Time-Management Tips from a Neuroscientist | Daniel Levitin
The key to effective time management is to maintain a level of organization that allows you to dedicate less and less neural resources to running your life. Levitin's latest book is "The Organized...
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My top time managing tips are calendar everything. Use your calendar in a very active way. Everything goes in there that is at least remotely time bound. So for example, the doctor says that she wants to see you again in a year and she gives you a little blood test requisition form, this can become three calendar entries. Obviously the doctor's appointment a year from now, but then call the lab and find out how long it's going to take them to process the lab collection so that it can get to the doctor in time. And then that becomes a calendar entry when you have to go to the lab. And then figure out how long in advance you can call the lab for an appointment to drop in. That's the third entry. Now you're leaving nothing to chance. And I...
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My top time managing tips are calendar everything. Use your calendar in a very active way. Everything goes in there that is at least remotely time bound. So for example, the doctor says that she wants to see you again in a year and she gives you a little blood test requisition form, this can become three calendar entries. Obviously the doctor's appointment a year from now, but then call the lab and find out how long it's going to take them to process the lab collection so that it can get to the doctor in time. And then that becomes a calendar entry when you have to go to the lab. And then figure out how long in advance you can call the lab for an appointment to drop in. That's the third entry. Now you're leaving nothing to chance. And I...
