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Time Management

Ever since start of the year/Lotusphere I have been reading books and generally studying how to make better use of my time and better manage my time. I find I have an increasing number of things going on and an increasing number of things I want to have going on, but sometimes I run out of mental resources to manage it all. Part of this process has been thinking about what I do and how I do it. Part has been reading books like "Getting Things Done" by David Allen. This is a great book IMHO and it's dead on in many respects. While it's also available as an audio book I think it is worth the extra money of getting both.

Last night I watched the Randy Pausch lecture Time Management after it being recommended to me by a coworker. Besides being a brilliant lecture by what appears to be a brilliant man and gifted lecturer, he's also dying from cancer in 3-6 months which makes the topic of time management quite a paradox. Something to think about right there.

P.S.: There's also another lecture by Randy Pausch available on the web called Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams. While I haven't watched it yet I'm definitely gonna do it. Soon.