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Major and Minor Components

While I was developing the NewHabits-NewGoals pilot offered in January, I realized that there was a difference between what I called the major components and the minor ones. In this way, the 11 components can be neatly split into 2 … Continue reading

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2time’s Time and Motion Basis

One of the key inspirations behind the 2Time way of thinking happens to be the time and motion techniques I learned as an undergraduate in Industrial Engineering. The idea behind the technique is simple – observe each physical motion taken … Continue reading

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New e-book for Jamaican Professionals

My first e-book is available for free for a limited time. The title is “2Time Capturing – a Time Management Fundamental for Jamaican Professionals“. While it is written for the Jamaican professional, it has wide applicability to all professionals. It’s … Continue reading

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The Email Inbox as a Mouth

The email in-box is nothing more than a mouth. Huh? Well, the mouth is an ideal capture point. It allows for temporary storage of a certain amount of food, and performs its function perfectly as a “staging area” for the … Continue reading

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The Essentials of GTD

Note: GTDĀ® refers to the book or approach called Getting Things Done developed by David Allen. In an interesting post at Matthew Cornell’s blog, he makes the point that GTD is difficult to reduce to a lighter version, because it … Continue reading

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Professional Un-productivity

As mentioned before, the task of comparing one worker to another in terms of their productivity has become much harder. However, the results of examining their in-box can give a good insight into how productive they are. In other words, … Continue reading

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Inbox Difficulties

Back in the old days it was easy. The unproductive guy was the one who still had a bunch of bricks sitting in a pile waiting to be assembled into a wall, while the productive guy was finished long before, … Continue reading

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Post-Pilot Analysis (3) – Awareness

I noticed during the pilot that the higher belt levels of 2Time were describing systems that were increasingly effective at catching time demands, and preventing them from falling through the cracks. In other words, they assisted the user in being … Continue reading

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Time Management Planner

I was surfing around and found this Squidoo page that I think describes a very handy method for scheduling that uses only paper and pencil. Or, more accurately, it uses a diary system to manage time. The creator, Carmen a.k.a. … Continue reading

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Email:Putting It All Together

One of the easiest ways to check whether or not someone is at a higher belt level is to observe carefully how they handle email. What do they have in their in-box? Is the number of emails always kept small? … Continue reading

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