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The Importance of Time Management and How to Improve Your Skills

40 points by danutu 4y ago

russel_g 3y ago
Thanks for sharing the strategies. Time management is crucial for efficiency. Time, an invaluable resource beyond our control, should be utilized wisely. Gaining a visual representation of time allocation is vital, as it enables us to identify areas where time is being spent and determine if preventive measures are needed to enhance efficiency. There are a lot of free web tool like hub spot, time doctor, www.clockdiary.com etc that helps achieving it.
danutu 4y ago
Time is a funny thing, isn't it? It seems like we always have too much of it, and yet, somehow, it always manages to slip away from us. Whether we're working on a big project, trying to get in shape, or just trying to keep up with the demands of daily life, time management is key to success.
rootusrootus 4y ago
Step 1: Point news.ycombinator.com to 127.0.0.1 in /etc/hosts
- thorncorona 4y ago
  Step 2: Use a proxy
- asdfman123 4y ago
  That doesn’t work. People with effective solutions aren’t here to argue for them.
- danutu 4y ago
  Hi, sorry i dont t understand what are you saying
  - spidersenses 4y ago
    It means that calls to the hackernews url would be rerouted to localhost (thereby effectively blocking the website). However, it only takes about 5 seconds time to rename the hosts file, subverting the whole idea.
lkozloff 4y ago
I've found the act of prioritization to be one of the hardest practices to build. I know I should prioritize. I know it takes time to do it well... but if I spend just 10m doing this one thing I can get a nice dopamine hit for having accomplished... something. One of the things that has helped me most recently is building out a better set of rules for my inbox that let me segment out unknown priorities from known priorities. Previously, I'd get so many bids for time the act of even enumerating the tasks TO prioritize was too much and I'd end up in a push-workflow, rather than pulling tasks by their appropriate priority. So, hopefully this is some encouragement for you to think about what's urgent/important in your inbox, what's unknown and needs triage, and what can be scheduled for later.

40 points by danutu 4y ago

Thanks for sharing the strategies. Time management is crucial for efficiency. Time, an invaluable resource beyond our control, should be utilized wisely. Gaining a visual representation of time allocation is vital, as it enables us to identify areas where time is being spent and determine if preventive measures are needed to enhance efficiency. There are a lot of free web tool like hub spot, time doctor, www.clockdiary.com etc that helps achieving it.

danutu 4y ago

Time is a funny thing, isn't it? It seems like we always have too much of it, and yet, somehow, it always manages to slip away from us. Whether we're working on a big project, trying to get in shape, or just trying to keep up with the demands of daily life, time management is key to success.

rootusrootus 4y ago

Step 1: Point news.ycombinator.com to 127.0.0.1 in /etc/hosts

thorncorona 4y ago
Step 2: Use a proxy
asdfman123 4y ago
That doesn’t work. People with effective solutions aren’t here to argue for them.
danutu 4y ago
Hi, sorry i dont t understand what are you saying
- spidersenses 4y ago
  It means that calls to the hackernews url would be rerouted to localhost (thereby effectively blocking the website). However, it only takes about 5 seconds time to rename the hosts file, subverting the whole idea.

lkozloff 4y ago

I've found the act of prioritization to be one of the hardest practices to build. I know I should prioritize. I know it takes time to do it well... but if I spend just 10m doing this one thing I can get a nice dopamine hit for having accomplished... something. One of the things that has helped me most recently is building out a better set of rules for my inbox that let me segment out unknown priorities from known priorities. Previously, I'd get so many bids for time the act of even enumerating the tasks TO prioritize was too much and I'd end up in a push-workflow, rather than pulling tasks by their appropriate priority. So, hopefully this is some encouragement for you to think about what's urgent/important in your inbox, what's unknown and needs triage, and what can be scheduled for later.