I'd seen Kimber's response on the RD site, and was impressed back then.
Every successful person is an over-achiever at some level, I think.
Because everyone has to deal with family, relationships, paying bills, making enough *to* pay the bills, etc.
And the most successful folks, at least to my eyes, tend to be the ones that work harder at what they're not so good at, so that everything else runs smoothly.
(or, if you're really lucky, you marry someone who has complimentary traits, and you both are better together than apart-- most awesome).
Blackhollow-
I just use my Treo. It has 3 things that make up for my failing memory (and the fact that I load 10x more stuff into my days than I did when I was 25):
1. Contact phone#s. My phone asks me--automatically-- if I want to put the number in my contacts file every time a new number comes in (either if they call me, or I call them). Fast, convenient.
2. To do list. I've used the Palm To do list a bit differently than most folks, assigning DAYS as categories. That way, I can move things to days I want to do them-- in my to do list, not my calendar. And as I get them done, I delete them. Works for me.
3. Calendar. This has become my life saver. I put important things to do-- or meetings-- with alarms that remind me. Say I have to stop by the printers to approve a proof, but I know that i will be so buried on the phone and on jobsites that I will completely forget. I have my phone "alarm" me at a certain time each day (say, 11 am), and the alarm repeats until I mark it as done. I can also reschedule the alarm for later in the day (say, if I have a meeting and don't want alarms going off).
When I first put the task in, I set it to repeat for at least 2 weeks-- this way, if I'm buried and there is no way I'm gonna get to it today, I know that if I mark it "done" for today, I'll automatically hear it again tomorrow, and the next day, and on and on.
Again, this stuff works for me. Your mileage may vary.
It's all about finding something that works for *you*-- no matter how strange it might seem.
-Russ H.
Every successful person is an over-achiever at some level, I think.
Because everyone has to deal with family, relationships, paying bills, making enough *to* pay the bills, etc.
And the most successful folks, at least to my eyes, tend to be the ones that work harder at what they're not so good at, so that everything else runs smoothly.
(or, if you're really lucky, you marry someone who has complimentary traits, and you both are better together than apart-- most awesome).
Blackhollow-
I just use my Treo. It has 3 things that make up for my failing memory (and the fact that I load 10x more stuff into my days than I did when I was 25):
1. Contact phone#s. My phone asks me--automatically-- if I want to put the number in my contacts file every time a new number comes in (either if they call me, or I call them). Fast, convenient.
2. To do list. I've used the Palm To do list a bit differently than most folks, assigning DAYS as categories. That way, I can move things to days I want to do them-- in my to do list, not my calendar. And as I get them done, I delete them. Works for me.
3. Calendar. This has become my life saver. I put important things to do-- or meetings-- with alarms that remind me. Say I have to stop by the printers to approve a proof, but I know that i will be so buried on the phone and on jobsites that I will completely forget. I have my phone "alarm" me at a certain time each day (say, 11 am), and the alarm repeats until I mark it as done. I can also reschedule the alarm for later in the day (say, if I have a meeting and don't want alarms going off).
When I first put the task in, I set it to repeat for at least 2 weeks-- this way, if I'm buried and there is no way I'm gonna get to it today, I know that if I mark it "done" for today, I'll automatically hear it again tomorrow, and the next day, and on and on.
Again, this stuff works for me. Your mileage may vary.
It's all about finding something that works for *you*-- no matter how strange it might seem.
-Russ H.