Project Managers need to be able to manage their own time. So, personal time management (as opposed to schedule management) is an essential skill if you want to be effective.



I have written four books about time...

You're a Project Manager. Which means you're a busy person. So that's why it's important that you crack personal productivity, and get more done in the time available.



You're on the lookout for ways to get...

Jump straight to task, and move on when it is done. 'Don't waste time planning!' This may sound like a prescription for efficiency. But it's certainly not a route to effective working. And being productive at the price of doing the...

Have you ever had the experience of being so focused on what you are doing that time just flows past without you even noticing? That is a flow state.



The psychologist, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, first described flow states, and...

Do you ever find yourself taking on other people's work, and then finding it's like having a monkey on your back? What you need to learn about is Monkey Management. And that's the topic of this video.

Don’t know where your time goes? The first step is to keep an eye on it. And that means keeping an activity log - a record of how you use your time.<b<br/>r/>

What gets measured, gets managed!

To Do lists are a rubbish way of getting things done. But the idea of a well-formed list is a good one. So, I explain why To Do lists are toxic and recommend 7 other lists you should be using instead.

Some things are important. And there are things that are merely urgent. To properly prioritize your work and be fully productive, you need to be able to understand the distinction between urgent and important.

We all get behind from time to time. This creates a backlog of stuff you need to do. It may be a pile of papers you have to read, or bills to pay, or forms to fill. Perhaps it’s an email inbox full of unanswered (or unread) emails. Or...

What do you do when you objectively have too much to do in the time available? This is overload.<b<br/>r/>

We'll look at the techniques to use when you are overloaded.

What do you do when all other time management methods fail you? You have too much to do. You need to say 'no'. You need to make a Noble Objection.



But it's not so simple. So, I'll show you how to say NO properly - and make it...

You think you're on schedule. And you would be... if it weren't for interruptions and distractions<b<br/>r/>

Let's look at how to handle being interrupted.

Eating Frogs is a tried and trustworthy method to deal with chronic procrastination. If you are constantly putting off a job you really don't fancy - but it needs to be done - eating frogs is the method for you.

You have to love Francesco Cirillo’s Pomodoro Technique. It’s the boldness and simplicity of this great little time management tool!

Getting Things Done (GTD) is probably the most famous proprietory time management method. It was developed by David Allen. It's simple to explain and complex to implement well.



For some people, GTD works like a dream. Others...

Mark Forster's Autofocus Technique for personal time management is as little known as David Allen's Getting Things Done is well-known. But if you are after a personal productivity system, check this out.

The Chain Method was reportedly described by comedian Jerry Seinfeld to web developer and stand-up comedian, Brad Isaac.<b<br/>r/>

Seinfeld used the Chain Method to motivate himself to find time to write new material every day.

Kanban started life as an inventory control system at Toyota in the 1950s. It was part of the Toyota Production System, developed by Taiichi Ohno to support ‘Just in Time’ manufacturing.



Now, Kanban is a widely-used approach...

You cannot work effectively and be highly productive if you are not well. So your wellbeing is vital to your personal productivity.



In this video, we will look at the four essential components of your wellbeing and how they...

How do you motivate yourself to be productive and get things done? Milestones and deadlines are great motivators. And they work in slightly different ways.



So, to understand self-motivation with milestones and deadlines, take...

Everyone knows what procrastination is:<br/>
It’s when we put off things that seem difficult or un<b<br/>r/>pleasant.

But there's more to procrastination than that. And not all forms of procrastination are bad.

If you want to work effectively and be as productive as possible, you need to use the Special Time you have available to its fullest.



So, in this video, let's look at what Special Time is, and the five types of special time...

Deciding what is important can be bewildering when you have too much choice. You need to prioritize. And a simple tool is the 80-20 Rule - properly known as the Pareto Principle.

If you want to improve your productivity, the first thing you need is the right habits: productive habits. So, this first video in our course on personal productivity is about just that. Effective working by cultivating the right...