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On Blocking Time To Be More Productive

11/3/2018

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Andrew Ruiz
The second of this weekend's link posts.  Today's excerpt is from Zdravko Cvijetic writing about productivity techniques. Here is our favourite:
5. Block Time
"You will never 'find' time for anything. If you want time, you must make it."
- Charles Buxton

Learning how to protect your time at all cost from possible time thieves is essential.

That's why, when you define your priorities and how much time you need for each one of them, decide when in your schedule you want to commit a specific chunk of your time, to execute these priorities.

By dedicating a specific time to just one task, you "block off" your time (and your mind) from other interruptions and projects - that would otherwise demand your attention.

You will find that even three 60 minute blocks of actual work can deliver more results than a standard 8-hour workday - and sometimes even two.
The last sentence is worth reading three times. You must block time to do actual work or else you will get run over by busywork. Get out of meetings early and work on your top 3 goals. MeeTime can help

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