Time Management 2.0 Quotes

“Money, I can only gain or lose. But time I can only lose. So, I must spend it carefully.”
― Hank Reardon, Time Management 2.0: 15 Secrets of a Self-Made Millionaire for Getting Things Done

“Just remember that every “yes” is actually a “no” to something else.”
― Hank Reardon, Time Management 2.0: 15 Secrets of a Self-Made Millionaire for Getting Things Done

“If you aren’t busy working on your own goals, you’ll be working for somebody else’s goals.”
― Hank Reardon, Time Management 2.0: 15 Secrets of a Self-Made Millionaire for Getting Things Done

“The same thing happens with emails. Most people open their inbox and see ten new unread messages. Almost everyone will click each message open, read it, and then move on to the next message. If an email requires some action, they’ll get back to it later—in which case they’ll have to re-read the message! Remember, touching something once doesn’t mean you have to-do everything yourself. Delegating an item is almost always the most time efficient thing to-do, so if you touch it once and delegate to somebody, do it. Also, not every task should be touched immediately. A large project or something that is going to run into a previously scheduled time block should be scheduled for later. Most people will have a rule of thumb about when to action something immediately. Most people I know will take immediate action on something if it takes less than five or ten minutes.”
― Hank Reardon, Time Management 2.0: 15 Secrets of a Self-Made Millionaire for Getting Things Done

“Here’s how I go through my mail using the “touch it once” principal: o         I walk out to the mailbox and grab the mail. o         As I walk back up my driveway I’m picking out all the junk mail. o         I toss the junk mail into the recycle bin in my garage, before I even walk back into the house. o         I easily pick out the magazines and put them in my magazines-to-be-read stack on the coffee table. o         I take the remaining bills—that’s all there is left, nobody sends letters anymore—and set them on my bills-to-be-paid-pile next to my computer. o         Because I’ve time blocked bill paying every Sunday night I don’t even bother opening those envelopes until that time.”
― Hank Reardon, Time Management 2.0: 15 Secrets of a Self-Made Millionaire for Getting Things Done