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OPTIMIZING YOUR TIME
     AND FOCUS




               Presented by:
            Jason W. Womack
               805-798-1362
         Jason@WomackCompany.com
Mastering
 Workplace Performance
 Optimizing Your
 Time and Focus
                     presented by:
Jason W. Womack, MEd, MA
      Jason@WomackCompany.com
           Mobile: 805-798-1362
PRODUCTIVITY
        MEANS...


Please list THREE
(3) words to describe
“Productivity” on
Page 1.
PRODUCTIVITY
        MEANS...


Please list THREE
(3) words to describe
“Productivity” on
Page 1.
Time Management
   The Myth ...
text
        (805) 798-1362


Jason@WomackCompany.com
WHAT DOES
“Workflow” mean?
Page
 9
Time Management
    The Goal
Page
 196
YOU’RE UP...


Maximize your productivity
Be, work and live at your best
Achieve greater and more
rewarding results
Resources       See
Quality         Hear
Principles      Practice
Performance     Utilize
Productivity    Improve
Opportunities   Being
Priorities      Managing
Team            Taking
Organization    Work
Behaviors       Live
Systems         Have
Improvement     Synchronize
Seminar         Design
Sustainable     Leading
Vision          Resulting
Role            Coach
WORD TO IDENTIFY A
 CLASS OF THINGS

NOUN
 design
 vision
 process
WORD TO DESCRIBE
   AN ACTION

         VERB
          action
          task
          delegate
1
1
2
2
3
3
Time
 1
TIME
96
15-minute blocks
 - sleep
 - commute
 - meals
 - everything else
Time
 1
       2   Energy
ENERGY
THIS INCLUDES BOTH
   mental AND physical energy
THE BRAIN

Functions
 intellect
 memory
 comprehension
THE BODY

     Composition
      water
      nutrients
      bone
Time
             1
Focus   3          2   Energy
FOCUS


the center of interest or activity
an act of concentrating interest or
activity on something
MultiTasking is
     easy!
Just focus on the
colors…one at a time,
and please say them
      out loud.
XXXXX
XXXXX
XXXXX
XXXXX
XXXXX
XXXXX
MultiTasking is easy!


   Just focus on the
colors…one at a time,
 please say them out
          loud.
YELLOW
RED
BLUE
BLACK
GREEN
ORANGE
YELLOW
Time
             1
Focus   3          2   Energy
             4
        Ecosystem
ECOSYSTEM



Ecosystem: a biological community
of interacting organisms and their
physical environment
How it works...
•Ecosystem
•Focus
•Energy
•Time
How it works...
•Ecosystem
•Focus
•Energy
•Time
How it works...
•Ecosystem
•Focus
•Energy
                 Please turn to Page 8
•Time            and write things you
                   know need your
                    time, energy or
                         focus.
OPTIMIZING YOUR TIME
     AND FOCUS




               Presented by:
            Jason W. Womack
               805-798-1362
         Jason@WomackCompany.com
Please take out your
BlackBerry / iPhone ...
Open to a NEW email message
In the body of that message,
type the word:

   cant (just like that)

Press the space bar...
What happened?
cant became can’t
o = (805) 640-6401
m = (805) 798-1362
u = 020 8144 7000

olda = (600 word email about
how to maximize the Microsoft
Outlook Dashboard I write
about)
Jason@WomackCompany.com
text
        (805) 798-1362


Jason@WomackCompany.com
Practice
Practice
 makes
Practice
 makes
   habit.
Comfort doing the same thing

    +


Number of Repetitions 1   2       3       4
What takes up your time,
energy and focus by mid-
morning most work days?

(Start with the obvious/easy ones!)
What tools, systems,
technology, gear do you
use during the work-day?

(Start with the obvious/easy ones!)
What do you do regularly
to re-invent and re-engage
with your life and work?

(Start with the obvious/easy ones!)
Could
 practicing
something
new build a
new habit?
If it could,
       what habits would
         you practice?
Our Philosophy of Productivity

  Be, work and live
 at your 100%


                                 97
In order for
 you to “be,
 work, live”
  at your
  100%...
What will you need
 to have done...
What will you need
to have done...how
 will you need to
    have been...
8
I am at my best when ...
                           page 7
JASON@WOMACKCOMPANY.COM
Set up your
    Daily Dashboard...
and review it several times
         each day.

       www.OutlookDashboard.com
Use signatures as templates to
    answer frequently asked
 questions or provide the same
information to a different group
           or person.

      Knowledge Base...
Please think of one topic/
question you know you type
repeatedly to anyone via e-
           mail...
Please think of one topic/
question you know you type
repeatedly to anyone via e-
           mail...
          Directions...
     Contact information...
           How to...
    What are the benefits of...
      Where to find the...
              etc...
Do you have a
signature with just
   your contact
   information?
Do you have a
signature with just
   your contact
   information?
This one “signature” is
         1343 words long.
      Enough to save me about
_?__ minutes of typing/thinking time.
This one “signature” is
         1343 words long.
      Enough to save me about
_?__ minutes of typing/thinking time.




                   If I typed 50 words a
                          minute...

                       26
                     minutes!
9
www.OutlookDashboard.com
www.OutlookDashboard.com
www.OutlookDashboard.com
www.OutlookDashboard.com
www.OutlookDashboard.com
www.OutlookDashboard.com
CONTROL + SHIFT + M =
         A New E-mail Message
(While you’re reviewing your calendar!)
For complete directions on
    setting up your Outlook
          Dashboard…
Please visit:
! www.OutlookDashboard.com
We’ll send the 39-page eBook for free this
week…E-mail to request your own copy!
10
12
126
Create (and maintain, and
review!) agendas for people you
  meet or speak with regularly




                                  126
127
Remember, all of these tips are
method first, technology second...




                                127
Remember, all of these tips are
method first, technology second...


  This one tip can save you between
   10-50% of the time you spend in
meetings, whether formal and scheduled
     or impromptu “in the hallway.”


                                     127
RIGHT-CLICK
Hold and Drag to
e-mail the agenda
14
Work to Manage




               Answer the question:
             When am I finished on this?

                                      134
Work to Manage
Using your lists of “think about/talk about” and
things to do, please write down several multi-step
outcomes you are managing



                          Answer the question:
                        When am I finished on this?

                                                     134
15
Work to Do




              Answer the question:
             Where do I start on this?

                                         137
Work to Do
Using your list of “think about/talk about” write
down several next actions you need to DO
as soon as possible



                            Answer the question:
                           Where do I start on this?

                                                       137
Important / Urgent
The “Eisenhower Principle”
Important / Urgent
 The “Eisenhower Principle”

  URGENT +    NOT URGENT +
 IMPORTANT     IMPORTANT



  URGENT +    NOT URGENT +
NOT IMPORTANT NOT IMPORTANT
E
F
F
O
R
T
    PAYO F F
Preparation
      Prevention
 Values Clarification
       Planning
Relationship Building
   True Recreation
   Empowerment
Preparation
      Prevention
 Values Clarification
       Planning
Relationship Building
   True Recreation
   Empowerment
3 Kinds of Work We Have




                          145
3 Kinds of Work We Have
  Work we have to think about




                                145
3 Kinds of Work We Have
  Work we have to think about
  Work to manage over time




                                145
3 Kinds of Work We Have
  Work we have to think about
  Work to manage over time
  Work to do sooner than later


                                 145
Our specialty...the “-ologies”
What makes for a “productive” day?




                                 147
Psychology:
What happens when you’re
 thinking about working?




                           148
149
Technology:
 Wasn’t “gear” supposed to
make life and work easier???




                           150
151
Sociology:
What happens when you sit
down with other people and
  try to get things done?



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THANK
YOU
Mastering
Workplace Performance


                   presented by:
       Jason W. Womack
     Jason@WomackCompany.com

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