Personal Development

If your to-do list keeps growing, your tasks constantly shift, or your schedule collapses the moment real life interferes, you’re not alone. Creating a functional schedule—and sticking to it—is one of the most powerful ways to improve productivity, reduce stress, and stay on track with your goals.This course teaches you how to build a realistic schedule, prioritize tasks with clarity, estimate time accurately, and overcome the emotional roots of procrastination. You’ll learn practical techniques, proven frameworks, and real-world strategies to help you structure your days with intention—and follow through with confidence. In this course, you will learn how to:<ul style="margin-top: 0in;"><li style="">Understand why scheduling matters, including how it protects priorities, reduces distractions, keeps you organized, and helps you catch issues before they become problems.</li><li style="">Create an effective schedule using a six-step process, from choosing the right tool to listing tasks, estimating time, sequencing priorities, and building in flexibility.</li><li style="">Apply five advanced scheduling techniques, such as color‑coding, schedule “theming,” grouping meetings, building routines, and aligning tasks with energy flow.</li><li style="">Prioritize tasks by urgency and importance using the Eisenhower Decision Matrix to determine what to do, schedule, delegate, or eliminate.</li><li style="">Estimate task durations accurately using historical data, bottom-up estimating, weighted averages, and your “fudge ratio” to avoid the planning fallacy.</li><li style="">Understand why procrastination happens, including how emotional avoidance—not laziness—is the real root cause.</li><li style="">Use six evidence‑based strategies to overcome procrastination, such as exploring emotional triggers, practicing self‑compassion, visualizing long‑term rewards, removing roadblocks, and taking the crucial “first step.” </li></ul>By the end of this course, you’ll know how to build schedules that work for you, prioritize with clarity, manage your workload realistically, and break free from procrastination—setting the stage for consistent, sustainable productivity.

Learn how to create a schedule that embraces shifting priorities.

Time Wins: Effective Scheduling & Task Prioritization

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Time Wins: Effective Scheduling & Task Prioritization

Kristy Donnelly

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