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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan Doing More by Doing Less @ErikReagan @FocusLabLLC

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan How many of you have too much time and not enough to do in it?

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan Focus

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan If we lose or waste time — it’s gone.

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan Planning your day in advance will help you maneuver around obstacles and stay on target.

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan What's worth doing and what's not?

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan The goal isn't to get everything done; it's to get the right things done.

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan — Dwight D. Eisenhower “What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important.”

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan Urgent Not Urgent Important Not Important

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan Urgent Not Urgent Important Not Important 1

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan Urgent and Important Health emergency

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan Urgent and Important Car engine dies

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan Urgent and Important Certain emails (but few)

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan Urgent and Important Project deadlines right around the corner

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan Urgent and Important Overall: avoid or prevent these

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan Not Urgent, but Important Weekly planning

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan Not Urgent, but Important Exercise

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan Not Urgent, but Important Family or personal time

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan Not Urgent, but Important Learning or studying

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan Not Urgent, but Important Car or home maintenance

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan Not Urgent, but Important Date night with your significant other

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan Not Urgent, but Important Budgeting

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan Not Urgent, but Important Overall: spend as much time on these as possible

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan Urgent, but Not Important Phone calls and texts

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan Urgent, but Not Important Most Emails

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan Urgent, but Not Important Most App notifications

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan Urgent, but Not Important Overall: these feel important but aren’t

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan Not Urgent, but Important Netflix binge watching

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan Not Urgent and Not Important YouTube and other online videos

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan Not Urgent and Not Important Much of Hacker News

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan Not Urgent and Not Important Most social media involvement

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan Not Urgent and Not Important Overall: considerably limit your time in this quadrant

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan Urgent Not Urgent Important Not Important

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan To-do list

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan To-do list + To-ignore list

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan Distractions

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan — Newton’s first law An object in motion stays in motion with the same speed in the same direction unless acted upon by an external force.

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan Imagine a day without app notifications.

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan Now go make that day happen.

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan Set healthy boundaries with coworkers and family.

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan Multitasking doesn’t exist.

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan Construct your environment to support your to-dos and to-ignores.

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan What should you do?

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan Plan your Monday in advance.

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan Plan your Week in advance.

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan Decide when and where you’ll get each task done.

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan Create a “to ignore” list.

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan Identify which Quadrants you’re working in.

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan Make changes where necessary.

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan — Peter Bregman You'll never be as good a version of someone else as you are of yourself.

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#PeersConf 2014 @ErikReagan Thanks! @ErikReagan @FocusLabLLC