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To-do list and task manager. Free, easy, online and mobile: Todoist. Shared Tasks, To-do List & Reminders on iPhone, Android, & Web | Astrid. Free online to do list - manage all your everyday tasks - Wunderlist. The Biggest Time Saving Tip Of All | BNET. Last Updated May 31, 2011 8:01 AM EDT Everyone seems to be busy these days. And so, we're all looking for some life hack that will free up time and make our lives run like well-oiled machines. In the year since my book, 168 Hours (out in paperback today), was published, I've been asked for my fair share of these tips.

Should I run my errands in a certain order? Should I file emails a certain way? Should I buy a quicker washing machine? Well, you can. Because the next week is as much a blank slate as that piece of paper. Time will pass. Realizing this is the most important time management tip there is: minutes and hours are choices. Realizing this changes how you view time. Of course, none of this means the process is easy. But there's little point in trying to save minutes when you're wasting hours. Have you ever made a big change in how you spend your time? Related: © 2011 CBS Interactive Inc.. Overcoming Procrastination Just a Few Minutes at Time. I was having difficulty starting a project.

Something always seemed to be more important. Finally, I took just a few minutes to break the project into manageable steps. While I’ve not yet finished the project, I have begun. What ’s more, I have a sense of restlessness and urgency about completing the project. Actually, I was intentionally appling a principle from Richard Wiseman’s book 59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot. One day at a Viennese café . . . According to research lore, in the 1920s a young Russian psychology graduate named Bluma Zeigarnik found herself in a Viennese café, taking tea with her supervisor. Later back at the lab . . . Zeigarnik was curious, and she returned to the laboratory to test an idea. A principle is born . . . According to Zeigarnik, starting any activity causes your mind to experience a kind of psychic anxiety. . . . that can help us all!

Call to Action Reference. Time Calculator. Managing Your Time by Jamie Boggs. How to get stuff done. Be strategic with your time. Covery's Quadrants or setting priorities. Weekly Schedule Template.