Category Archives: Scheduling

Why To-Do Lists Sometimes Do Work

Daniel Markovitz wrote a great article about a year ago in the HBR Blog Network entitled “To-Do Lists Don’t Work.” From a 2Time Labs perspective it raises some provocative points but then falls into a familiar trap: it tries to … Continue reading

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Your New Calendar is Here

Lifehack just published an article I wrote entitled “The Evolution of the Calendar: How to Use a Calendar Today.” It’s a new take on the future of calendar management that’s being shared quite a bit. I believe that new technology … Continue reading

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The Inescapable Demands of ToDo Lists

I have noticed a wide and growing number of apps on the new iPhone, Android and laptop  that attempt to improve a user’s personal productivity.  They all seem to focus on the same thing:  how to make better lists. It’s … Continue reading

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The Time Management System You Need

One of the ideas that we promote here at 2Time Labs is that each person needs a time management system that effectively allows them to handle the number of time demands that show up in their life on a daily … Continue reading

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Interesting Piece of Data

I took the following notes from a source that I seem to have lost: Professionals over-estimate what they can get done in a day, but under-estimate what they can get done in a week. Has anyone ever heard this quote … Continue reading

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Can You Create a Margin Without a Schedule?

Michael Hyatt posted an interesting entry on his blog entitled “How to Create More Margin in Your Life.”  In fact, it’s a summary of a book with a similar title by Richard Swenson called “Margin: Restoring Emotional, Physical, Financial and … Continue reading

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A New Paradigm for Time Demands

Those of us who are older (over 40) have a hard time escaping the To-Do-on-paper mentality in favor of time-demand-in-the-cloud thinking. In the old days, when you had something to do you added it to a list using a pen … Continue reading

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Comparing Listing and Scheduling

I have noticed a wide and growing number of new iPhone, Android and laptop apps that attempt to improve a user’s personal productivity. They all seem to focus on the same thing: how to make better lists.  In this post, … Continue reading

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Orange Belt-Level Scheduling Expands

Here at 2Time Labs, one of the distinctions that we made have between different levels of time management  skill has to do with the skill/art of using a schedule to manage your daily activity, rather than either a group of … Continue reading

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Who Cares What Time You Come to Work?

A few years ago, I remember talking with a friend who was telecommuting and saving an hour each way in traffic.  At first, it sounded great!  That is, until I heard about the electronic snooping, keystroke recording, logging and clicking … Continue reading

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