Using Calendar Blocking to Overcome Too Many Tasks

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There's two reasons that we overwhelm ourselves with tasks. We're just over optimistic about what we can accomplish, or we seek out more than we can handle. And so for each of those two streams, thereis a tactic that i think is worth exploring and trying. If you are the kind of person that is just over mistic and ops into too many things, i am a huge believer in calendar blocking. You want to merge your calendar an your tedolist, like fine time on your calendar for every item on your todo list,. So that you have a real representation of all the things that have a claim on your time.

Dane Jensen shares powerful tactics for staying calm and confident in the face of pressure.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The equation that explains why we feel pressure

2) Why time management won’t solve your workload problems

3) The questions that make us “good at pressure”

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— ABOUT DANE —

Dane Jensen is the CEO of Third Factor, an acclaimed speaker, an instructor at Queen’s University and the University of North Carolina, a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review, and the author of The Power of Pressure.

Dane oversees Third Factor’s delivery of leadership development programs to leading firms across North America including SAP, RBC, Uber, Twitter, the USGA, and others. He teaches in the Full-Time and Executive MBAs at Queen’s Smith School of Business in Canada and is Affiliate Faculty with UNC Executive Development at the Kenan-Flagler Business School in Chapel Hill.

In addition to his corporate work, Dane works extensively with athletes, coaches, leaders and Boards across Canada’s Olympic and Paralympic sport system to enhance National competitiveness. He has worked as an advisor to Senior Executives in 23 countries on 5 continents.

• Dane’s book: The Power of Pressue: Why Pressure Isn't the Problem, It's the Solution

• Dane’s company: ThirdFactor.com

• Dane’s website: DaneJensen.com

• Dane’s Twitter: @DaneJensen

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism by Olivia Fox Cabane

• Book: Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

• Past episode: 653: Training Your Mind to Conquer Stress, Pressure, and Underperformance with Dr. Ellen Reed

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