Basic Time Managemant Tools

In the table below, you find a list of typical problems Time Management helps to solve. The right column contains tools that may help you. Many of them are explained in this book, others you will have to look up.

Problem	Area	Solutions
I am trying to do too many things at the same time	work efficiency	Stop multitasking, Pareto principle, 5 basic options, Kanban, S4, meetings, reading
I am frequently interrupted while executing tasks	Priorities	Covey Matrix, POOCOO, setting boundaries, 10 small steps vs. procrastination, reasons for procrastination, email, bosses, phone
I have difficulties finishing the things I started	focus	flow, pomodoro, burndown, progress visualization
I am frustrated because I seem not to advance at all	focus	burndown, progress visualization, celebrate success, success wall
I seem to lose energy in what I am doing	scheduling	5 critical times, biorhythms, OATS, 3 daily goals, weekly goals, Kanban
I end up doing too much for other people and too little for myself	value your own interest	ways to say no, who/what/how, goals
Things take me much longer than I thought	planning	estimating, retrospectives, burndown
I have no idea where my time goes	analysis	time log
My work generelly feels unorganized	project management	PM basics, project plan, milestones/deliverables, SMART goals
I don't know where I am going	goals	SMART goals, word of the year, personal development plan, daily/weekly goals
There is too much chaos around me	priorities	cleaning up, S4, Kanban