Comments on: An 18-Minute Plan for Managing Your Day http://www.davemadethat.com/2009/08/12/an-18-minute-plan-for-managing-your-day/ Digital Marketing and Social Media Strategy Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Cintron http://www.davemadethat.com/2009/08/12/an-18-minute-plan-for-managing-your-day/#comment-3149 David Cintron Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:40:22 +0000 http://www.davemadethat.com/?p=2739#comment-3149 I do all my planning on my Palm Pilot. It's like a personal digital assistant. I do all my planning on my Palm Pilot. It's like a personal digital assistant.

]]> By: David Cintron http://www.davemadethat.com/2009/08/12/an-18-minute-plan-for-managing-your-day/#comment-2603 David Cintron Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:40:22 +0000 http://www.davemadethat.com/?p=2739#comment-2603 I do all my planning on my Palm Pilot. It's like a personal digital assistant. I do all my planning on my Palm Pilot. It's like a personal digital assistant.

]]> By: This Is Your Chance For Change… | Hostwell Blog http://www.davemadethat.com/2009/08/12/an-18-minute-plan-for-managing-your-day/#comment-2597 This Is Your Chance For Change… | Hostwell Blog Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:02:34 +0000 http://www.davemadethat.com/?p=2739#comment-2597 [...] Dave Delaney’s 18-Minute Plan for Managing Your Day (I didn’t do it this morning, which is why I’m not 100% on [...] [...] Dave Delaney’s 18-Minute Plan for Managing Your Day (I didn’t do it this morning, which is why I’m not 100% on [...]

]]> By: Dave Delaney http://www.davemadethat.com/2009/08/12/an-18-minute-plan-for-managing-your-day/#comment-2596 Dave Delaney Sat, 12 Sep 2009 05:57:02 +0000 http://www.davemadethat.com/?p=2739#comment-2596 Thanks Rob.<br>I've been using a timer to keep me on track too. When the tuner goes <br>off I need to switch gears and follow my schedule.<br><br>It's working well.<br><br>D Thanks Rob.
I've been using a timer to keep me on track too. When the tuner goes
off I need to switch gears and follow my schedule.

It's working well.

D

]]> By: Rob Robinson http://www.davemadethat.com/2009/08/12/an-18-minute-plan-for-managing-your-day/#comment-2595 Rob Robinson Sat, 12 Sep 2009 02:59:40 +0000 http://www.davemadethat.com/?p=2739#comment-2595 Great find from the Harvard Business Journal, Dave. I can so relate to your struggle to stay focused and the many distractions of the computer desktop. I've learned two important things from your post and the HBJ post that inspired it:<br><br>1) I'm very compulsive about planning each day, so much so that I can tie up lots of time obsessing over whether all my bases are covered before I start work. That means I either take a lot of time to plan or that I procrastinate planning and am less focused than I could be. This brief planning idea addresses this well.<br><br>2) You said that you stuff too much into a single hour, and I tend to stuff too much into a single day. This is a good reminder to me that I can't do it "all" in one work day, even though I often like to think I can.<br><br>I tried this technique today. I'm at a conference in Indianapolis, so my day was a bit weird, but this did help me be more productive and more focused. I'm going to keep trying it out. Thanks for sharing this method!<br><br>Rob Great find from the Harvard Business Journal, Dave. I can so relate to your struggle to stay focused and the many distractions of the computer desktop. I've learned two important things from your post and the HBJ post that inspired it:

1) I'm very compulsive about planning each day, so much so that I can tie up lots of time obsessing over whether all my bases are covered before I start work. That means I either take a lot of time to plan or that I procrastinate planning and am less focused than I could be. This brief planning idea addresses this well.

2) You said that you stuff too much into a single hour, and I tend to stuff too much into a single day. This is a good reminder to me that I can't do it “all” in one work day, even though I often like to think I can.

I tried this technique today. I'm at a conference in Indianapolis, so my day was a bit weird, but this did help me be more productive and more focused. I'm going to keep trying it out. Thanks for sharing this method!

Rob

]]> By: ronnyislam http://www.davemadethat.com/2009/08/12/an-18-minute-plan-for-managing-your-day/#comment-2546 ronnyislam Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:13:36 +0000 http://www.davemadethat.com/?p=2739#comment-2546 I use evernote and write down a daily MIT (most important things) i need to day that day. <br>But I like the idea of not being on a PC and getting a real notebook. <br><br>I know this will sound crazy - and you'll all say NO WAY but TURN OFF TWITTER and STOP CHECKING YOUR EMAIL - do it at one every 1 hr to start , then change that to once every 2 hr. <br><br>Productivity comes from being in the zone and that can take time to get into and can break out in seconds (so it's important you turn off all those possible interruptions. <br>Set aside an hour - where you'll have full concentrations - and Single-task. <br>Usually 3 gets done.<br>The full method is in this amazing book - he also has a great blog zen habits. <a href="http://zenhabits.net/" rel="nofollow">http://zenhabits.net/</a><br>His book:<br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1401309704?ie=UTF8&tag=zenhab-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1401309704" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1401309704?ie=...</a> I use evernote and write down a daily MIT (most important things) i need to day that day.
But I like the idea of not being on a PC and getting a real notebook.

I know this will sound crazy – and you'll all say NO WAY but TURN OFF TWITTER and STOP CHECKING YOUR EMAIL – do it at one every 1 hr to start , then change that to once every 2 hr.

Productivity comes from being in the zone and that can take time to get into and can break out in seconds (so it's important you turn off all those possible interruptions.
Set aside an hour – where you'll have full concentrations – and Single-task.
Usually 3 gets done.
The full method is in this amazing book – he also has a great blog zen habits. http://zenhabits.net/
His book:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1401309704?ie=…

]]> By: Dave Delaney http://www.davemadethat.com/2009/08/12/an-18-minute-plan-for-managing-your-day/#comment-2545 Dave Delaney Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:28:17 +0000 http://www.davemadethat.com/?p=2739#comment-2545 I'm using my Mac to play an alarm every 30 minutes. Then I refer back <br>to my notepad to make sure I'm still on track.<br><br>It's been working rather well. I really think you need the physical <br>notepad infront of you, it helps.<br><br>Good luck Hans. I'm using my Mac to play an alarm every 30 minutes. Then I refer back
to my notepad to make sure I'm still on track.

It's been working rather well. I really think you need the physical
notepad infront of you, it helps.

Good luck Hans.

]]> By: ukoonto http://www.davemadethat.com/2009/08/12/an-18-minute-plan-for-managing-your-day/#comment-2538 ukoonto Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:02:33 +0000 http://www.davemadethat.com/?p=2739#comment-2538 I've tried this now every day. And I have to say that I have failed every day, but I surely have become so much more productive. I think the most important thing is to plan. So I have been planning every morning what I think I can do that day, and then tried to stick to it all day. I'm pretty sure that I will get better over time with it.<br><br>Cheers, Hans I've tried this now every day. And I have to say that I have failed every day, but I surely have become so much more productive. I think the most important thing is to plan. So I have been planning every morning what I think I can do that day, and then tried to stick to it all day. I'm pretty sure that I will get better over time with it.

Cheers, Hans

]]> By: Dave Delaney http://www.davemadethat.com/2009/08/12/an-18-minute-plan-for-managing-your-day/#comment-2519 Dave Delaney Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:52:41 +0000 http://www.davemadethat.com/?p=2739#comment-2519 Good thinking Paige. Let me know how this works for you. It's been good so<br>far, I've already realized an issue I have allocating to many things to one<br>one hour block.<br><br>Cheers.<br>D Good thinking Paige. Let me know how this works for you. It's been good so
far, I've already realized an issue I have allocating to many things to one
one hour block.

Cheers.
D

]]> By: paigepresley http://www.davemadethat.com/2009/08/12/an-18-minute-plan-for-managing-your-day/#comment-2518 paigepresley Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:25:50 +0000 http://www.davemadethat.com/?p=2739#comment-2518 Dave- Great idea! I've been pulling a trick from my agency days where you have to document time spent on each project. Their reason was to track billable hours, but I'm doing it so I have an idea of how much time I'm spending on each task. It's great because now I'm seeing that there's room to speed some things up quite a bit. [The only downfall is that I'm spending a lot of time writing stuff down.]<br><br>I'll definitely give this process a shot! Sounds a lot less time-consuming. :-) Dave- Great idea! I've been pulling a trick from my agency days where you have to document time spent on each project. Their reason was to track billable hours, but I'm doing it so I have an idea of how much time I'm spending on each task. It's great because now I'm seeing that there's room to speed some things up quite a bit. [The only downfall is that I'm spending a lot of time writing stuff down.]

I'll definitely give this process a shot! Sounds a lot less time-consuming. :-)

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