I’m hesitant to call these tricks as they’re solid methods for effectively managing your time. As you may have guessed, this article is for those who are time deficient, not for those with plenty of time on their hands. Check out the beginning of point one below:

Tame the e-mail beast. For a long time, I managed e-mail haphazardly, with days when I felt on top of it, and days when it became my to do list. But that’s no way to have a relationship with e-mail. You never hear anyone say they spent the whole day taking care of voice mail, and e-mail shouldn’t control you in that way either. So finally, I adopted a system.

You can read Marci’s entire article here. I like where she’s headed with this and can wholeheartedly recommend David Allen’s Getting Things Done.

What tips or tricks do you use to manage your time effectively?

Thanks to Mike9Alive for the image.