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Ash RoyApr 6, 2013 4:25:28 PM< 1 min read

Timeboxing – An easy 2 step approach

Timeboxing daily tasks is one of the quickest ways to increase productivity.

My approach to timeboxing is simple:

  1. Go through my task list and decide on what tasks need to be completed today.
  2. Put the tasks into my calendar as appointments with clear start and finish times.

The benefits of this approach are as follows:

  • I reduce my stress levels because I don’t commit to tasks that will take more hours than I have in the day.
  • I am able to consider my meetings, appointments, etc that are already in my diary when deciding on how much I can commit to completing for the day
  • I can visualize my day’s commitments very clearly in terms of time slots
  • Using the native calendar app on my iPhone I can easily reshuffle my appointments by holding down and dragging a given appointment to a different time slot (in the day, week, or month) in response to the ever-changing demands of each day.

When combined with the paper clip strategy this can be particularly powerful. 

 

 

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Ash Roy

Ash Roy has spent over 15 years working in the corporate world as a financial and strategic analyst and advisor to large multinational banks and telecommunications companies. He suffered through a CPA in 1997 and completed it despite not liking it at all because he believed it was a valuable skill to have. He sacrificed his personality in the process. In 2004 he finished his MBA (Masters In Business Administration) from the Australian Graduate School of Management and loved it! He scored a distinction (average) and got his personality back too!

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