Not a lot of work
getting done on days like this, but when I return to work I feel refreshed and like I've given myself some much needed personal time.
Managing is typically understood as coming in and handling the details and tasks that need to
get done on a day to day basis.
In many organizations where I've worked, nothing
got done on those days anyway — the people you had to interact with were too likely to be on vaca.
This was a PERFECT hike to
get done on a day when I wanted to get lots of other stuff done too.
It will
get done on another day.)
Jennifer Matthews, Toronto, ON From Create a timeline: Think of every little detail that you have to
get done on the day of your big party.
Not exact matches
I have a pair of to -
do lists — one personal, one business — and each features three columns: manageable that -
day tasks, non-urgent demands to
get to the next
day and projects
on the horizon.
For example, if you were a basketball coach and you ignored your goal to win a championship and focused only
on what your team
does at practice each
day, would you still
get results?
All I was
doing was other people's work all
day long, and I never actually
got to the things that I wanted to accomplish
on that given
day.»
That way, they
get done even if unexpected, unavoidable delays or distractions arise as the
days go
on.
So, you'll have to learn to turn a deaf ear to the complaints about how the new guy or girl doesn't «
get it»; doesn't know every single thing
on day one; isn't fitting into the system or the culture, etc..
«This enables me to
get things
done on the same
day instead of allowing the guilt pile to build up.
«The best way to make some progress
on this... wasn't to go out and hire a consultant, as we often would have
done, but rather
get some of these people in who are spending their lives developing these things that will hopefully be a big score for them one
day,» says Toronto Mayor John Tory.
It's true that focusing
on the present helps you
get tasks
done faster, but working
on your next
day's to -
do lists will help in two ways: First, you'll help your future self by setting a prioritized list of items in advance, and second, you'll be clearing your mind of tasks you don't need to worry about today.
So as I'm sitting there, I've
got all this data (
on customers), but if what I'm seeing doesn't match the data, what I'm hearing rules the
day,» he told «The Brave Ones.»
After noticing that he
got some of his best work
done on long intercontinental flights, Guido established «Airplane
Days» to help him
get things
done.
Steve Buckley figured that out and thought the best way to make some progress
on this, and I think he's right, wasn't to go out and hire a consultant as we often would have
done, but rather
get some of these people in from the DMZ and so
on who are spending their lives developing these things that will hopefully be a big score for them one
day.
And don't forget, not only is it very expensive to
get into the specialty food market, but you don't
get paid right away; you have to make your product in advance and store it with an average of 90
days for the money
on your sales [from wholesaling] to come in.
It's so easy to
get bogged down in email and other people's to -
do lists that when you look up at the end of the
day you realize you didn't make any progress
on the things that are most important.
And they're even willing to put restrictions
on their social media time: 66 percent believe that employers should limit time spent
on social media sites in order to
get more
done during the
day.
People don't always
get what they want
on Valentine's
Day, and that's because most people shop for their significant others without the input of that person.
We
did it every
day,» he said, noting the 90 - minute update he gave to essentially the whole command in order to
get everyone
on the same page.
Where you
get your break — from an hour
on blogs, a
day in the park, or a week golfing at Martha's Vineyard — doesn't matter so much as that you
get it.
«There are so many ways to
get free access to your credit report these
days that I don't think you have to go
on a diet and only pull it from time to time,» said Ulzheimer.
But what if, despite the apparent advantages of sending those last couple of emails before you fall asleep at night, your end - of - the -
day smartphone use,
on balance, actually means you
get less
done?
You don't have to apply this list all at once but if you can
get to a place where you are
doing most of these things most of the time, then you are well
on your way to a more efficient
day.
He
gets up each
day at 2:30 a.m. to
do what he calls an hour - long «heavy workout,» which, depending
on the
day, consists of lifting weights, boxing with a heavy bag, or running sprints
on a football field.
Every
day many people quit
on their path, citing reasons like «I don't have time» or «I can't
get anything going.»
The Series 3 lasts about a
day on a charge, but you can
get more out of it if you don't
get notifications from every app
on your iPhone.
It's a good idea to have a decent serving of protein post-workout (at least 25g) but it's much less important than just eating enough protein over the course of the
day in general so don't
get too hung up
on it if you schedule doesn't permit this.
«Each morning for the past 15 years, I've carved out the first 15 minutes of my
day to hand write my «top five» for the
day — the things that I need to
get done to move my larger goals forward —
on a new page in a bound notebook.
Still, from the minute it learned WeatherTech was
doing a Super Bowl ad, Americaneagle.com went into research and testing mode, not only estimating just how much extra traffic WeatherTech would
get on February 2 and the
days afterward but also testing the site to see where bottlenecks existed that might cause problems in the event of a huge traffic spike.
Pick what you would call a «semi-typical»
day running your business and
on paper, describe that
day in detail, looking for a theme: When
do you find yourself
getting distracted?
Day wouldn't name any specific players who wear the shorts — she said she didn't want to
get them in trouble with their sponsors — so we really only have the company's word to go
on here.
Just like your heat in the winter or the AC
on a hot summer
day, you don't know how much you'll miss it until it's gone and you'll pay pretty much anything to
get it back as soon as possible.
Not only
does Amazon offer Prime members free two - hour delivery
on a limited assortment of goods, it also lets these customers
get same -
day delivery for free
on a catalog of more than a million products.
But the assurances other users received
on the forums gave me comfort — serious Bitcoiners seem to say that delays didn't usually last more than a
day or two, and I would eventually
get my money.
To foster a strong team culture, «we
do things like everyone
gets a Nerf gun
on their first
day, and we'll have Nerf battles to break the ice,» says Raymond.
Lots of young, eager and energetic young entrepreneurs
get hooked
on the adrenaline buzz and constant stimulation of living
on the edge and
doing something new and different every
day.
If dorm room
days are ahead of you or someone you know, the products
on this list will help you chill out, watch Netflix, and
get your work
done.
Either way, when I
got several
days behind
on my goal of
doing 100,000 pushups this year (more
on that here) I wondered how it would feel, physically and emotionally, to keep grinding out a ton of pushups, hour after hour.
Also known as «eating the frog,» decide
on the one task you must perform that
day to be successful and
do it first thing when you
get to work, says Patrick Mathieson.
«Hang it up
on your wall, and every
day when you're
doing things, ask yourself, «Is what I'm
doing at this moment, contributing to me
getting there?
He didn't buy immediately
on the call but a couple of
days later, he
got the fourth email in our autoresponder sequence and responded with this email:
Our «to
do list» are
getting longer, the demands
on our limited time are increasing daily and we spend much of our
day juggling the mountain of communication that is directed at us, across multiple platforms.
With Morgan Freeman and Gene Hackman I didn't rehearse because they... I
got halfway through a rehearsal
on the first
day and I saw that it was going so good I said we better shoot this just in case they couldn't
get it the second time.
The lesson that Bonobos learned: People still care about trying
on clothes — and they don't mind
getting the clothes a
day or two later.
On what has and hasn't changed at Yelp over the years: I still spend a ton of time with product and engineering, we
do seem to
get a lot more press attention these
days, but perhaps most fortunately I haven't had to invest a lot of time with Wall Street (if you pardon the pun)... our CFO Rob Krolik handles most of that.
Those
days are over, the scandal is
done, and I'm
getting on.
If your team wants to try working remotely for a week, cancelling meetings for a
day of «heads down» work time, or having a daily chat to
get the morning started
on the right foot —
do it.