Great video. I use a variation of Carl’s 2+8 method except on a weekly basis. I use a weekly planner (reminders app) to establish 3 crucial activities to achieve each week. These are my “must do’s” for the week and always get done. That’s 156 “crucial” must do’s per year which provides great momentum and clarity for me. All other todo’s are “could do’s” but the pressures not on with these as with my big 3. More than 3 per week and I get lost in the shuffle. That’s my take. As usual Carl, thank you. Great content.
Thanks Carl! Nothing really new here. However, excellent reminder of our responsibility to be realistic and to manage our productivity. Often our bosses are counting on us to speak up when number of due tasks are beyond available time allotted. One thing we can all do is estimate the completion time for each critical task. Total the hours. If required hours exceed the time frame the boss has allotted, review your calculations with the boss. He/she can reschedule some tasks, assign additional personnel to you or offer to teach you how to execute some task in shorter timeframe. Evaluate, communicate and be willing to learn new techniques.
I think for me, being a one-man-band so to speak, I've learnt to always focus on the essential and reduce everything down to it's basics. Once that's done I can create automations and templates to make things faster. Always asking the question: "how can I do this better?"
Oustanding. Since I can't seem to ingrain the 8+2 habit as of yet, these reminders form you as to how helpful that system is helps to reinforce the concept.
Great video. I use a variation of Carl’s 2+8 method except on a weekly basis. I use a weekly planner (reminders app) to establish 3 crucial activities to achieve each week. These are my “must do’s” for the week and always get done. That’s 156 “crucial” must do’s per year which provides great momentum and clarity for me. All other todo’s are “could do’s” but the pressures not on with these as with my big 3. More than 3 per week and I get lost in the shuffle. That’s my take. As usual Carl, thank you. Great content.
Thanks, Jim. Happy to hear you've found a system that works for you.
Thanks Carl! Nothing really new here. However, excellent reminder of our responsibility to be realistic and to manage our productivity. Often our bosses are counting on us to speak up when number of due tasks are beyond available time allotted. One thing we can all do is estimate the completion time for each critical task. Total the hours. If required hours exceed the time frame the boss has allotted, review your calculations with the boss. He/she can reschedule some tasks, assign additional personnel to you or offer to teach you how to execute some task in shorter timeframe. Evaluate, communicate and be willing to learn new techniques.
I think for me, being a one-man-band so to speak, I've learnt to always focus on the essential and reduce everything down to it's basics. Once that's done I can create automations and templates to make things faster. Always asking the question: "how can I do this better?"
Great advice Carl. Thank you!
Thank you and you are very welcome, Jef.
Thank You, Carl!
You're very welcome.
Oustanding. Since I can't seem to ingrain the 8+2 habit as of yet, these reminders form you as to how helpful that system is helps to reinforce the concept.
I know it can be quite hard to implement the 2+8, but it's worth it because of the focus and clarity it gives you.
@@Carl_Pullein Thanks, Carl!
Guilty. I’m deluded. Need to get undeluded.
I think we all get deluded from time to time. The first step in knowing you are deluded. At least then you can do something about it.