Resources and Downloads
This section lists some of the more useful resources I've found on
the web, in the library, or created myself. Feel free to suggest a
book, a hyperlink, new software, a file, or whatever else you think
could be helpful for students.
Books
Stephen Covey's book The Seven
Habits of Highly Effective People is one of the first books that
introduced me to time and life management. It was hugely
successful in its time, and a must read for anyone serious about getting
things accomplished. Click on the link to read my review.
My next review is David Allen's, Getting Things Done, an
excellent book that uses a more bottom-up approach rather than the
top-down approach that Franklin/Covey pushes.
Files
Excel spreadsheet reproduction from Covey's Seven Habits book.
This is the weekly planner page
that you can use to see if Franklin/Covey's planners will work for you
without having to shell out $70 for the planner first.
Word document of the
Important/Urgent matrix. All activities can fit into one of
the four quadrants. Fill out your activities for the day and see
where most of what you do during the day falls. Activities that
are important but not urgent tend to be the ones that give you the most
benefit.
Personal Information Managers
PIMs are software programs that organize calendars, to do lists,
contacts, and notes. I'll be reviewing a few here, starting with
GoBinder from Agilex software.
Online Personal Information
Managers
Google's
list of web-based calendars lists 68. I won't review these,
because they tend to come and go too quickly. I wouldn't recommend
using one of these, because if they disappear, so does your information.
Web Sites and Pages
My list of sites that you should
bookmark if you're really serious about getting your act together.
