Power Thinking Tips.txt Mini Day and Power Thinking Tips September 26, 2011 By eothink !

rom Mi"hae# B$rns %e#p&$# Tips Mini Day Tips Mini days are physi"a# mo'ements not pro(e"ts or s$b(e"ts %a'e a sheet o& paper with yo$ to #ist tasks P$t down the time that seems reasonab#y right and start )rrange yo$r mini days to most e&&e"ti'e#y intera"t with yo$r day The mini day s"hed$#e integrates physi"a# mo'ements with time Monitor the e&&e"ti'eness o& yo$r mini day time designation *se dis"ip#ine and integrity to stay on yo$r mini day s"hed$#e +ist the tasks to do that day $nder the "orresponding mini day s#ot ,o$ ha'e the &#exibi#ity to "reate a new mini day ) task may be a physi"a# mo'ement needing its own mini day ,o$ may re-$ire mini days that o""$r #ess reg$#ar#y than e'ery day The moment a task "omes to mind write it in s"hed$#e or #ist Prioriti.e prob#ems as they appear to maintain iron grip "ontro# P$t things in a &i#e or basket immediate#y to ins$re they are hand#ed -$i"k#y *se operations mini day to sort things o$t or take -$i"k a"tion on tasks /hen yo$ are away and things pi#e $p sort them immediate#y into mini days 0mmediate#y p$t &o##ow $p tasks into mini day s"hed$#e /hen yo$ &inish a## tasks in mini day go to next days1 tasks in same mini day 0& yo$ get o&& tra"k get ba"k on as soon as possib#e Mini day s"hed$#e makes it easy to s"hed$#e ahead and not &orget anything 2eep a &i#e &or ea"h mini day eothink system stim$#ates 'erti"a# and hori.onta# thinking &or 'a#$e "reation P$sh hard with power thinking into new pro(e"ts Power thinking is a mini day ,o$ may want to take ba"k de#egated responsibi#ities S"hed$#e meetings into mini days 3ontro# the ma(ority o& yo$r time Prioriti.e interr$ptions to be dea#t with now or into appropriate mini day /ork o$t s"hed$#e that is best &or yo$r sit$ation 3ontro# as m$"h intera"tion with others as is possib#e Page 1

Power Thinking Tips.txt 2eep mini day s"hed$#e at yo$r &ingertips Tea"h others the eothink system a&ter yo$ ha'e be"ome pro&i"ient

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Power Thinking Tips Start with one pro(e"t then power think e'ery thing Do power thinking on"e a week be&ore the next week 4emo'e steps "omp#eted and then add new steps and pro(e"ts *se dis"ip#ine to initia##y stay with power thinking pro(e"ts ,o$ may need to break o$t steps as pro(e"ts to get better e&&i"ien"y 2eep yo$r power thinking #ist handy to add new steps as yo$ think o& them Pre'ent "#$tter by immediate#y mo'ing items into the system P$t a## pro(e"ts and tho$ghts into power thinking #ist !or"e new pro(e"ts into areas yo$ wo$#d ne'er "onsider be&ore The persona# and &inan"ia# rewards are &ar beyond the e&&ort spent 4e"ogni.e the persona# aspe"ts o& yo$r #i&e that #end themse#'es to power thinking

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