Time Warrior

Three key ideas

1. 1Ask what action you can take now. A specific next step makes a big project more workable.
2. 2If a task cannot be done now, decide: decline it, drop it, or schedule it.
3. 3Check your capacity before you accept, and agree clearly on what you can deliver.

The five 2-minute lessons

1. 1.Do the step you can take now
2. 2.Give later tasks a trusted place
3. 3.Check first, then say yes or no
4. 4.Ask what helps, then do that
5. 5.Keep focus simple, keep it real

From the comic

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