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D I G I T A L P R O D U C T I V I T Y

M I K E S T .

P I E R R E

7 Ways to Get More Done in Less Time

A B O U T M EH U S B A N D

D A D

P R E S I D E N T , M O R R I S

C A T H O L I C H . S .

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E N D O F P R E S E N T A T I O N :

B O N U S M A T E R I A L S

O N L I N E

O B J E C T I V E S

• Define digital productivity

• Stress as an tension to be

managed, not solved

• How to achieve a “less is

more” approach

• Tips & tricks

• GTD (Getting Things Done)

• What can you do TODAY?

(7 things)

N O W T H A T ’ S P R O D U C T I V E !

S O U R C E S O F S T R E S S

• Employees/coworkers

• Students in crisis

• “Tough parents”

• Budget

• Enrollment

• Technology that works/doesn’t

• Family

S E C O N D A R Y S C H O O L L E A D E R

“Identify your stress and you can leverage

your leadership”

S T R E S S I S R E A L

What if you could

pin-point the

sources of

stress?

H O M E N O I S E

A N T H O N Y P . G R A E S C H , C O - A U T H O R ,

"It's difficult to find time to sort,

organize and manage these

possessions… Thus, our excess

becomes a visible sign of

unaccomplished work that constantly

challenges our deeply ingrained

notions of tidy homes and elicits

substantial stress."

O F F I C E

N O I S E

C O M P U T E R N O I S E

B R U C E L E E

“It is not a daily increase, but a

daily decrease. Hack away at

the inessentials.”

A U G U S T I N E

“Peace is the tranquility of order.”

less really is more

Y O U R

S C H E D U L E

• Meetings

• Interruptions

• Crisis events

• Needy people

• Fatigue

P A T R I C K L E N C I O N I

Adding up all of the time that these meetings require

amounts to approximately twenty percent of a leader's

time.

If you think about it, a leader who hates meetings is a

lot like a symphony conductor who hates concerts.

Meetings are what leaders do, and the solution to bad

meetings is not the elimination of them, but rather the

transformation of them.

The fewer meetings the better

Meet to decide

Honor the time of others

The cost of a meeting

T I P S

I N T E R R U P T I O N

S

• Be interruptible but set boundaries

• Use 6:00am-7:00am

• Use 3:30pm-5:30pm

• Use an occasional Saturday

M I C H A E L H Y A T T

“Surround yourself with enough positive people so

you can keep your energy level up. And, you

want to have this same kind of effect on others.

Sometimes, you just have to tell people the

truth. Not only for your sake, but for theirs.

P E O P L E

F A T I G U E

• The hidden enemy

• Weakens our will

• “Tired of being tired” stress

• Promotes bad behaviors

• Can hinder school progress

D I G I T A L P R O D U C T I V I T Y

D E F I N E D

• Getting the right things done with

the best tools available.

• Fun.

• Inspires others.

• Results.

A S M A L L E D G E C A N

P R O D U C E B I G R E S U L T S

S M A L L P R O D U C T I V I T Y E D G E S

• Email inbox no more than one screen.

• Neat workspace.

• Smart use of voicemail & “away” messages.

• Generally organized.

“ H E ’ S G O T I T T O G E T H E R ”

G T D / G E T T I N G T H I N G S D O N E

• Approach to work.

• OS agnostic.

• Personal.

G T D B A S I C S

• Write it all down.

• Inbox ninja.

• List guru.

• Match tasks to energy.

• Review 1x / week.

L E S S S T R E S S , L E S S N O I S E , M O R E

O F W H A T M A T T E R S

W H A T C A N Y O U

D O T O D A Y ?

• Batch your email.

• Plan your week.

• Match energy to tasks.

• Use inboxes like religion.

• Use a digital task manager.

• Write everything down.

• Streamline your social media.

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