Comments on: Stop Just Putting Out Fires, Start Really Working

By: Al

Al — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:49:33 +0000

Finding the difference between urgent and important is critical to your day’s success. You can still respect the person who has an urgent issue by helping them in a respectful amount of time. However, If they are abusers then they need to find a system that would be helpful to everyone not just them.

Checking e-mail once a day could be a mistake. Checking e-mail and responding to e-mail is two vastly different tasks. Checking e-mail can prevent you from doing work that has been cancelled. Responding can prevent others from duplicating co-workers tasks or doing work that has be cancelled.

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Some helpful tips for improved productivity… « Life of a Gaander — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:01:47 +0000

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By: The Importance of a Weekly Review

The Importance of a Weekly Review — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:02:00 +0000

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By: Stephen McGehee

Stephen McGehee — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:27:20 +0000

Thanks for the great information. I use two variations on your methods:

Start Here – Since I write software, I use commented text such as “START HERE” in the code so I can do a search and be taken right to where I left off. I also use “TEST” anywhere I put test code so that it doesn’t get left in like a scalpel inside a surgery patient.

File Organizer – I have several wire letter baskets that live in a drawer in my desk. Notes and documents about a project are all kept in one basket, so I can take out one basket/project at a time. The nice thing about the baskets is that they stack nicely and can all fit into that drawer at the end of the day. (No, it doesn’t get done that way all the time, but it’s a great system when I use it.)

By: LJ

LJ — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:25:29 +0000

I find that having a next up list is essential, even if I am not putting out fires. That way I waste no time jumping back in where I need to be.