IT professionals don't have to join the
GTD cult to become more efficient, effective and productive.
I mean, if it works for you, go right ahead. Followers of productivity coach David Allen's
Getting Things Done credit the time-management book with transforming their jobs and lives.
It's just that there's a
good column over at CIO Update which also offers advice on managing your time, but takes a different tack than Allen's process- and detail-driven approach.
Rajesh Setty says CIOs should put aside their "to do" lists and begin thinking strategically:
What you really need to focus on is leverage how to get the most out of your time rather than how many things you can get done within a specified time.
Accomplishing that, Setty says, requires thoughtful planning and utilizing the resources at your disposal, not getting all frenetic and list-happy.
He also offers this insight:
The genesis of time management problems is the commitments you make to others.
So the reason you never have time to get everything done is those damned
other people! I knew it! Actually, what this really means is you have a hard time saying "no" and, like a sap, are prone to overcommitting.
All is not lost, though. You can learn to negotiate and re-prioritize in order to get the important things done. Now go do that.
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