Productivity
Eat the Frog Method and When Doing Hard Tasks First Works
You know which task you should do first today, and you have already opened your inbox twice to avoid it.
Focus and planning writer, page 2 of 7
Theo writes about attention, planning and the mental side of getting things done. He is particularly interested in how people protect their focus in environments designed to fragment it, and what planning systems actually hold up under pressure.
Productivity
You know which task you should do first today, and you have already opened your inbox twice to avoid it.
Planning
Your weekly plans look reasonable on Sunday night, yet by the third week of the month you are behind on the big things and...
Focus
You know exactly what needs doing, you sit down to do it, and an hour later you have tidied the desk, answered four messages...
Productivity
Your calendar has six meetings today, three of them run over, and you leave the last one unsure what was actually decided.
Planning
Your morning starts with email, then a message from a colleague, then a meeting, and by 11am you have not touched the work that...
Focus
You start the morning on a report, answer a quick message, check a spreadsheet for a colleague, glance at email, and by 11 a.m.