First off, my apologies for going dark for a while there – between the holidays and a few other things, I was not able to keep up with the weekly schedule, ironically enough as I’m in the middle of writing about productivity. At any rate, we now resume our regularly scheduled posts. Prioritization At the core of being more productive is the skill of prioritization – deciding what is important and what is not, what to do first and what to do later, what to make as perfect as you can and what to make “good enough.” Prioritization is a concept easily explained and grasped, but much harder to put…
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Despite the many good things about a note card-based system of taking and organizing notes, there are occasional downsides. In this case, in going through my outline for this introductory series of posts, I skipped over the bridge between strategy and the more tactical issues we’ve begun discussing in Persuasion and will keep on with in Speaking Well and Writing Well. Specifically, in a busy life with many demands, how do you get the things done that actually matter? How do you take day to day steps to reach the strategic goals you’ve defined in accordance with your values? I don’t propose to give a comprehensive answer here, as I…