Getting Stuff Done: Personal Development Boot Camp

Description

Like any other personal challenge, time management requires a customized system that works for you. This course will give you a number of organizational tools and techniques to consider. At the end of the course, you will have a personal productivity plan that you can apply right away.

Objectives

To start this course, you’ll explore what personal efficiency is all about, as well as useful attitudes and skills that you might want to develop. Then, you’ll outline your vision statement, dreams, and goals. Next, you’ll learn about the 80/20 system, what characteristics your organizational system should have, how to design a functional workspace and techniques for organizing your daily to-do items. You’ll also learn how to set up and maintain information management systems (both physical and virtual), prioritize tasks, create routines, and tackle procrastination. Finally, you’ll learn how to get organized at home.

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Getting Stuff Done Personal Development Boot Camp

Session 1: Course Overview

Course Overview

Learning Objectives

Pre-Assignment: Purpose

Pre-Assignment: Steps

Pre-Assignment: Images

Pre-Course Assessment

Session 2: Understanding Personal Efficiency

Understanding Personal Efficiency

Defining Personal Efficiency

In the Groove

A Holistic Approach

Time Management vs. Personal Productivity

Session 3: Developing the Right Attitude

Developing the Right Attitude

Useful Skill Sets

Useful Attitudes

Why Multi-Tasking is a Myth

Session 4: Laying the Foundation

Laying the Foundation

Creating a Personal Vision Statement

Step One: Identifying Your Values

Bringing It All Together

Step Three: Put it all Together

Making Connections

Identifying Dreams and Setting Goals

Getting Some Ideas

SPIRIT

Putting it All Together

Session 5: The Building Blocks of a Good Organizational System

The Building Blocks of a Good Organizational System

Pareto's Principle

Characteristics of a Good Organizational System

Building a Customizable System

Session 6: Creating the Right Environment

Creating the Right Environment

Garbage Out!

Step Two: Make an Action Plan

Step Three: Get Started, Part One

Step Three: Get Started, Part Two

Step Four: Finish the Task

Laying Out Your Workspace, Part One

Laying Out Your Workspace, Part Two

Re-Designing Your Workspace

Setting up a Daily System

Priority Tray

The Incubator

Sample Incubator

Using the Incubator

Using the Incubator Each Day

Setting up a Filing System

Four File Types

Filing Tips

Putting Everything Back Together

Putting it in Action, Part 1

Session 7: Setting up your Virtual Environment

Setting up your Virtual Environment

Organizing Electronic Files

Tips and Tricks

Making Your E-Mail Program Work for You

Commit to Your E-mail Program

Take Some Training

Set Up Folders

Schedule Backups and Archives

Automate What You Can

Use Time-Saving Tools

Exploring Applications

Top Applications

Session 8: Setting up Your Information Management Center

Key Components of a System, Part 1

Key Components of a System, Part 2

Case Study: Sarah the Salesperson

Case Study: Walter the Writer

Case Study: Edna the Executive Assistant

Making Connections

Lessons Learned, Part 1

Lessons Learned Part 2

Session 9: Managing Information in Six Easy Steps

Managing Information in Six Easy Steps

GOPHER It!

Processing E-Mail Messages

Digging Donald out of the Hole

Problem One

Problem Two

Problem Three

Session 10: Prioritizing Your Tasks

Prioritizing Your Tasks

The Urgent-Important Matrix

Matrix Overview

Quadrant 1: Urgent and Important

Quadrant 2: Important but Not Urgent

Quadrant 3: Urgent but Not Important

Quadrant 4: Not Urgent and Not Important

Putting Tasks in Their Place

Session 11: Saying No

Saying No

Techniques for Saying No, Part One

Techniques for Saying No, Part Two

Techniques for Saying No, Part Three

Techniques for Saying No, Part Four

Session 12: Creating Routines

Creating Routines

Why Routines?

Start of Day Routine

End of Day Routine

Dealing with E-mail

Session 13: Stopping Procrastination Now (Not Later!)

Stopping Procrastination Now (Not Later!)

Tackling Procrastination

A Challenge to Change, Part 1

A Challenge to Change, Part 2

A Challenge to Change, Part 3

A Challenge to Change, Part 4

Session 14: Applying Our Lessons at Home

Applying Our Lessons at Home

Meals

Exercise

Fun Stuff

Children

Chores

General Organization

Session 15: A Personal Action Plan

A Personal Action Plan

Starting Point

Where I Want to Go

How I Will Get There