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Batching Strategies - Different systematic approaches to grouping similar tasks together for improved efficiency and focus.
Bikeshedding - The tendency to spend disproportionate time on trivial matters while leaving important issues unattended.
Biological Prime Time - Identifying and leveraging your natural peak energy periods for your most demanding cognitive work.
Chronotype - Your natural preference for when you feel most alert and productive during the day.
Day Theming - Assigning specific themes or focus areas to each day of the week to reduce context switching.
Default Diary - A pre-planned schedule template that represents your ideal allocation of time for recurring activities across a typical week.
Eat the Frog - Tackle your most challenging or dreaded task first thing in the morning to build momentum and avoid procrastination.
Email Overload - The overwhelming burden of excessive email volume that consumes time and fragments attention.
Energy Management - The practice of optimizing and allocating your physical, mental, and emotional energy rather than just managing your time.
Four Thousand Weeks - The realization that an average human lifespan of ~80 years translates to only about 4,000 weeks, putting our finite time in stark perspective.
Ideal Schedule for the Day - A time management practice of designing an optimal daily schedule to guide time allocation, while accepting that disruptions will occur.
Ideal Schedule for the Week - A time management technique of designing a realistic yet optimistic weekly template that reflects your priorities and creates intentional time allocation.
Ivy Lee Method - A simple yet powerful productivity technique: plan 3-5 prioritized tasks each evening and work through them sequentially the next day.
Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule - Two distinct approaches to time management: makers need long uninterrupted blocks while managers work in hourly slots.
Minimum Viable Productivity Toolkit - A core set of essential productivity practices that form the foundation of an effective productivity system.
Parkinson's Law - Work expands to fill the time available for its completion.
Phantom Workload - Hidden work that consumes time and energy but doesn't appear in formal task lists.
Pomodoro Alternatives - Alternative time-structured focus techniques beyond the standard 25-minute Pomodoro.
Pomodoro Technique - A time management method using focused work intervals with breaks.
Procrastination in Disguise - Activities that feel productive but actually delay meaningful work on important goals.
Sunday Reset - A weekly preparation and planning ritual performed at the end of the week to set yourself up for success in the coming week.
Task Batching - Grouping similar tasks together to reduce context switching.
The ONE Thing - Focus on the single most important task that makes everything else easier or unnecessary.
3-3-3 Method - A daily structure: 3 hours on one project, 3 shorter tasks, 3 maintenance activities.
Time Audit - A systematic process of tracking and analyzing how you spend your time to identify patterns, inefficiencies, and improvement opportunities.
Time Blocking Failure Modes - Common ways time blocking fails and strategies to address them.
Time Blocking Variants - A comparison of three related time management techniques: task blocking, timeboxing, and day theming, each offering different approaches to structuring your schedule.
Time Blocking - Scheduling specific blocks of time for different tasks or activities.
Time Confetti - Fragmented bits of time scattered throughout the day that are hard to use productively.
Time Debt - The accumulated backlog of time obligations and commitments that consume future capacity and create ongoing stress.
Time Timer - A visual timer that displays remaining time as a shrinking colored disk.
Transition Costs - The mental and temporal overhead of moving between different tasks or contexts.
Ultradian Rhythms - Natural 90-120 minute cycles of energy and focus that occur throughout the day.
Work Cycles - Structured periods of focused work alternating with breaks for sustainable productivity.
Work In Progress (WIP) - Ongoing work that should be limited to maintain productivity and avoid system overload.

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