Time Management - Marc Mancini
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<strong>Time</strong> <strong>Management</strong><br />
ignored by purchasers—than in personal organizers. Personal<br />
organizers are supposed to be just that: personal. They must<br />
serve the person, rather than obliging the person to contort his<br />
or her time management to fit the layout of an organizer bought<br />
casually.<br />
If you like paper-based organizers, spend plenty of time<br />
comparing various models. Try to sense which one fits your<br />
style. Think about whether you need one that:<br />
• Shows a single day per page, a week across two pages, a<br />
month across two pages, or some combination.<br />
• Lists hour (or even quarter-hour) increments down the<br />
daily page.<br />
• Is laid out in a book-size configuration (e.g., 8 inches by<br />
10 inches), a narrow, “slim” format (e.g., 3 inches by 7<br />
inches), or a mini-size (e.g., 2 inches by 3 inches).<br />
• Is formatted as a ring binder, permitting supplementary<br />
inserts.<br />
If you prefer electronic organizers, make sure that they’re at<br />
least as handy as the paper-based kind.<br />
Filing for Your Job<br />
Filing—it’s one of the great arts of time management. A wellconceived<br />
filing system will permit you to store documents efficiently<br />
and retrieve them straight away. There are several systems,<br />
each best suited to a particular purpose:<br />
• Desk files are for the most important items.<br />
• Rolling cart files are for important, self-contained projects.<br />
• Hot files, possibly mounted on the wall, are for current<br />
items you consult frequently.<br />
• Cabinet files should be reserved for items of secondary<br />
importance.<br />
• Storage files, including box files, are for documents that<br />
you don’t expect to refer back to except in an emergency.<br />
• Self-contained accordion files are for projects of limited