ORGANIZE YOUR TIMEblaze through your to-do list, you may not be
accounting for distraction time. Almost any task is
interrupted multiple times before it’s completed.
That’s why conferences, special strategy sessions,
and other activities that require intense focus
are so often held away from the offi ce. Theoreti-
cally, moving away from your base of operations
reduces distractions. It also lends a certain air of
enhanced signifi cance to what you’re working on.
Another reason you might not be able to com-
plete your to-do list in a timely fashion is that
USE YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS TO SAVE TIME
Have you ever had “aha!” or “eureka!”
solutions pop into your head days after
you needed them? Begin to consciously
delegate projects to your subconscious.
When faced with a difficult decision
or situation in which you are having
trouble coming up with options, try to
forget about it for the moment. When
your mind is at rest, the answer will
come. This is known among scholars
as the incubator technique, or thought
incubation. While the solution is incu-
bating, use your time to continue work
on another project.
SOURCE:Taking Control of Your Thoughts
by Harrison Shorter (Harrison House, 2003).Outside the Box