Monthly Archives: April 2007

Some Great Tips

The thing about productivity tips is that many of them are interesting, but they don’t have the basic importance of the 11 Components. The Components are recognized in the 2Time Management system as “inescapable” realities of managing time demands in … Continue reading

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The Chaos of a Novice

If there is a friend you have who can be relied upon to ignore your emails, voice-mails and text messages, and to forget important commitments, then the chances are good that that person is a novice in the art and … Continue reading

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Being Comfortable with Your Own System

It is a mistake for a user of a time management system at any level to be envious of other users. The fact is, the design of a time management system is a personal matter, and the choice of how … Continue reading

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The Reliability of a Green Belt

A Green Belt is masterful in the use of their time management systems. It truly seems to others as if nothing falls through the cracks when dealing with a Green Belt. Requests big and large are never forgotten. Email never … Continue reading

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On Being a Black Belt pt 1

The very best users of a time management system are what the 2Time Management system recognizes as Black Belts. Black Belts have already been practicing as Green Belts in many of the components of the 2Time Management System, from Capturing … Continue reading

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Putting it All Together

Once a professional has committed to a lifelong process of mastering the way they manage their time, the 2Time system can become their very best guide. Self-Assessment Starting with each of the elements, a user can decide what level they … Continue reading

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Component/Fundamental #11 – Reviewing v2

A critical skill used in any well-functioning time management system is that of reviewing and improving. Definition Reviewing is the skill of looking over both the contents of the time management system AND its functioning, with a view to preventing … Continue reading

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Component #10 – Warning v2

No user’s system is perfect, and all systems are liable to fall apart at the seams when pressure hits and certain practices (like Reviewing) fall by the wayside. Definition What a smart user at a high level will do is … Continue reading

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Component/Fundamental #9 – Switching v2

One of the most important tasks that a user of any time management system must perform is to switch from one task to another. While this may seem like a simple action, the more capable users include practices that are … Continue reading

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Component/Fundamental #8 – Interrupting v2

Definition In the book titled “Flow” by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, the author talks about the optimal psychological state – one in which a person gets lost in the activity at hand. They get lost in time, and experience a kind of … Continue reading

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