Comments on: 10 things I do to manage my time more effectively http://www.sean-johnson.com/2008/09/19/10-things-i-do-to-manage-my-time-more-effectively/ Life, Business, Philosophy, Booger Jokes Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: visiteur http://www.sean-johnson.com/2008/09/19/10-things-i-do-to-manage-my-time-more-effectively/comment-page-1/#comment-39118 visiteur Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:04:00 +0000 http://www.sean-johnson.com/2008/09/19/10-things-i-do-to-manage-my-time-more-effectively/#comment-39118 very good article, i just loved, i am a bit disorganised in my daily life, and finding tips on how to manage my time is always a good thing. Although i would really love to share with you 2 websites i use to manage my time and plans. http://www.plangr.com and http://www.astrid.com. greap post.  very good article, i just loved, i am a bit disorganised in my daily life, and finding tips on how to manage my time is always a good thing. Although i would really love to share with you 2 websites i use to manage my time and plans. http://www.plangr.com and http://www.astrid.com.

greap post. 

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.sean-johnson.com/2008/09/19/10-things-i-do-to-manage-my-time-more-effectively/comment-page-1/#comment-39116 Jonathan Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:17:00 +0000 http://www.sean-johnson.com/2008/09/19/10-things-i-do-to-manage-my-time-more-effectively/#comment-39116 Hi Sean great post, these tips are very useful, informative and concise. Like you I read a couple of time management write up from David Allen (Getting Things Done) and Tim Ferriss (The 4-Hour Workweek). It inspires me to manage my time efficiently and improve productivity. I manage time with the use of <a title="online tools" href="http://www.timedoctor.com/blog/2010/07/25/how-is-time-doctor-different-than-rescue-time" rel="nofollow">online tools</a> which tracks my time accurately on different tasks. Using this tool I list my entire tasks on it and set an estimated time when working on each task. The key that I can follow tasks and finish it on time is discipline. With discipline that helps me ignore distractions at work and the right online tools I can manage time effectively. Hi Sean great post, these tips are very useful, informative and concise. Like you I read a couple of time management write up from David Allen (Getting Things Done) and Tim Ferriss (The 4-Hour Workweek). It inspires me to manage my time efficiently and improve productivity. I manage time with the use of online tools which tracks my time accurately on different tasks. Using this tool I list my entire tasks on it and set an estimated time when working on each task. The key that I can follow tasks and finish it on time is discipline. With discipline that helps me ignore distractions at work and the right online tools I can manage time effectively.

]]> By: Alison Harris http://www.sean-johnson.com/2008/09/19/10-things-i-do-to-manage-my-time-more-effectively/comment-page-1/#comment-39114 Alison Harris Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:14:00 +0000 http://www.sean-johnson.com/2008/09/19/10-things-i-do-to-manage-my-time-more-effectively/#comment-39114 Thanks for these words of wisdom. I am going to give this a try! Thanks for these words of wisdom. I am going to give this a try!

]]> By: Tasknavigator http://www.sean-johnson.com/2008/09/19/10-things-i-do-to-manage-my-time-more-effectively/comment-page-1/#comment-39113 Tasknavigator Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:41:00 +0000 http://www.sean-johnson.com/2008/09/19/10-things-i-do-to-manage-my-time-more-effectively/#comment-39113 Thank you for the great article, Let me add that Delegation (as you say "Delegate everything you can") is the only tool that makes any business possible to work... Translation of your business values into objective goals is the second one - you cannot complete what you cannot measure. The paragraph "Use tools that work for you" is quite loose, but the point is brilliant - we always need an effective instrument to manage what we measure, plan, delegate and, after all, accomplish... We, in our small company, use a tool called VIP Task Manager (http://www.taskmanagementsoft.com/) that is quite simple for delegation and setting of our business tasks across the team of 10 people... Thank you for the great article,
Let me add that Delegation (as you say “Delegate everything you can”) is the only tool that makes any business possible to work… Translation of your business values into objective goals is the second one – you cannot complete what you cannot measure. The paragraph “Use tools that work for you” is quite loose, but the point is brilliant – we always need an effective instrument to manage what we measure, plan, delegate and, after all, accomplish… We, in our small company, use a tool called VIP Task Manager (http://www.taskmanagementsoft.com/) that is quite simple for delegation and setting of our business tasks across the team of 10 people…

]]> By: Jiju9269 http://www.sean-johnson.com/2008/09/19/10-things-i-do-to-manage-my-time-more-effectively/comment-page-1/#comment-39088 Jiju9269 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 07:06:00 +0000 http://www.sean-johnson.com/2008/09/19/10-things-i-do-to-manage-my-time-more-effectively/#comment-39088 thank you sir thank you sir

]]> By: Bobmorise http://www.sean-johnson.com/2008/09/19/10-things-i-do-to-manage-my-time-more-effectively/comment-page-1/#comment-39067 Bobmorise Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:22:00 +0000 http://www.sean-johnson.com/2008/09/19/10-things-i-do-to-manage-my-time-more-effectively/#comment-39067 There alway seems something moer important to do.... which is actually far from the truth.simple and to the point. i findvery hard to manage my time. Great post. There alway seems something moer important to do…. which is actually far from the truth.simple and to the point. i findvery hard to manage my time. Great post.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sean-johnson.com/2008/09/19/10-things-i-do-to-manage-my-time-more-effectively/comment-page-1/#comment-39044 Anonymous Sat, 30 Oct 2010 15:44:00 +0000 http://www.sean-johnson.com/2008/09/19/10-things-i-do-to-manage-my-time-more-effectively/#comment-39044 Thanks for the comment Joleen - re: the hourly rate, it's the rate she requested. $6.00 in the US is not the same as $6.00 elsewhere. The same thing happens in the US all the time - living in Fowler, CO is considerably less expensive than living in Manhattan, and as such salaries for the same work tend to be lower. Thanks for the comment Joleen – re: the hourly rate, it’s the rate she requested. $6.00 in the US is not the same as $6.00 elsewhere. The same thing happens in the US all the time – living in Fowler, CO is considerably less expensive than living in Manhattan, and as such salaries for the same work tend to be lower.

]]> By: joleen http://www.sean-johnson.com/2008/09/19/10-things-i-do-to-manage-my-time-more-effectively/comment-page-1/#comment-39043 joleen Sat, 30 Oct 2010 15:18:00 +0000 http://www.sean-johnson.com/2008/09/19/10-things-i-do-to-manage-my-time-more-effectively/#comment-39043 This was a good and informative article but I find it very arrogant and misquided that you only pay your awesome personal assistant $6.00 an hour. This was a good and informative article but I find it very arrogant and misquided that you only pay your awesome personal assistant $6.00 an hour.

]]> By: John http://www.sean-johnson.com/2008/09/19/10-things-i-do-to-manage-my-time-more-effectively/comment-page-1/#comment-39037 John Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:06:00 +0000 http://www.sean-johnson.com/2008/09/19/10-things-i-do-to-manage-my-time-more-effectively/#comment-39037 Well written! I had a hard time getting rid of this habit of procrastinating. I am not sure how many articles I read about time management only to find that I am again putting off my tasks reading them. Jason, I have a VA from lifenzyme (www.lifenzyme.com). They are very good and I make the best of them to clear mundane and tedious tasks off my plate. Well written! I had a hard time getting rid of this habit of procrastinating. I am not sure how many articles I read about time management only to find that I am again putting off my tasks reading them.

Jason, I have a VA from lifenzyme (www.lifenzyme.com). They are very good and I make the best of them to clear mundane and tedious tasks off my plate.

]]> By: seanjohnson http://www.sean-johnson.com/2008/09/19/10-things-i-do-to-manage-my-time-more-effectively/comment-page-1/#comment-38788 seanjohnson Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:35:33 +0000 http://www.sean-johnson.com/2008/09/19/10-things-i-do-to-manage-my-time-more-effectively/#comment-38788 I've tried rescuetime, which isn't exactly the same thing - it shows you how much time you're spending on certain sites or in certain applications so you can make corrections. At our last company we experimented with Tick and with Basecamp's time tracking features, but they never got traction.<br><br>How has it helped you so far? I've tried rescuetime, which isn't exactly the same thing – it shows you how much time you're spending on certain sites or in certain applications so you can make corrections. At our last company we experimented with Tick and with Basecamp's time tracking features, but they never got traction.

How has it helped you so far?

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