17:39 +0000

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By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:56:51 +0000

Tasha –

Thanks for your first comment on LOL. Working in a very reactive environment is a challenge as it easily distracts our focus. Having a skeleton plan for the day can help us to get back on track once our attention has been diverted. I sometimes find myself running around with my hair on fire during the day. Going back to my list and starting from where I left off gets me back into the zone and regains focus. Adding the new tasks created by clients and staff to your master task list will help to see them in context and prioritize them. Good luck with applying this and please keep reading and sharing this.

Phil

By: Tasha

Tasha — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 05:00:11 +0000

Hi Phil, this is great and I”m going to give it a go. My challenge will be that I work in a highly reactive role with a large number of staff and clients who can ‘hijack’ my plans at any given moment. To date I’ve really focussed on using this type of planning for between 8am – 10am and then from 3pm on to leave time for proactive and reactive interaction with staff and clients. This work somewhat. The thing that gets bumped is usually ‘me’ stuff so I’m going to try and put that into a plan. Thank you for inspiring me! Now my husband is the procrastinator so I’m going to send him a copy!!

By: Phil

Phil — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:08:42 +0000

Ines – Thanks for some great feedback. Your observation about removing regret over those “phantom” tasks that buzz around our head is spot on. This way, everything goes down on paper instead and can be dealt with calmly. Please keep reading and commenting on the blog and stay focused.

Phil

By: Ines

Ines — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:31:01 +0000

Phil – I totally agree with you. I’ve been planning my tasks in detail for quite some time and I find it very helpful. Even when I can’t finish the things I had planned to do, at least I can figure out exactly where in the day I’ve “wasted” my time, and I can use it as an input for next day tasks. Besides, I don’t spend time with the feeling that there was something I should have done and not remembering what it was.
Congratulations on your blog.
Ines

By: Phil

Phil — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:49:04 +0000

Carly – thanks for giving this a go. Its amazing how sometimes things we didn’t expect can make a difference. I think in life giving things a try is often the best approach. I like the structured day, because it removes the need to overthink and takes out time pressure too. Really appreciate your comment

Phil

By: Carly

Carly — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:06:21 +0000

Hi Phil,
Thanks so much for the great post. I will admit, I’m a go-with-the-flow kinda person (in other words, I can’t focus for very long!) However, I did indeed try this method of planning out your day in detail. AND IT WORKED! The key for me was putting in all the personal things I wanted to do in the day as well such as showering, putting in a load of laundry, etc. This helped me balance those work from home distractions with the most important work things I had to get done.

Thanks for the great tip! I’ll keep you posted on how it goes.

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:49:14 +0000

Amit –

Thanks for your comment – definitely give this a go for one day with a detailed plan. This technique takes away the brain’s desire to start playing games and slowing us down – we can just focus on what is happening in the now and systematically move through the day with focus. Drop me a comment and let me know how it goes.

Cheers!

Phil

By: Amit Sodha - The Power Of Choice

Amit Sodha - The Power Of Choice — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:13:36 +0000

Hi Phil,

I’ve never thought about planning out my day in detail. I do think about tasks more generally speaking but never in such detail. I do find though that I can wake up when I tell myself to. E.g. if I say the night before I want to wake up at 8am I will.

I may have to give the unorthodox technique a go!
Amit Sodha – The Power Of Choice´s last blog ..Honouring People And Cultures With Language Skills

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