MAIN IDEA
How to Reclaim Your Life in 18 Minutes a DayIf you''ll get into the habit of spending 18 minutes a day aligning your plans for the day with your priorities, refocusing every hour and then reviewing how you spent your time, you will steadily learn how to be more and more productive over the course of your career.
Key Thoughts"Yesterday started with the best of intentions. I walked into my office in the morning with a vague sense of what I wanted to accomplish. Then I sat down, turned on my computer, and checked my e-mail. Two hours later, after fighting several fires, solving other people''s problems, and dealing with whatever happened to be thrown at me through my computer and phone, I could hardly remember what I had set out to accomplish when I first turned on my computer. I''d been ambushed. And I know better."
—Peter Bregman
Time management doesn''t need to be complex to work.
Instead of trying to figure out how to cram more into your day, its better if you really focus on doing what''s most important to you. A workable process for doing that is to spend 18 minutes daily prioritizing your day in three steps:
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