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Foreword

Having a PDA, or utilizing additional technology, won't automatically make you more efficient. It might take you a long time to get used to utilizing it to help you manage your time. And then you'll have to make a habit of utilizing it. It may work as well as any paper-based scheme, if you take the time to learn how to utilize it correctly, and it has the benefits of compactness, the power to search for words and phrases, the power to store crucial documents, and so on. However, without acquiring the right habits in utilizing it, it may as well be a brick. Lastly, you might discover that the correct system for you is a hybrid one: maybe you use your PDA for Appointment and Contact management and a paper planner for jobs and projects ... Maybe another combination. My goal herein isn't to sell you on having a PDA but to show what you are able to do with one, so you are able to try it out and see if it's good for you.

Time Management Mastery For Busy People

Make time your loyal servant rather than a terrible master.

Chapter 1:

Where Do You Spend Your Time

A key to bettering your time management skills is to discover how you're expending your time. It's simple to utilize your PDA or PC for this. Simply set up a time log.

Choose Wisely

The sort, Importance, Effectiveness, and Efficiency fields are picked out from pop-up lists that have the accompanying values:

Sort - Family, Personal, Business, Other Importance - 1 (crucial and pressing), 2 (Important, not pressing), 3 (Not significant, but pressing), 4 (Not crucial, Not pressing)

Effectiveness - 100%, 90%, 80%, 70%, 60%, 50% or less
Efficiency - 100%, 90%, 80%, 70%, 60%, 50% or less

The first time I utilized a time log, many years ago, I was truly shocked at how much time I was squandering. To truly get value out of it, you ought to utilize it for at least 3 typical days (not weekend days). Then you ought to study it to see where you are spending time ineffectively. A different useful log that you are able to track in a database on your Pocket PC/Palm is one that seizes Rework actions. Such actions are those that you need to re-do something on.

An easy example is that you formulate a set of demonstrations and then need to rework it to address your boss's remarks. To get value out of this sort of log, you ought to utilize it for at least 3 weeks -- occasionally rework doesn't come out till a couple of weeks after the initial action. You are able to acquire a lot of efficiency by confronting those areas where you've the most rework.

Once you have to pick among many tasks, there are a lot of prioritization tools you are able to utilize. If you're in a rut with your prioritization technique, trying out different techniques might yield the one that's correct for you.

Note that it's generally accepted that 20% of your actions will account for 80 percent of your success (The Pareto Principle). Therefore, if you've a hundred tasks in your job list, likely about twenty of those will be the key ones to center on. Therefore, whatever prioritization technique you utilize, you ought to ensure it helps you pinpoint these tasks.

Stephen Covey names a high-level prioritization scheme in his book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. In that scheme, jobs are categorized by 4 quadrants:

* QI - crucial and pressing
* QII - crucial but not pressing
* QIII - Not significant but pressing
* QIV - Not significant and not pressing

Dr. Covey mentions that highly effective individuals make time for the QII actions, and that doing so may reduce the time spent in extra quadrants. Though QI - QIV prioritization doesn't help you choose which QI activity to accomplish first and which to accomplish second, and so on, it may be really informative to discover which quadrants your tasks are in.

The ABC technique

I first became cognizant of this strategy when I utilized a paper-based Franklin planner. It ranks tasks into 3 categories:

A = critical
B = significant
C = nice

Then it subdivides tasks in these classes into A1, A2, A3, ..., B1, B2, ... And so on. Notice that the A, B, C categories have an aboveboard correspondence to Quadrants I, II, and III discussed in Covey's book. Many individuals discover this prioritization technique to be really helpful. While the standard Pocket PC and Palm Task list application doesn't support these precise priorities, there are a few really good 3rd party applications that do. For instance, Pocket Informant and Agenda Fusion for the Pocket PC support prioritization and impart a number of additional valuable capabilities.

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Now, due to the extreme conditions we're facing, increasingly more and more individuals have to reinvent themselves. This is very exciting news for the world. We're, by choice or force, being placed on our true paths. We're living in one of the most exciting times in human history. It might not appear that way now, but one day you will look back and realize the magic of this time in your life. We're in the midst of one of the great economic and spiritual transitions in the history of the world and I am in the center of it.

Heed these words as you move forward in your life. The world is based on energy and it always comes back to you. In some cases, it moves quickly and in other people, it takes a lot more time. You Must Be Willing to Go Deep Within Yourself. The choices each individual makes on a moment-by-moment basis create the reality they live. You are able to go left or right. Each decision comes with its own set of possible outcomes.

Why are we here? What am I supposed to do with my life this time around? These are some of the questions I will explore in this book. You will join me on a journey into a world of conflict and contradiction. We will explore a world filled with manipulation and corruption. Your belief system will be challenged at every turn as we uncover some of the oldest and most powerful myths of this world.

My goal is to help you connect to your true self – to help you move away from conventional Thinking and create a life definition that works for you. We all have our own unique definitions for the elements defining a successful life. Unfortunately, most people spend their lives defending their life definitions to themselves and to the people who supposedly care about them the most.

Your objective is actually very simple. To become successful all you have to do is reach a state of complete inner peace. As you know, this is easier said than done in today s hectic world. If you are willing to shatter your current belief system and take a leap of faith, this will be a voyage like no other. Remember … in order to continue, we all must have open minds so we can find OUR TRUE CALLING!

True Calling And Life Purpose Rediscovered

Find Out If Your Ladder Of Success Is Leaning Against The Right Wall And Repurposing Your Life Easily

Chapter 1:

Find Your True Calling

Have you discovered Your Calling? Yeah. Your Calling. The reason you are alive. Your personal mission in life. If you do not have a clue what I am discussing, take a couple seconds to complete this quick quiz:

Are you doing precisely the kind of work that makes you want to jump out of bed every morning excited to begin a new day?
Does your work fulfill a need deep inside to express yourself, your talents, your values, and your unique and precious gifts?
Does your work allow a balanced life – one that leaves time for family and friends, for physical activity or hobbies, for you?
Are you doing what you love?

True Calling

Have you discovered your calling? Yeah. Your Calling. The reason you are alive. Your personal mission in life. If you do not have a clue what I am discussing, take a couple seconds to complete this quick quiz:

1. Are you doing precisely the kind of work that makes you want to jump out of bed every morning excited to begin a new day?
2. Does your work fulfill a need deep inside to express yourself, your talents, your values, your unique and precious gifts?
3. Does your work allow a balanced life – one that leaves time for family and friends, for physical activity or hobbies, for you?
4. Are you doing what you love?

If you answered “yes” to all of these questions, congratulations! There is a good chance that you've achieved what the Buddhist’s call “Right Livelihood.”

If you have not yet found the work you were meant to do, keep reading. You are about to find your true calling – and when you find that calling that is uniquely yours, your life will be transformed.

“The way to find out about your happiness is to keep your mind on those moments when you feel most happy, when you are really happy – not excited, not just thrilled, but deeply happy.”

Now ask yourself how you feel each day, as you get ready for work. It probably sounds something like this. Your alarm clock buzzes and you get up. You drag yourself out of bed, dreading yet another day at a job that is high on stress and short on gratification.

I guess what I am asking you is this:

Are you happy working in a career that is fulfilling and enjoyable?

Because when you really love your work, you greet the day like this:

You do not need an alarm because you cannot wait to get out of bed and dive into another workday where your work feels similar to play.