There are many times during your day when you’ll get snatches of time during which you can accomplish something but the natural tendancy is to drift; the 15 minutes leading up to a meeting, sat on the train or making a round of tea and coffee. Over a week these snatches of time add up …
Tag Archive: gtd
Mar 29
Get started and make progress
If there’s something you need to get done then why not get it started. I was over at my brothers today and we were discussing exactly where he was going to put a wardrobe. We talked about how the best possible solution could be to bring down a couple of stud walls and put in …
Mar 12
Actions speak louder than planning
A controversial statement from a project manager, but there you go I’ve said it now so I suppose I better back it up! This is about achieving goals, whether this is a milestone in a project or something you want to achieve in life the principle is the same. Often people never get things done because they believe …
Mar 05
Keep work at the right level and don’t get bogged down
There are ways and means to solve technical issues and likewise there are mindsets and tools to help you visualise and plan. These are two very different activities and getting them mixed up will really slow you projects down. If you find a planning meeting descending into technical discussions – stop it and take it …
Mar 02
Change your scenery to get things done
This one was more or less a given off the back of a short holiday but there’s nothing wrong with being a little predictable every now and again. The idea is that by removing yourself from your day to day routine or your usual place of work you free yourself up to think things through …