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Continuing with a focus on time management, to do things better, stop doing so much.
The World Cup rages on! A fine time to review Sir Alex Ferguson's Formula for management.
Former President Dwight Eisenhower once said, "What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important.” Use the Eisenhower Method to better classify what is important and urgent.
- "Less is better" - Grant Blakeman asks us to consider whether we are overwhelmed.
Do you often find yourself or your teams setting goals, but for some reason, you can't meet the schedule, or you miss deadlines? Halvorson's article on doing what you say offers an interesting concept: set up if-then goals.
- Are you overwhelmed with emails and instant messages? Mankins et al. have a new article on time management. It's not 100% relevant to RAL, but the sections on setting concrete agendas for meetings could be valuable!
- Everyone's overcommitted, it's just a matter of how much! Still, sometimes setting work-life priorities can ease your stress level.
- See the Articles link below for the full list of articles.