Exercises
Exercise 1- Encode your life…
Use the color codes mentioned in the article (such as post its and pens with different colors).
1-Use a notebook to draw a list of your daily activities (routine and unusual task included). Differentiate between the tasks done in the morning, done in the afternoon and at night.
-How many colors did you use?
-Do you feel that these tasks, can easily be managed this way? Explain.
2-Using the same notebook with the same tasks, this time differentiate each task according to their nature (house tasks, work or school).
-How many colors did you use?
-Are your tasks easily identified and more manageable this way? Explain.
3-Which one of the two color coding alternatives would you pick, hourly color coding or…show more content… Show the recycling frequency for each one of them, the recycling technique and the results of these recycling process.
1-Your computer is flooded with unnecessary files, especially musical files that you don’t use anymore.
2-You still have clothing from 5 years ago, but don’t know what to do with it.
3-Your kids’ room is flooded with toys, each and every day. Their room looks like somebody dropped a bomb in there.
Exercise 4- Learn to delegate to better organize yourself…
For each of the following situations find the right way to delegate someone (for instance: delegate to make things easier; delegate to make things faster; etc…).
1- You have to make a report, that involves data entry and the use of the Microsoft’s productivity programs (excel, word, PowerPoint etc…); but in an hour you’ll have to take the dog to the veterinary. Your 18 years old is home with you, what do you do?
2- Your kids have made a mess, with their toys and there’s food everywhere too. How do you organize yourself to put everything back in order here?
3- You fell hill for a week, and came back to work, only to find out that you have accumulated some work, during your absence. How will you get one of your coworkers to help you,
