Comments on: Getting More Done

By: St wad

St wad — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 10:33:11 +0000

Getting enough sleep and then being able to wake up at the crack of dawn can instantly add a few hours to your day. For those who find the very notion of waking up at 5am a dream, try investing in a Sleeptracker watch, they are great!! Mine was from LovingOutdoors.com they did a review too which is worth a look

By: Julia Dalton

Julia Dalton — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:29:31 +0000

I think planning is a big one too. Making a list at the beginning of each day of the major things you need to accomplish for that given day, really seems to help me. When my mind wanders or I get off track, taking a quick look at that day’s list brings me back on track again.
Prioritization is critical too. You mention that in your delegation point, but it is really important to know how to create the most value out of your time.

By: tom

tom — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:50:58 +0000

This is a great post . It is making more sense why delegation of tasks is the tool of the successful people.

Thank you for bringing this article to our attention.

By: Dmitri Eroshenko, Relenta

Dmitri Eroshenko, Relenta — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:32:11 +0000

I’d also add that deciding what not to do is as or more important as deciding what to do.

A important part of getting more done in less time is to reduce the number of interruptions. Interruptions consume as much as 50% of a typical knowledge worker’s day.

Typically you switch between email, contact manager, CRM, calendar, to-do lists, etc. to accomplish most trivial customer service or sales-related activity.

Interruptions are the norm, information is all over the place, and you’re in a permanent state of stress and anxiety because you fear that you’ve left something out.

And that’s why we created Relenta. Relenta is a simple email-based contact and task manager that gets things done.

It automatically links together sent and received email, tasks, notes and files and displays them as a chronological activity stream for each relationship. This way you and and your team always know what’s going on and what to do next.

Speaking of increasing your intellectual capacity, a friend of mine tool speed-reading class and says it saves him quite a bit of time.

Great post, Mark!

By: Mitzi Ray

Mitzi Ray — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 15:57:55 +0000

Great suggestions. Many people don’t realize how much time is spent on little things. For some of us it might be a good idea to “budget” our time as some do money.