Poll: Do You Schedule Time To Do Your Own Job?
Most people don't think of themselves as the master of their schedules. Stuff gets booked into Outlook -- meetings, review, sales calls, more meetings -- and they try to wedge productive work in between. In essence, your calendar is an obstacle to accomplishing your own job.
Mule Design Blog recently discussed the Chokehold of Calendars. The post observes:
In my experience, most people don't schedule their work. They schedule the interruptions that prevent their work from happening.The recommendation is, of course, to block out the time you need to get your work done. Don't scrabble for scraps of time between activities generated by other people. It's a fascinating post, especially if you currently think of your calendar as more of an obstacle than a tool. [via Lifehacker]