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Friday, April 10, 2009 8:20 PM

Do It Tomorrow: A Diagnostic Procedure

I'm reading through the Do It Tomorrow book by Mark Forster ... From Chapter 12, "Completing the Day's Work"... My own rule is that if I have not caught up completely within three days at most, I will initiate a diagnostic procedure....there can only
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Monday, April 06, 2009 8:35 PM

Do It Tomorrow: Sequencing Tasks, False Emergencies

I'm reading through the book Do It Tomorrow book by Mark Forster ... From Chapter 6, "Emergency, What Emergency?"... Now how does Mick impose order on the random sequence of [tasks]? He does it by creating some distance between himself and the [tasks].
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Friday, April 03, 2009 7:13 PM

Do It Tomorrow: Problems with Traditional Time Management

I'm reading through the book Do It Tomorrow by Mark Forster ... From Chapter 4, "The Problem with Time Management"... To reduce our work, we need to reduce our commitments....The right place for prioritizing is at the level of goals and commitments. Since
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Thursday, April 02, 2009 11:31 PM

Autofocus: Moving to Just One List

Now that I've read through several chapters of the book Do It Tomorrow by Mark Forster , I'm adjusting my approach to Autofocus (AF) just a tiny bit. I now have just one AF list both for work tasks and non-work tasks. If a multi-task project pops up,
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Thursday, April 02, 2009 11:24 PM

Do It Tomorrow: The Principles

I'm reading through the book Do It Tomorrow by Mark Forster ... From Chapter 2, "The Principles"... One thing at a time... I am so much more successful at doing one thing at a time instead of pseudo-multi-tasking. ( Multi-tasking is a myth , by the way.
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009 6:12 PM

Do It Tomorrow: Reactive vs. Rational Sides of the Brain

I'm reading through the Do It Tomorrow book by Mark Forster ... From Chapter 1, "What This Book Is About"... There are two parts to the brain: the reactive (stimulus -> reaction) and the rational (thought -> decision -> action). Resistance to
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Monday, March 30, 2009 7:26 PM

Do It Tomorrow: Getting Started

I just picked up a copy of a book by Mark Forster titled Do It Tomorrow and Other Secrets of Time Management. I plan to blog tidbits from it each day as I read through it. You can track my posts on this book by going to my home page and clicking the Do
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