Posted by: Jena McGregor on July 09
Many of you may be familiar with Randy Pausch’s now famous video and book, The Last Lecture. A lesser known but still widely viewed video is Pausch’s lecture on time management. The Carnegie Mellon professor, who has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, offers a viewpoint on time management that should help to put many day-to-day work pressures—overflowing inboxes, needless meetings, deadlines—into good perspective. Even if some of the ideas aren’t brand new, the video—if you can find an hour to watch it—is insightful, thoughtful, and definitely worth watching.
Productivity guru Julie Morgenstern teaches us how to get organized, save time, and reclaim our sanity. Linda Stone, a former Apple and Microsoft executive and frequent speaker and consultant, helps us learn to manage our attention. And David Allen, the widely followed author of the popular book Getting Things Done, helps us accomplish things more efficiently.