Course Overview

What Will Students Learn?

• Identify what personal efficiency is, what skill sets can improve personal productivity, and what attitudes we should cultivate
• Explain why multi-tasking is a myth
• Describe what role long-term goals play in short-term efficiency
• Share a personal vision and develop dreams and goals from it
• Apply the 80/20 rule and learn how it should affect planning
• Identify the characteristics of a good organizational system
• Develop a plan for an efficient workspace, including a customized information center and a filing system
• Apply a system that will allow them to process any type of information that crosses their desk
• Use the Eisenhower principle to prioritize work and routines to simplify lives
• Understand why they procrastinate and develop methods for tackling tasks
• Apply tools to make their households more productive and efficient

What Topics are Covered?

• Understanding personal efficiency
• Developing the right attitude
• Laying the foundation
• Building blocks of an organizational system
• Creating the right environment
• Setting up your virtual environment and information management center
• Managing information in six easy steps
• Prioritizing your tasks
• Saying no
• Creating routines
• Stopping procrastination now (not later!)
• Applying our lessons at home