System Admin Time Management: Introducing the Cycle System
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Learning from who manages chaos for a living
Why should we learn time management from a system administrator? Thomas Limoncelli says “I’m a system administrator! I manage chaos for a living!”
==Your customers value your ability to follow through more than they appreciate any other skill you have. Nothing ruins your reputation like agreeing to do something and forgetting to do it.==
What is the key to perfect follow-through?
The Cycle system. It is called cycle because it repeats every day and the output of one day is the input to the next. It uses these three tools -
- A day-by-day to-do list and an hour-to-hour schedule
- A calendar
- A list of long-term goals
Keep them in one single place and sync across all devices. And don’t trust your brain for remembering and prioritizing and scheduling tasks.