- Plan
- daily routine around important tasks.
- Review
- to-do list throughout the day
- tomorrow’s agenda before you leave.
- Monitor
- time spent on low priority items (e.g. reading the mail, answering
email, talking on the phone)
- time spent on the most important tasks.
- Don’t
- just react to events as they occur. Take a pro-active approach to your day
- use routine interruptions, e.g. the arrival of the mail etc., as an
excuse to avoid important tasks
- ignore little problems; they may become big ones.
- Do
- allow time for unexpected problems and essential interruptions
- allow more time than you think you’ll need for each task
- set aside time by yourself to work on major projects whenever
necessary.
Do it or delegate it. File it or throw it out.