Category Archives: Scheduling

Schedule and Forget It

One of the benefits of having a higher belt (Orange and Green) and switching time demands from lists to a single schedule is that there is a certain peace of mind that’s available. This is especially true for a high … Continue reading

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Hard vs Soft Scheduled Items

Professionals who undertake the discipline of Scheduling at higher skill levels (Orange and Green belts) have their calendar as the central point of focus (rather than their memory, or lists of different varieties.) They place most activities directly into an … Continue reading

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Working From Your Inbox – A Bad Idea

Charlie Gilkey over at the Productive Flourishing blog makes some fine points in a recent post entitled: Why Working From Your Email Inbox Doesn’t Work. It’s a great article, although you’ll see from the comments that I felt that he … Continue reading

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Balancing Your Life

A interesting article over at the LifeHacker website. Penelope Trunk is a great writer and in this article she talks about the power of creating a balanced schedule and sticking to it.  Also, she talks about the difference between working … Continue reading

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Do time management programs achieve their objectives?

This article doesn’t quite go far enough, but it gives some food for thought. The bottom line is that professionals who are good at time management are also good at estimating the time it takes to complete tasks.  As far … Continue reading

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Evidence-Based Scheduling

This article is a bit geeky, and reminds me of the kind of thinking I first learned to do in graduate school.  It’s all about building accurate schedules for software development projects, and the need to drive down to small … Continue reading

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Someone Else Agrees!

I found a website that echoes the very same thoughts I have shared on this site about the power of upgrading one’s Scheduling skills, and relying less on Listing. I don’t think they have found this site, as they appear … Continue reading

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Further Benefits of Orange Belt Scheduling

In a prior post I described what it’s like to upgrade one’s skills at Scheduling. While there’s an immediate benefit to the professional who makes the jump, there is also an important benefit that comes from having an explicit schedule … Continue reading

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More on Moving From Lots of Lists to One Schedule

In an earlier post entitled Moving from a List to a Schedule, I shared some of the challenges to be overcome in upgrading one’s time management system from Yellow to Orange in Scheduling. It turned out to be a pretty … Continue reading

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A New Vision of Scheduling Tools

I just saw an amazing video that shows the real-time progress of civilization over the past 200 years. The content is inspiring, but this post is actually about the technology. Following on the heels of my post on Migrating from … Continue reading

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