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Task Management & Time Blocking Podcast
by Francis A. Wade
You: A productivity enthusiast who manages an above-average number of tasks. You don’t mean to stand out, but you’re a bit different than most people…more creative, more driven and a bit more geeky.When you see an opportunity to improve your task management or time blocking you want to change _something_ to make it better…but what?Tune into the next episode of this podcast and get some answers. Make steady improvements in the way you handle your taskload. Cut errors and mistakes. After all, your peace of mind is at stake, so this is important.The podcast goes deep into your ability to get things done. Don’t miss a single broadcast!Music by Alex_MakeMusic from Pixabay 2timelabs.substack.com
Episodes
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Ep 38 – Time Alignment | Who You Are and What You Do w Dr. Brad Aeon
You are both a fan of Ai and task management. Having achieved gains in both areas over the years, the recent outbreak of LLMs has made you hungry for better task management using Ai solutions. But nothing seems to be happening. You keep looking for AI companies to offer insights but they have not...
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Ep 37 – The Time Hoard Trap | How to Reclaim Your Schedule Gracefully w Jenny Morin
You are an efficient person, but you are also polite and care about other people. When they want some of your time, you are happy to give it. However, there are personalities you find to be difficult – they take way too much time. In conversation with them, you find yourself glancing at your…
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Ep 36 – Managing the Invisible – Hidden Sub-Tasks in Your Time Blocking
You are someone who does a great deal of time blocking in your calendar. You follow the best practice and don’t try to schedule big complex tasks – instead, you schedule their sub-tasks. But how do you deal with tasks whose complexity is hidden? In other words, it contains far more sub-tasks than...
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Ep 35 – Productive Surgery: Cutting Out Bad Moments from Meetings
Once again, you find yourself caught in a bad meeting. As you glance at your watch, you are hoping it will end quickly, and put you out of your misery. Why? Little of value is being accomplished. But how can you make sure this problem goes away? If you’re in an organization, ”Saying No” may give...
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Ep 34 – Initial Capture of Tasks – Why is Capacity a Problem? – Brad Aeon
You are someone who is well acquainted with the skill of capturing. In other words, you know that it’s important to write everything down that’s important. You know better than to keep it all in your head – that’s a basic productivity lesson. But lately, you have noticed that the number of things...
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Ep 33 – How to Find Time to Plan a Business Strategy?
You are in charge of implementing your company’s new strategic plan. It includes some brilliant new ideas which should shake up your industry, and even introduce the world to a new category of products and services. But you are a bit wary because prior strategic plans barely made it off the...
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Ep. 33 – How to Find Time to Plan a Business Strategy
You are in charge of implementing your company’s new strategic plan. It includes some brilliant new ideas which should shake up your industry, and even introduce the world to a new category of products and services. But you are a bit wary because prior strategic plans barely made it off the...
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Ep 32 -How Do I Measure My Success as a Business-Person?
You’re someone who launches personal projects to improve your task management. You have made a number of changes in the past, but you haven’t seen the impact you wanted from each effort. Is there something going on that you cannot see? Are some changes more fruitful than others? After all, you…
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Ep 32 How Do I Measure My Success as a Business-Person?
You’re someone who launches personal projects to improve your task management. You have made a number of changes in the past, but you haven’t seen the impact you wanted from each effort. Is there something going on that you cannot see? Are some changes more fruitful than others? After all, you…
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Ep 31.5 – Season Two Opener: Why Focus on Self-Diagnosis?
You are a productivity enthusiast who has been around task management for a while. Over the years, you have made lots of useful improvements and can say that you have made tangible progress. However, it’s been some time since you felt that *before* and *after* feeling… where you had a…
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Ep 31 -What I Learned in Season One of the Podcast
You have been listening to this podcast for a few episodes. You have taken note of the format, which is different. We don’t do traditional interviews, but instead we do problem solving sessions inviting some of the brightest minds in the world to tackle emerging issues. But what is it like to…
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Ep 30 – When You Need to Share Your Task Management Software
Your company has come up with a bright idea. From now on, the announcement states, everyone will share the same task management software. It’s sold as a win-win for everyone. But you quickly realize that this is a problem. Your favorite task management software will now be a side-show as you are...
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Ep 29 – Auto-Scheduler Overview 2022
Almost everyone who time-blocks manually for enough time, starts to wonder what it would be like to automate some of the overheard. Wouldn’t it be nice to click a button and see everything instantly assigned to an optimal time slot in their calendar? But does such software even exist? The good…
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Ep 29 – Auto-scheduler Overview 2022
Almost everyone who time-blocks manually for enough time, starts to wonder what it would be like to automate some of the overheard. Wouldn’t it be nice to click a button and see everything instantly assigned to an optimal time slot in their calendar? But does such software even exist? The good…
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Ep 28 – Can Working Less Mean Working Better?
Are you someone who works really long hours, not because you are forced to maybe…you could really love what you’re doing! But you have an inkling that maybe if you put those hard work hours elsewhere, perhaps it could actually benefit your entire life…including the quality of work you’re doing.…
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Ep 28 – Can working less mean working better?
Are you someone who works really long hours, not because you are forced to maybe…you could really love what you’re doing! But you have an inkling that maybe if you put those hard work hours elsewhere, perhaps it could actually benefit your entire life…including the quality of work you’re doing.…
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Ep 27 – Reversing Diminishing Returns in Task Management Improvements
So you made lots of progress in your task management in the past – you are no beginner. You probably read some books and followed some sound ideas and found yourself getting more effect, and more productive, and making fewer errors. But lately…you feel as if you have stalled. You’re no longer...
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Ep 27 – Reversing Diminishing Returns in Task Management Improvements
So you made lots of progress in your task management in the past – you are no beginner. You probably read some books and followed some sound ideas and found yourself getting more effect, and more productive, and making fewer errors. But lately…you feel as if you have stalled. You’re no longer...
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Ep 26 – Pareto Improvements to Your Task Management
You’re someone who launches personal projects to improve your task management. You have made a number of changes in the past, but you haven’t seen the impact you wanted from each effort. Is there something going on that you cannot see? Are some changes more fruitful than others? After all, you…
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Ep 26 – Pareto Improvements to Your Task Management
You’re someone who launches personal projects to improve your task management. You have made a number of changes in the past, but you haven’t seen the impact you wanted from each effort. Is there something going on that you cannot see? Are some changes more fruitful than others? After all, you…
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Ep 25 1/2 – Once You Realize that One-Size-Does-Not-Fit-All…Now What?
You are a productivity enthusiast, someone who loves to grow and learn in the area of your task management. You are aware of most of the gurus out there – the inventors of practices like GTD, apps like Todoist and devices like the Bullet Journal. You also have realized at some point – maybe a…
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Ep 25 1/2 – Once You Realize that One-Size-Does-Not-Fit-All…Now What?
You are a productivity enthusiast, someone who loves to grow and learn in the area of your task management. You are aware of most of the gurus out there – the inventors of practices like GTD, apps like Todoist and devices like the Bullet Journal. You also have realized at some point – maybe a…
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Ep 25 – Why is “Emptying” Tasks So Difficult to Master?
Like most people who do knowledge work, there is a surplus of tasks waiting for you to complete everywhere you look. Your inboxes, todo lists, and task management software are full to the brim. You want to be on top, free of overwhelm… but there seems to be no way out. Have you created a problem...
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Ep 25 – Why is ”Emptying” Tasks So Difficult to Master?
Like most people who do knowledge work, there is a surplus of tasks waiting for you to complete everywhere you look. Your inboxes, todo lists, and task management software are full to the brim. You want to be on top, free of overwhelm… but there seems to be no way out. Have you created a problem...
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Ep 24 – Achieving the Best Flow State
So you’re a creative person and getting into the Flow State is the key to your success. Like Michaelangelo or Leonardo, you use focused high energy times to do your best work. And you love it. BUT… you have a Tik Tok account and the people you’re following are a growing distraction…and you can’t...
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Ep 24 – Achieving the Best Flow State
So you’re a creative person and getting into the Flow State is the key to your success. Like Michaelangelo or Leonardo, you use focused high energy times to do your best work. And you love it. BUT… you have a Tik Tok account and the people you’re following are a growing distraction…and you can’t...
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Ep 23 – Capture Points! What They Are and How to Manage Them
You’re a productivity AND technology enthusiast which means that you are managing lots of inboxes. Each time you sign up for a new one, they give you another. But is that a good thing? Or just another loose end you need to account for in your weekly review? If it’s the latter, then why? In this...
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Ep 23 – Capture Points! What They Are and How to Manage Them
You’re a productivity AND technology enthusiast which means that you are managing lots of inboxes. Each time you sign up for a new one, they give you another. But is that a good thing? Or just another loose end you need to account for in your weekly review? If it’s the latter, then why? In this...
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Ep 22 – Task Management as a Non-Traditional Student
So you’re a career person who has a family…..AND you want to return to school. But in your mind you can’t see how to reconcile the image you have of student life with your current obligations. After all, you have a job, a family, a commitment to your wellbeing, a spiritual life, friends, you…
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Ep 22 – Task Management as a Non-Traditional Student
So you’re a career person who has a family…..AND you want to return to school. But in your mind you can’t see how to reconcile the image you have of student life with your current obligations. After all, you have a job, a family, a commitment to your wellbeing, a spiritual life, friends, you…
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Ep 21 – Bad Memory? Or Just Not Strong Enough at Capturing?
You have noticed that as you make more promises to people to get things done, the risk of not delivering goes up. Sometimes, the fact that you made the commitment falls through the cracks…as if it were never made. Over time, this reduces your effectiveness and your reputation for getting things...
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Ep 21 – Bad Memory? Or Just Not Strong Enough at Capturing?
You have noticed that as you make more promises to people to get things done, the risk of not delivering goes up. Sometimes, the fact that you made the commitment falls through the cracks…as if it were never made. Over time, this reduces your effectiveness and your reputation for getting things...
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Ep 20 – Beyond One-Size-Fits-All Failure
When it comes to task management, you know that one size doesn’t fit all. AND You are someone who has increased your workflow over the years – more tasks than ever, and a future of more task management, not less. At the moment your current approach works BUT…you suspect that it may run into...
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Ep 20 – Beyond One-Size-Fits-All Failure
When it comes to task management, you know that one size doesn’t fit all. AND You are someone who has increased your workflow over the years – more tasks than ever, and a future of more task management, not less. At the moment your current approach works BUT…you suspect that it may run into...
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Ep 19 – What Makes Email So HARD to Fix?
Like everyone else who does knowledge work, you receive a lot of emails – more than you’d like. You have harbored dreams of a world in which you could escape this hated chore, but over here in reality, there seems to be no way to alleviate the pain. Or is there? Some people suggest that you…
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Ep 19 – What Makes Email So HARD to Fix?
Like everyone else who does knowledge work, you receive a lot of emails – more than you’d like. You have harbored dreams of a world in which you could escape this hated chore, but over here in reality, there seems to be no way to alleviate the pain. Or is there? Some people suggest that you…
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Ep 18 – Should We Design Peak Moments of Happiness?
COVID disrupted many of our regular routines, some of which have not recovered. In particular, if you work from home, you may notice that seeing the same people every day and working in the same space is quite convenient. But it’s also predictable – in the bad way. Many of us have lost a certain...
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Ep 18 – Should We Design Peak Moments of Happiness?
COVID disrupted many of our regular routines, some of which have not recovered. In particular, if you work from home, you may notice that seeing the same people every day and working in the same space is quite convenient. But it’s also predictable – in the bad way. Many of us have lost a certain...
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Ep 17 – Controversy. Can You Ever Stop Using Contexts for Your Tasks?
You have tried using contexts for your tasks in the past, perhaps following the advice of GTD. The idea was a sound one, and made a positive contribution. But as time went on, the technique seemed to lose its potency. The question is “Why?” And did this experience imply that you needed to stop...
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Ep 17 – Controversy. Can You Ever Stop Using Contexts for Your Tasks?
You have tried using contexts for your tasks in the past, perhaps following the advice of GTD. The idea was a sound one, and made a positive contribution. But as time went on, the technique seemed to lose its potency. The question is “Why?” And did this experience imply that you needed to stop...
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Ep 16 – Is Motion the Latest, Greatest Auto-Scheduler?
If you’re interested in using online calendars you may have seen ads for the auto-scheduler called Motion. You have probably wondered what it might be like to use it, but you don’t have the time or bandwidth for a proper test. In this episode with Dr. Melanie Wilson we share the results of our...
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Ep 16 – Is Motion the Latest, Greatest Auto-Scheduler?
If you’re interested in using online calendars you may have seen ads for the auto-scheduler called Motion. You have probably wondered what it might be like to use it, but you don’t have the time or bandwidth for a proper test. In this episode with Dr. Melanie Wilson we share the results of our...
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Ep 15 – Is it Harder to Fix Your Car Than Your Task Management System?
You want to make improvements to your system of task management. You want to intervene at just the right place to have a positive overall effect, but you don’t know where to start. You already understand that you use a system to manage your tasks from the moments of creation to the point where…
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Ep 15 – Is it Harder to Fix Your Car Than Your Task Management System?
You want to make improvements to your system of task management. You want to intervene at just the right place to have a positive overall effect, but you don’t know where to start. You already understand that you use a system to manage your tasks from the moments of creation to the point where…
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Ep – 14 – Fixing Problems with Time Blocking
You’re a time blocker to some degree. This means you put tasks in your calendar…Not just appointments with people which can’t easily be changed, but solo time you commit to doing a particular task. In other words, you make a promise to yourself that non-one else knows about to do something at a...
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Ep 14 – Fixing Problems with Time Blocking w Mike Vardy
You’re a time blocker to some degree. This means you put tasks in your calendar…Not just appointments with people which can’t easily be changed, but solo time you commit to doing a particular task. In other words, you make a promise to yourself that non-one else knows about to do something at a...
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Ep 13 – How to Arm Yourself with Great Personal Alarms
You use lots of apps on a range of devices. Many of them have built-in notifications which are jostling for your attention. But if you leave them all on, you end up with a mess – a cacophony of alerts which do more bad than good. What do you really want? To orchestrate them somehow into a perfect...
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Ep 13 – How to Arm Yourself with Great Personal Alarms
You use lots of apps on a range of devices. Many of them have built-in notifications which are jostling for your attention. But if you leave them all on, you end up with a mess – a cacophony of alerts which do more bad than good. What do you really want? To orchestrate them somehow into a perfect...
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Ep 12 – How to Allocate Your Time When Time Blocking
You’re someone who time blocks. A quick glance at your calendar would show that you have put some thought into each day’s plan. But what happens when you get to the end of the year and realize that you haven’t accomplished your most important goals? For example, some gurus at marriagebuilders.com...
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Ep 12 – How to Allocate Your Time When Time Blocking with Trevor Lohrbeer
You are someone who time blocks. A quick glance at your calendar would show that you have put some thought into each day’s plan. But what happens when you get to the end of the year and realize that you haven’t accomplished your most important goals? For example, some gurus at…
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You: A productivity enthusiast who manages an above-average number of tasks. You don’t mean to stand out, but you’re a bit different than most people…more creative, more driven and a bit more geeky.When you see an opportunity to improve your task management or time blocking you want to change _something_ to make it better…but what?Tune into the next episode of this podcast and get some answers. Make steady improvements in the way you handle your taskload. Cut errors and mistakes. After all, your peace of mind is at stake, so this is important.The podcast goes deep into your ability to get things done. Don’t miss a single broadcast!Music by Alex_MakeMusic from Pixabay
2timelabs.substack.com
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Francis A. Wade
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