Do you need calendar management tips?<\/span><\/p>\n Time flies when you’re unproductive. You may be busy doing stuff all day long, but you can’t seem to get anything done.<\/span><\/p>\n You may be the time who starts a project and can’t finish it for lack of time.<\/span><\/p>\n Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of IKEA said that we should <\/span>plan our time<\/span><\/a> “into 10-minute units, and sacrifice as few of them as possible in meaningless activity.” You may not have to get that extreme to cut down on wasted time.<\/span><\/p>\n Here are 6 tips to help you get the most out of your personal calendar.<\/span><\/p>\n Studies have shown that employees tend to be more productive between <\/span>9 am and 12 pm<\/span><\/a>. After that, productivity drops.<\/span><\/p>\n Your productivity depends on what you do in those three hours, so make sure you schedule the time to focus on your most important work.<\/span><\/p>\n If you fill it up with endless meetings and emails, you won’t get to what’s important to move forward.<\/span><\/p>\n When you’re planning your day or week, you can use the <\/span>Big Rock<\/span><\/a> method. Steven Covey came up with this method. This categorizes your priorities into different areas.<\/span><\/p>\n If you were to take a glass jar and fill it up with sand, you wouldn’t have room for much else. That’s how most people approach the day. They fill up their days with sand and they never get to the big rocks.<\/span><\/p>\n They may get a few pebbles like working on a <\/span>, but that’s it.<\/span><\/p>\n Now, if you’re to fill up your jar or calendar with big rocks first, you’re sure to get those important tasks done and have time to do more in your day.<\/span><\/p>\n How many times have you sat at your desk and tried to write an email, work on a spreadsheet, and write a blog post at the same time?<\/span><\/p>\n1. Block Out Your Most Productive Time<\/b><\/h2>\n
Use the Big Rock Method<\/b><\/h3>\n
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2. Stop Multitasking<\/b><\/h2>\n