Want to be more productive? To do the things you really should be doing, in the best order? Maybe the solution is pretending you have a clone.
On a blog comment I came across this:
"I imagine I've been paralysed and I'm having to pay a clone of me to do exactly what I do every day, which quickly leads you to say "Why the hell are you wasting my money doing that" - works wonders for proritising."
(I believe that comment was by Chris Webb from compelling.tv).
I don't want to imagine I've been paralysed--I'd rather imagine I'm in a hammock on a beach somewhere sipping a cool drink and giving directions to my clone via Skype video. I will be a firm but fair boss...
Of course even better would be figuring out how to outsource the stuff you don't want to do to a real person. Then you and your clone can both spend time in that hammock on the beach, or more time writing.
(You'll find innovative right brain time management methods in my book, Focus: use the power of targeted thinking to get more done. It's published by Pearson and available from Amazon or your other favorite book seller.)
