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July 26, 2004
Time Management for System Administrators
Afternoon tutorial is Time Management for System Administrators: Getting it all Done and Not Going (More) Crazy! by Thomas Limoncelli.
Tom is doing something similar to what I imagine happens in a Franklin Covey seminar, but with a sysadmin twist, looking specifically at how time management should happen. A few years ago I listened to the Franklin training tapes, so this is a bit of review.
General Principles
- invest 5-10 minutes every day to review the todo and calendar items for the day
Task Management
- the goal should be never forget a user requests
- our brain isn't good of keeping track of them
- scattered pieces of paper
- many lists don't work because they are everywhere
- one master list can be damaging to self esteem because it never goes away
- make one to-do list per day, keep in a single place, with you all the time and easy to access
- ask boss to help prioritize
- if it has do be done every day, do it first
In this room there is a growing hostile environment between the PDA vs paper planner folks. I think what's important to remember is that you have to find what works best for your style, and accept that other people will do the same.
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