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What are SuperLists and how to use them for maintaining work life balance
Feeling overwhelmed because you cannot find time to take your partner on the dream vacation you promised? Or kids to the newly opened adventure sports park on the city outskirts? Or start devoting some time on weekdays to your fave plants in the garden? Don’t fret,...
Why you fail to complete tasks in your calendar and how to finish them.
You have organized your calendar to complete tasks in time, set an alert and happily forgotten about it. Excellent, because that is what calendars are for; reminding you when you need to complete tasks. The alert sounds at the right time, you open the calendar entry...
Accountability partner: Why you need one and where to find them
I have often said in the past that if you want to accomplish a task, put it in your calendar. But snooze, reschedule or delete buttons can put a spanner in your plans. So there is a better way. Put the task is someone else's calendar. That is, get an accountability...
Money can buy you more time to do things that matter to you
If you want more time to do your own thing, use money to outsource some of your work to people or tools. Yes, tool too! And no, this is no affiliate promotion. It’s just that tools have made my life much easier and I want the same for you. For instance, If designing...
Here’s why you should automate as many tasks as possible
Photo by UX Indonesia on Unsplash For two weeks in November 2021, I was on the road travelling four states, attending two family functions and visiting places of religious and historical importance. But still my newsletters went out on time. Because I scheduled...
Dump tasks to your calendar and forget about them
Photo by Estée Janssens on Unsplash Stephen Covey said, The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities. I had been making lists and setting priorities, without ever knowing that's what I was doing, since my college days. But...
Here’s how you can get off the procrastination hamster wheel
Does overwhelm lead to procrastination, or is it the other way round? I often wonder this and finally decided to ask you all. And also apologise. I have been talking about making lists, finding out what habits to inculcate, prioritise lists, etc. when all along you...
Are you always firefighting urgent tasks? Here is how to get in control now.
President Eisenhower said, “I have two kinds of problems: urgent and important. The urgent are not important and important are never urgent.” If you are always firefighting urgent tasks, it can be difficult to stick to your priority list. You need to listen to what...
One simple thing to track progress of your goals
We are just three months away from setting lofty personal, professional, financial and health goals. And 80% of those goals will fail. But there is one simple thing you can do to track progress of your goals. Take stock of your progress periodically And by...
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