{"id":1365,"date":"2013-04-01T01:20:02","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T06:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/?p=1365"},"modified":"2013-03-18T07:29:40","modified_gmt":"2013-03-18T12:29:40","slug":"one-thing-then-another","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/2013\/04\/one-thing-then-another\/","title":{"rendered":"One Thing, Then Another"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Dwayne Phillips<\/p>\n

My technique for accomplishing a lot of tasks in a day or any arbitrary period of time.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was more than 30 years ago, (yes, I am that old), I was someplace a long ways from here. I was standing at the entrance to a storeroom. Metal shelves lined the walls of the storeroom. The shelves were empty; the floor was full of stuff. (I didn’t ask why the room was arranged opposite of what it should be.)<\/p>\n

My task<\/strong>: clean and organize the storeroom.<\/p>\n

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  1. I lifted one thing from the floor and put it on a shelf.<\/li>\n
  2. I lifted another thing from the floor and put it on a shelf.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I repeated the above steps until the floor was clear. I looked at my watch – one hour had expired. One hour?!? That was supposed to be a three-day job.<\/p>\n

    In the years since that day, I have cleaned and organized several storerooms.<\/p>\n

    In the years since that day, I have written half a dozen books, over a hundred articles, and about 70 short stories. Funny, I use the same procedure for all of the above.<\/p>\n

    Here is my secret for accomplishing tasks<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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    1. Make a list of tasks to do.<\/li>\n
    2. Do the first task.<\/li>\n
    3. Do the next task.<\/li>\n
    4. Repeat until all tasks on the list are accomplished.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      That is it. It seems like there should be more to it than that. I mean, there should be something in there about priorities and life goals and such, stuff that sounds important and significant. Sorry. That is all I have.<\/p>\n

      One thing I have observed in many people who have tasks to accomplish, but never accomplish them.<\/p>\n

      People often spend more time talking about their tasks than it takes to accomplish them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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