For my own task management system, I rely a lot on lists in Google Drive and Keep. As I try to drill down to what is truly important in the moment, it helps to have printed information about finding focus,…
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Procrastination Triggers
When procrastination happens, it helps to know what to do instead. Procrastination is a failure to regulate yourself. The limbic system of the brain has an automatic response to avoid anything unpleasant or painful, often seeking pleasure for a hit…
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PLANS for an Annual Review
This year, my PLANS for performing an annual review incorporate new things that I have learned organized in an efficient outline view. (The information at An Annual Review is also still helpful and relevant. You can download a free Keep…
How to Choose VIP AIMS
Very Important Pursuits are Active, Inspiring, Meaningful, Solutions. To truly focus on what matters most requires thoughtful choices. “We make our choices, then our choices make us.” What are VIP AIMs? If you are familiar with the Time Management Matrix…
Planner Checklist
Planning is Thinking: it is important for time management, goals, projects, and even purpose. It is one of the top 10 skills employers want. Planning your time helps you to make the most of it so that you can accomplish what matters most to you.…
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The Priority Flowchart
Knowing where to begin on a to do list is important in day to day planning. To make the most of your time, learn more about Setting priorities with the Time Management Matrix, a well-known method that compares the urgent…
Scheduling with Time Blocking and Focus Themes
Scheduling can sometimes be as simple as adding an appointment or meeting to your calendar. Scheduling is one of the skills of time management, and an important part of Planning. Remembering to include action steps for your goals on your…
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Planning is Thinking
Planning is important for time management, goals, projects, and even purpose. It is one of the top 10 skills employers want. To plan is to… • Problem solve• Look at tasks to achieve outcomes• Actively select important priorities• Next actions…
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Four Fantastic Tools For Focus
What we see depends on what we look at. What we look at depends on what we see. – the Daily PlanIt Just as we can hear a sound without really listening, so too can we see something without really noticing.…
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2020 Calendar
Make positive shift happen in 2020 with a free printable CD Case Calendar! Keep handy information about the building blocks of positive shift at your fingertips. Here’s how to make a stand from a CD case.
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