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Relying on Fortuitous Self-Selection may be the Most Expensive Mistake of all
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Change the Grains - Control Your Day

To develop your Time Edge and become an effective time manager you have to change the grains in your personal hour glass - get rid of the activities and commitments that don't belong in your day to make room for the activities and commitments that do.  Only by doing this can you really get control of your day.

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Time is not a commodity so don’t bill it that way.

Anybody who is forced to bill by the hour faces the problem that their world has been ruined by lawyers and accountants who, over the centuries, have set an expectation in the client’s mind that they are paying for time rather than value.  This is difficult to reverse, but there are a number of things that you can do to minimize the ill-effects.

   
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The Time Management Index

Time is wasted in a thousand different places in your day and there is no magic silver bullet that can change things in a single bound.  There are a number of areas that have to be addressed and it is an ongoing process that needs to be continually repeated as inappropriate things creep back repeatedly into your day.

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Develop a “to don't” list

Time management experts (including me) stress the importance of having a “To Do” list {Link Getting Organized with a “To Do” list}. This list, updated and prioritized daily will help you identify and execute the most important things but it will not help you identify the things that you should eliminate from your day.

   
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Activity Elimination Form
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