Michael, thanks for sharing. You know, this is the way I used to organize my daily schedule many years ago, when I had a real job. But since working contract and at home, I have strayed a lot from a more structured approach.

I'll have to get back on track and get my act together.

Regards,

Eliz.

> Eliz:

> I'd like to see the whole "set of
> questions".

> Anyway...

> I schedule my week as much as possible using
> a "daily diary". And I also
> realise unscheduled things can pop up. IF
> those unscheduled things are more important
> than what I have scheduled, my schedule
> changes. If not, I move the new item to a
> place I can fit it in.

> This frees my mind from trying to keep track
> of everything.

> Maybe... maybe not.

> I seldom accomplish all the things on my
> daily to-do list. BUT, I get much more done
> than if I don't have a list.

> And what of my list?

> I write down the things I need to do and
> then prioritize them .

> Then I do the most important item until it
> is done, then move on to the next most
> important until it is done. And so on down
> the list.

> If I don't finish the list... and I seldom
> do... at least I got the most important
> things done.

> The items that didn't get done get moved to
> the next day's list.

> They might not get done the next day either
> - but - eventually they do get done.

> I have found that certain items can take a
> long time to do if I were to keep doing them
> until done. And so I'm now experimenting
> with breaking them up and doing a little bit
> a day over the course of a week or so.

> With running different businesses, marketing
> them, seeing existing clients, visiting with
> prospective clients, taking on new projects
> like The Entrepreneur's Hotsheet, updating
> existing projects like The Art of Leverage,
> plus working on new projects, I would get
> nothing much done without a written
> schedule.

> And all this organizing for the week ahead
> gets done on the weekend.

> Works for me.

> Michael Ross
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