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[TFS Lesson] 5 Bonus Productivity Tools

[TFS Lesson] The Pareto Principle aka "Be productive, not busy"

[TFS Lesson] Eat That Frog!

[TFS Lesson] The 2-minute rule

[TFS Lesson] Parkinson's Law or The Student Syndrome

[TFS Lesson] The Eisenhower Matrix and "how do I know if a task is important?"

This is the first lesson related to prioritizing your ToDo list. It describes the Eisenhower matrix for categorizing tasks and answers an important question: how do I know if a task is important?

[TFS Lesson] Monday Hour One or how to throw away your ToDo list

This is Lesson 5 of the Time Management Library for The Focus Squad. In this lesson, I cover:
- what is Monday Hour One (credit to The Life Coach School)
- if it's possible to not use ToDo lists at all
- my simple productivity system
In this episode I mention Time Blocking, which is covered in detail in the previous episode. You can go back to the library and listen to it if you haven't done so already.

[TFS Lesson] Time Blocking

This is Lesson 4 of the Time Management Library for The Focus Squad. In this lesson, we learn:
- what is time blocking
- what are the benefits of time blocking
- how to make this work for you
- tips and tricks to follow through with your plan even when you're not in the mood

[TFS Lesson] TimeBoxing

This is Lesson 3 of the Time Management Library for The Focus Squad. In this lesson, we learn:
- what is time boxing
- how is a timebox different from a time sprint
- what are the benefits of timeboxing
- how to make this work for you

[TFS Lesson] The Pomodoro Technique

This is Lesson 2 of the Time Management Library for The Focus Squad. In this lesson, we learn:
- what is a Pomodoro
- what are the benefits
- how to use it
- and what to do if Pomodoro doesn't work for you.