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References: Gleeo (Android Time Log App)
The Effective Executive (book Peter Drucker)
This post will, in my opinion, make you super effective and will limit action faking over action taking; unless you really, really enjoy lying to yourself, in which case I can't help you.
Background
So I have been reading the Effective Executive by Peter Drucker, and he reminded me of something that I wanted to start doing a couple of years ago (not long after reading TMF ) but couldn't find any good apps.
Now I have found Gleeo, which before you iphone users carry on, is only an Android app, so you'll have to find the Apple version, or just wake up and realise that Androids are much better for business applications, and throw your overpriced toy in the bin (I mean sell it) and buy a proper phone.
Reason
The problem with todo lists, and making lists in general, that it is easy to fall into the trap of making practically everything a top priority.
I use Trello (recommended to me by TMF Forum, however am no longer an INSIDERS so can't link the post), and it works great for me, however I have noticed its limitations, in that it shows me what I should be doing, and to some extent it shows me what I have done that day, however it doesn't really tell the full story.
For instance it is easy for me to start on TASK A and then get sucked into another 10 tasks before I finish TASK A, and Trello will simply say that I finished the task and that's that.
Plus todo lists can start to look a bit spartan, so we (I mean, I) fill them with action fakes, stuff to make us feel like we're doing shit, when we're not doing shit.
App Overview
Gleeo is an excellent (completely free! Seriously I would happily pay these guys, but can't!) Android phone app which allows you to log your time and view it in an easy to digest pleasing way. At the end of the day, week, whenever you want, you can look at a time report of your activities and suss out whether you're on the right track, or need to seriously overhaul your time management structure.
Strategy
Gleeo is split up into Domains, within each Domain you can have Projects, within each Project you have Tasks.
The whole point of this app, is to maximise your time, and use it in the most effective way possible, so that being said the first domain you set up should be Effective.
Then within the Effective Domain, you put the project that is going to effect your bottom line, the most. So it is not making a new logo, or designing a presentation, it is the thing that has the most direct effect on your wealth.
So if you're a plumber, then it is organising new clients, and carrying out work, not buying tools or posting fliers out, even though they are important.
So for example for me, I have a coding project for which I am learning Solidity and React, I am also making money writing online, so my effective domain looks like this:
Domain - Effective
Project 1 - Ethereum coding
Task 1 - Course Classes
Task 2 - React Coding
Task 3 - Project Research
Project 2 - Income
Task 1 - Article writing
Task 2 - Article Research
Project 3 - Finances
Task 1 - Banking
Task 2 - Crypto
Task 3 - Taxes
OK, so I'm not going to give you all my domains, projects and tasks, save to say that I have a personal domain, an admin domain a someday domain, and a time waste domain, where I put stuff like social media, incoming/outgoing calls (which I have in other domains also), messing about on the computer, etc.
Now I can see at a glance, how much time I am spending on the effective stuff, but also I can see if I'm neglecting family, cleaning, and all the mundane shit that I'll pay someone to do someday (not the family shit, that's fun).
So yeah, there you go, try it out, the mere act of logging your time will make you more efficient anyway, and it will stop you fooling yourself that 'you actually got quite a lot done today', when you clearly haven't.
Good luck!
Here's to your effectiveness.
Oh and PS, the time that I used to write this post goes under my Personal Domain as a social media task...
Oops I forgot! No problem, with Gleeo you can add the time in after the fact
Peace, let me know what you think.
The Effective Executive (book Peter Drucker)
This post will, in my opinion, make you super effective and will limit action faking over action taking; unless you really, really enjoy lying to yourself, in which case I can't help you.
Background
So I have been reading the Effective Executive by Peter Drucker, and he reminded me of something that I wanted to start doing a couple of years ago (not long after reading TMF ) but couldn't find any good apps.
Now I have found Gleeo, which before you iphone users carry on, is only an Android app, so you'll have to find the Apple version, or just wake up and realise that Androids are much better for business applications, and throw your overpriced toy in the bin (I mean sell it) and buy a proper phone.
Reason
The problem with todo lists, and making lists in general, that it is easy to fall into the trap of making practically everything a top priority.
I use Trello (recommended to me by TMF Forum, however am no longer an INSIDERS so can't link the post), and it works great for me, however I have noticed its limitations, in that it shows me what I should be doing, and to some extent it shows me what I have done that day, however it doesn't really tell the full story.
For instance it is easy for me to start on TASK A and then get sucked into another 10 tasks before I finish TASK A, and Trello will simply say that I finished the task and that's that.
Plus todo lists can start to look a bit spartan, so we (I mean, I) fill them with action fakes, stuff to make us feel like we're doing shit, when we're not doing shit.
App Overview
Gleeo is an excellent (completely free! Seriously I would happily pay these guys, but can't!) Android phone app which allows you to log your time and view it in an easy to digest pleasing way. At the end of the day, week, whenever you want, you can look at a time report of your activities and suss out whether you're on the right track, or need to seriously overhaul your time management structure.
Strategy
Gleeo is split up into Domains, within each Domain you can have Projects, within each Project you have Tasks.
The whole point of this app, is to maximise your time, and use it in the most effective way possible, so that being said the first domain you set up should be Effective.
Then within the Effective Domain, you put the project that is going to effect your bottom line, the most. So it is not making a new logo, or designing a presentation, it is the thing that has the most direct effect on your wealth.
So if you're a plumber, then it is organising new clients, and carrying out work, not buying tools or posting fliers out, even though they are important.
So for example for me, I have a coding project for which I am learning Solidity and React, I am also making money writing online, so my effective domain looks like this:
Domain - Effective
Project 1 - Ethereum coding
Task 1 - Course Classes
Task 2 - React Coding
Task 3 - Project Research
Project 2 - Income
Task 1 - Article writing
Task 2 - Article Research
Project 3 - Finances
Task 1 - Banking
Task 2 - Crypto
Task 3 - Taxes
OK, so I'm not going to give you all my domains, projects and tasks, save to say that I have a personal domain, an admin domain a someday domain, and a time waste domain, where I put stuff like social media, incoming/outgoing calls (which I have in other domains also), messing about on the computer, etc.
Now I can see at a glance, how much time I am spending on the effective stuff, but also I can see if I'm neglecting family, cleaning, and all the mundane shit that I'll pay someone to do someday (not the family shit, that's fun).
So yeah, there you go, try it out, the mere act of logging your time will make you more efficient anyway, and it will stop you fooling yourself that 'you actually got quite a lot done today', when you clearly haven't.
Good luck!
Here's to your effectiveness.
Oh and PS, the time that I used to write this post goes under my Personal Domain as a social media task...
Oops I forgot! No problem, with Gleeo you can add the time in after the fact
Peace, let me know what you think.
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