Putting Together Our FAST Planner

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In my last post, I talked about creating a document to track our progress on a long term goal using the FAST method which includes… 1. Focused work means working on one thing at a time. You turn off all distractions such as e-mail, web browsers, and close your door if possible, and focus on [...]

The Top-Six Strategy for Daily Success

With all the conflicting organizational and productivity strategies on the market it can be hard to find a practical organizational solution that really works on a daily basis. I’ve tried Stephen Covey’s First Things First strategy of prioritizing tasks into quadrants of importance, as well as David Allen’s GTD strategy of next actions. I picked [...]

Draw 50: The Productivity Game

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It’s Saturday morning, the house is a mess and you stare blindly through sleepy eyes at your spouse. You know there are a million things to do and all you want to do is go back to bed. But you realize that the Nelsons are coming over at noon, and Mrs. Nelson has a white [...]