Comments on: 24 Hours Is All You Get Today – Are You Ready?

By: The Most Important Thing About Sales

The Most Important Thing About Sales — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 16:55:16 +0000

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By: Britany Wallace

Britany Wallace — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:03:03 +0000

Don, I really appreciate your analysis of time management and the breakdown of priority quadrants you have provided here. If we all had a slightly more organized (or less restrictive- I guess) schedule, perhaps more of the world would be less stressed and doing busy-work. Perhaps, more people would be productive and more self-reflective.

I also like the idea in your previous comment about balancing priorities. Is that something you may consider for the future?

By: Don F Perkins

Don F Perkins — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:09:36 +0000

@Robert – You’re right. There will always be circumstances that cause us to adjust our plans. That’s just this wonderful thing we call life. Right? In the interest of keeping my post short, I didn’t go into things like contingencies and balancing personal vs. professional interests, but just like a financial budget, a time budget would have a baseline plan which helps us prioritize and organize, but stuff happens and we adjust accordingly. As you say, it’s much better than having no plan at all.

I find that having plan “A” and plan “B” somewhat thought out ahead of time is a big help too.

By: Robert Terson

Robert Terson — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 12:21:27 +0000

Don, at night I make a list of the things I desire to accomplish the next day, then I prioritize that list; however, experience has taught me that I need to have an “unscheduled” time slot for the unexpected something which surely will pop up. Do things always go according to Hoyle? No, of course not; but having a prioritized list of daily goals helps a lot. It’s a path through the thicket of the day and I highly recommend it.