Total Workday Control Using Microsoft Outlook

That does not mean you should not apply a true deadline to those tasks that really have them, particularly those imposed from the outside (from your client or boss, for example); there are appropriate times to set true deadlines. And for those, use the technique I showed in the Quick Start: place the date right in the task name like this: DUE Aug 4

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Specifically, you now know to check the Critical Now list many times a day, perhaps even hourly, so that very urgent items can be tracked closely. This prevents end-of day rushes or total misses of urgent tasks. The shortness of this list helps keep your intense focus only where needed, thus reducing the “everything is a fire” fervor we can sometim

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I rarely put deadlines on the typical small next-action tasks I place on my Now Tasks list? That’s because they are usually smaller steps on the road to a larger outcome, and the larger outcome is the thing that usually has the deadline. Well, a SOC is perfect for this because it is usually the larger thing that I am working toward—it is exactly th

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