I have been using a very simple and very useful habit tracker called
Joe’s Goals. It is a very powerful tool that gives a visual display of how well one is doing in learning new habits.
I think there is further scope for applications like this, particularly in Outlook - but I am unable to […]

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Almost all popular time management systems make the point that it is important to set priorities.
They argue that people spend a lot of time taking actions that are not the best actions to take at that particular moment in time. The solution is to sit down at regular intervals and to place […]

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Put In The Big Rocks First!
In “First Things First,” Stephen Covey tells a story that one of his associates heard at a seminar. The seminar presenter pulled out a wide-mouth gallon jar and placed it next to a pile of fist-sized rocks. After filling […]

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The truth is that time management is nothing of the sort.
Time can’t be managed, in the strictest terms, because a user has no control of this very valuable resource. It has a life of its own, and cannot be affected in the least by anything the user does, unlike other valuable resources such as […]

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As I get into the task of turning the components of 2Time into a training course, one of of the challenges I have is a common one - how does someone teach themself to learn a new habit?
In other words, once they determine that they want to learn a new habit, what is the […]

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One of the great wishes I have for this site is that it become a place where people can add their thoughts to the discussion of the 2Time philosophy.
The problem that I have found with this invitation is that the websites and blogs that I have read on the topic of productivity […]

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Recently, blogger Ben Yoskovitz created a meme to create a list of the 100 best productivity tips, under the title “
The Ultimate Guide to Productivity.”

Over 100 people submitted their tips, and perhaps I won’t be too late in submitting my own tip to the list (which I understand is still […]

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As explained in
the post on Time Demands, each Time Demand is made up of some kind of trigger, plus a commitment. For example, that sock lying in the corner represents a Time Demand with the trigger being a visual sighting of the sock, and the commitment perhaps being the desire to have a clean […]

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Here is an interesting article on
the need to de-clutter a physical space from
43 Folders.
The thing about clutter is that each and every piece represents a Time Demand that preys on the mind in the form of a delayed action, a feeling of guilt or something that we think is automatically overwhelming. Only […]

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I found this article on
How to Create a Personal Productivity Scaffold by
Steve Pavlina to be quite useful. In it, he talks about creating a scaffold or support for new habits, and also mentions spending an hour in the morning and afternoon
reviewing.
Also, here is a another good article about
creating a visual display […]

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