What If I’m Wrong?

I know that I’m probably the only person who has ever made a decision about planning materials/supplies/systems that turns out to be wrong. Since I am, please indulge me and read along so that you can avoid the same sort of mistake. One of the real keys for any planning system for me is that …

Just a thought…

I've been using the same basic planning method for around 30 years.  I've veered off a time or two to try digital methods, other "systems" etc.  But I've always came back to the old Time Power system.  Of course, I've adapted it to take into account that I am likely exposed to 100 times more …

Monthly Planning

The end/beginning of the month is an opportune moment to take a snapshot of what you accomplished last month and to take stock of what you want to accomplish in the upcoming month.  I understand that time is more of a continuum and that the flow of events doesn't necessarily pause until a certain calendar …

The pens I use

I'm a practical planner - or at least I think I am - and the tools I use are important to my effectiveness.  With that said, I do have a small obsession with using fine writing instruments, specifically fountain pens.   I just posted a short video about a couple of pens I am using now. The Lamy …

Daily Planning + Video

It's important for me to be productively engaged most of the time.  I'm sharing my approach to daily planning in a Youtube video. Daily Planning   I've shared my questions for prioritizing here - Time Power – Insight on Time Management.  I think this has been one of the most powerful approaches to personal effectiveness I've …

Video Tour of my planner

Hello.  I took a bit of time this afternoon and recorded a video showing my planner and how I set it up.  Let me know if you like it. Franklin planner on Youtube

Why I use a 2 page per day planner

I originally started out using a 2 page per day (2ppd) pocket Daytimer back in 1983.  I would guess that I've used a 2 ppd set-up for at least 25 of the past 36 years.  Some folks might wonder why I've returned to this set up that admittedly has quite a bit of white space …

Focusing on What’s Most Important

Many of the time management experts tell us to try and only work on the important stuff.   I agree. Where it starts getting more complicated is trying to figure out what is important.  Hobbs, Smith and Covey all write about trying to separate the urgent from the vital.  I looked up urgent and important in …

One Planner Only

I've always subscribed to the notion that if you use a planner you should only have 1.  I have a hard enough time remembering the stuff I put in my single planner let alone if I had multiple planner to juggle my life through. I've used a 2 page per day planner for most of …

Time Power – Insight on Time Management

I’ve referred to Time Power as where I got my start in learning about time management.  Several members over at the facebook group - PLAN to Enjoy Life - Functional Planner group - have asked about this since it is somewhat of an “older” approach to time management.   I’m somewhat of an older type fellow.  …