X47 Time Management Philosophy

Collect and check all tasks that really concern me What doesn’t concern me and what obviously does not make sense belongs in the waste paper basket.

Checking all tasks in fast forward: Can you complete a task in 4 minutes? If yes, do it. The management of activities should never take longer than the task itself.

Everything that remains should be graded according to importance, not according to urgency. Importance means: What brings me closer to my objectives? - A precondition is preparatory work: You know your values and long-term objectives , professional and private, and the hierarchy of partial targets you develop from that.

There are three priorities: A – very important in order to achieve a target, B - sensible and C “nice to have". Only record A and B tasks in your timeplan – C priorities belong in your notes. Check which A and B tasks are urgent or when they will become urgent.