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E is for elimination (the end of time management (Parkinson's law…

- - - - doing something unimportant well does not make it important
      - requiring a lot of time does not make a task important
      - what you do is infinitely more important than how you do it
  - - - find your inefficiencies in order to eliminate them
      - find your strengths so you can multiply them
      - maximum income from minimal necessary effort
    - - lazy thinking
      - indiscriminate action
  - - - limit tasks to the important to shorten work time (80/20)
      - shorten work time to limit tasks to the important (Parkinson's Law)
    - - am I being productive or just active?
      - am I inventing things to do to avoid the important?
  - - - define a short to-do list
      - define a not-to-do list
    - - if you had a heart attack and had to work two hours per day, what would you do?
      - if you had a second heart attack and had to work two hours per week, what would you do?
      - if you had a gun to your head and had to stop doing 4/5 of different time-consuming activities, what would you remove?
      - what are the top-three activities that I use to fill time to feel as though I've been productive?
      - learn to ask, "If this is the only thing I accomplish today, will I be satisfied with my day?"
      - put a post-it on your computer screen with the question, "Are you inventing things to do to avoid the important?"
      - do not multitask
      - use Parkinson's Law on a macro and micro level
- - - - time wasters
        
        meetings
        
        discussion
        
        phone calls
        
        not important e-mail
      - time consumers
        
        repetitive tasks
        
        requests that need to completed but often interrupt high-level work
      - empowerment failures
  - - - being micro-managed
      - micro-managing someone else
      - both of which consume your time
  - - - have a set of rules
      - responses
      - routines to follow
    - - create systems to limit your availability via email and phone and deflect inappropriate contact
      - batch activities to limit setup cost and provide more time do dreamline milestone
      - set or request autonomous rules and guidelines with occasional review of results
- - - - time-consuming
      - negative
      - irrilevant to your goals
      - outside of your influence
  - - - no newspapers, magazines, audiobooks, or nonmusic radio
      - no news website
      - no television at all
      - no reading books, except one hour of fiction pleasure reading prior to bed
      - no web-surfing at the desk unless it is necessary for a work task for that day
      - unnecessary reading is public enemy number one during this one-week fast
    - - more is not better
      - stopping something is often 10 times better than finishing it