Comments on: Yahoo column: 6 Productivity tips to put time on your side

By: Reel Logix

Reel Logix — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:28:24 +0000

After years of experience and many, many to-do lists, I, like many of us know that we never run out of things to do.

We are built that way. I think.

Some tools make it easier than others to manage the inevitable changes we know will come. What did Steinbeck say about the best laid plans?

Love what you say about goals.

Telia

By: Daniel Sitter

Daniel Sitter — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:11:44 +0000

A quick commentary on your statement here concerning goals Penelope: Bravo!

Unfortunately, most people do not have written goals, and are therefore subject to the wind and waves and anything else that will move them, including the agendas of others. In the absence of goals, we simply float between items on a to-do list, perhaps not even our own.

I fully agree with your statement "Having goals is more important than the content of the goals."
It's far better to have a track to run on!

By: pablo

pablo — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:00:27 +0000

Let's all stop searching for the big answer and pay attention to the obvious things that are so obvious we don't use them! Great stuff!

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 05:30:33 +0000

Great reminders. Having a to do list can sometimes make a difference. Goals are can be forgotten if people are not focused on the main purpose of their activities.

By: Andrey

Andrey — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:52:27 +0000

It's true and I would especially stress on doing first the most important tasks and shortening to do lists to several the most important items, which I really cannot manage without planning (this often happens while men multitasking:)

By: Fran

Fran — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 03:20:03 +0000

It's true about to-do list. People get carried away in satisfying their to-do list, while they forget about the real reason why they do it. It should be clear about the goals we intend to achieve.

By: Nina

Nina — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:12:06 +0000

Penelope, those are good pointers. One technique that I swear by is the “touch it once” rule. I like to complete things and move on to the next task so typically it’s easy for me to curb those multitasking tendencies. I admit, sometimes my productivity is at the expense of quality (my partner calls me “shortcuts”)… but I get things done.