| I have learned that not all time is the
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| | For me, I think the following are my ways
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| same quality. In times when I am very
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| | of sharpening my saw:
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| alert, rested, focused and efficient, I
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| | 1 - Sleep. I tend not oversleep. I have
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| can be three to five times as productive
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| | pushed myself so hard for so long, I am
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| as other times. My goal is to have more
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| | not really sure how much sleep might help
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| of these highly productive hours.
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| | me be more productive. I am going to
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| This harkens back to Stephen Covey's
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| | schedule 6-7 hours per night to see if
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| Seventh rule of Highly Effective People -
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| | that helps productivity.
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| sharpening the saw. The vignette is of a
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| | 2 - Exercise. I become resentful when I
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| wood cutter who is desperately sawing at
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| | push so hard that I do not have time to
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| a huge tree. A passerby asks the
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| | work out. I will schedule one hour
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| woodcutter why he does not sharpen the
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| | workouts 5 days per week and 2-3 hours
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| saw so he can cut more easily and
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| | once per week. For me this is also tied
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| quickly. The woodcutter replies, I don't
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| | to sleep. If I push too hard, I end up
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| have the time, I have to cut the tree
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| | choosing between sleep and working out.
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| down.
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| | Not good.
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| Lately my life has been like that of the
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| | 3 - I will allow time for a 15-20 minute
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| wood cutter. I have spent too much time
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| | walk each evening. I find this clears my
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| sawing and not enough time sharpening the
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| | head.
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| saw.
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| | 4 - Tidying and Organizing. I know I like
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| So my exercise today is to figure out
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| | my environment more and am more
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| what things sharpen the saw for me and
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| | productive if things are neat. I will
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| plan to put those in my days and weeks
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| | schedule an hour per week plus 10 minutes
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| first. Then allow the wood cutting to
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| | per day on that.
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| take the other time as opposed to the
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| | 5 - Social time. I will schedule a couple
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| other way around. I call this Reverse
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| | of evenings per week of social time.
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| Planning. Rather than planning what I
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| | 6 - Intellectual challenge. I will play
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| have on my to do list and trying to get
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| | bridge, chess or sudoko 5 hours per week.
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| that done, I plan my down time and
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| | (this tends to be guilt time for me as I
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| deliberately work to get that done.
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| | enjoy it too much)
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| This exercise is particularly good for
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| | 7 - Reading for pleasure. I will schedule
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| highly driven people. Highly driven
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| | a few hours to read for pleasure.
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| people tend to feel guilty if they are
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| | My list is not yet complete. I am still
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| not working. So good things to put on the
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| | working on it. My challenge now is to
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| list are things that make you feel a bit
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| | stick to my reverse time plan and not
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| guilty. Most of what I put on my list are
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| | allow myself to get caught up by the
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| things that I like to do a lot and if
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| | usual daily volume.
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| left unchecked would likely do too much.
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