Whats your secret?

Thanks to all who've posted. Great stuff!

Anyone use any time management systems with success, whether it be Franklin-Covey, David Allen, Anthony Robbins, or the like?

We use 3 x 5 index cards.
Each project listed on a card and taped along the top of a wall. All of the tasks are below each project (on a card) going down below. We work the wall all of time, removing cards when we are completing something, adding cards for new projects/tasks as needed. also helps you SEE what is going on -- are you doing too much??

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Originally Posted by CourageCrafter

We use 3 x 5 index cards.
Each project listed on a card and taped along the top of a wall. All of the tasks are below each project (on a card) going down below. We work the wall all of time, removing cards when we are completing something, adding cards for new projects/tasks as needed. also helps you SEE what is going on -- are you doing too much??

Great tip Courage Crafter! I like that. I could definitely see that working on projects.

I dont believe I'm doing too much, but it seems that regardless of todo lists, I seem to easily veer off into sidebar projects or tasks that take me off track... could just be my own self-discipline.

Klozer, whichever tool you choose, remember that it's not the tool it's the process which makes it effective.

If it works, you'll use it!

Also, remember that you MUST work within the time which is actually available to you. As an illustration, in Canada, we've just been provided another statutory holiday (Feb. 18th). The implication: we now have in the order of 219 business days available to us each year ... BEST CASE!

With 13 days gone in January, that means you should be targeting 206 days to over-achieve plan! Planning in this fashion, you should find it easier to identify what can "reasonably" get done.

When I'd speak to the team on this topic, I'd invariably see everyone's plans running overboard. They simply can't say 'no' but, with time being a immovable dynamic, it becomes clear when you overlay 240 days of effort on a calendar which now has ONLY 206 days available. AND, this number assumes your prospects vacation align with yours!!

Revisit your planning process to ensure that you incorporate the above approach.

Good luck & Good selling!
Pat

What have you done to keep organized and "How's it working for ya?" klozer

MitchM

Grecian Formula!

As long as my hair don't show no grey them chicks dey still dig me.

Wine, women (or men) and song ... is there anything else? Oh, travel! That's it people - the deeper meaning to life, the onion has been peeled back! You read it here first!

The other things that makes sense to me are; repetition in learning - increase retention, then apply what you retained (that is where your meaningful professional growth comes from); use a journal, record your thoughts ... re-read them regularly (do not trust your memory with your best insights) - expose yourself the the motivational greats (these actions are were meaningful personal development growth is stimulated); when it comes to sales training, it has been available in-print and recordings for decades (there is nothing new under the sun).

Only those who are indeed vainglorious actually think they have learned how better to deal with people.

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klozer	Thanks to all who've posted. Great stuff! Anyone use any time management systems with success, whether it be Franklin-Covey, David Allen, Anthony Robbins, or the like?

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CourageCrafter	Use 3 x 5 index cards We use 3 x 5 index cards. Each project listed on a card and taped along the top of a wall. All of the tasks are below each project (on a card) going down below. We work the wall all of time, removing cards when we are completing something, adding cards for new projects/tasks as needed. also helps you SEE what is going on -- are you doing too much??

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OUTSource Sales "Top Sales Expert"	Planning Process Klozer, whichever tool you choose, remember that it's not the tool it's the process which makes it effective. If it works, you'll use it! Also, remember that you MUST work within the time which is actually available to you. As an illustration, in Canada, we've just been provided another statutory holiday (Feb. 18th). The implication: we now have in the order of 219 business days available to us each year ... BEST CASE! With 13 days gone in January, that means you should be targeting 206 days to over-achieve plan! Planning in this fashion, you should find it easier to identify what can "reasonably" get done. When I'd speak to the team on this topic, I'd invariably see everyone's plans running overboard. They simply can't say 'no' but, with time being a immovable dynamic, it becomes clear when you overlay 240 days of effort on a calendar which now has ONLY 206 days available. AND, this number assumes your prospects vacation align with yours!! Revisit your planning process to ensure that you incorporate the above approach. Good luck & Good selling! Pat

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MitchM	How Ya Keep Yerself Organized What have you done to keep organized and "How's it working for ya?" klozer MitchM __________________ Twelve Years Helping People Feel Better, Live Better, Do Better http://mitch-mitchsblog.blogspot.com/

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Gold Calling "Top Sales Expert"	Grecian Formula! As long as my hair don't show no grey them chicks dey still dig me. Wine, women (or men) and song ... is there anything else? Oh, travel! That's it people - the deeper meaning to life, the onion has been peeled back! You read it here first! The other things that makes sense to me are; repetition in learning - increase retention, then apply what you retained (that is where your meaningful professional growth comes from); use a journal, record your thoughts ... re-read them regularly (do not trust your memory with your best insights) - expose yourself the the motivational greats (these actions are were meaningful personal development growth is stimulated); when it comes to sales training, it has been available in-print and recordings for decades (there is nothing new under the sun). Only those who are indeed vainglorious actually think they have learned how better to deal with people. __________________ Hunger for Profit System© want to make more commissions or more profit, then you need to stop wasting time now! http://hungerforprofit.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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