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07-09-07

Here Is The Secret To Getting 10 Hours Of Work Done In One.

Ok, well I really don’t have the solution for that.  If I did, I suppose I could bottle it and make a ton of money!  As I have been working today on a bunch of clients sites and tasks, I was thinking of something that I do (in regards to time management) that really makes working on multiple projects/tasks much easier on a day to day basis.

Proper time management plan - you can break down (on a whiteboard above your computer monitor) your series of duties on a daily basis.  On Monday I need to accomplish A, B and C for client A, B and C, and so on for each day of the week you plan on working.  You can break this down into days, and even how many hours you are willing to spend on each task.

If you are needing help with time mangement for marketing a site, you can use the same method, just break it down with marketing tasks/day;  How much time will be spend on blogging, finding links, writing content etc. … and whatever the tasks are.  If you get into this habbit you will no longer be overwhelmed, and will accomplish more then you ever thought possible!

But I am serious about the white board.  Go to Office Depot today and buy one.  Stick it up in your office right in front of you.  Lay out your day to day tasks as I have suggested and you will be suprised how much more productive you will be.

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Posted in Personal // (3 Comments) +
Dan,

I’ll second what you’ve said here. I started doing this a few months ago and I get a lot more done than I ever did before. Granted, I still have my off weeks, but I have more on than off these days. Thanks for the tip!

San Diego SEO,

Good title. You really can do work much faster if you follow the above. Time Management for some people is harder than the job they are paid to do

Austin WebKing - Web Design & SEO,

Very true - this is definitely the essence of time management. In addition, another useful practice for me is to categorize each task to determine when it will get done. There is a common grid which groups tasks based on urgency and importance. (Here’s a link to one) We often find we spend a lot of time working on things we think are both urgent and important (and instant communication has accelerated the impression of urgent). But, by categorizing, I’ve found that I’m prioritizing what’s really urgent, then spending more time on what’s important second to that. Then I go outside, because if it’s neither important nor urgent, I do it after I focus on me (if at all). ;-)

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