From the course: Finding and Doing the One Thing

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Make appointments with yourself

Make appointments with yourself

- [Man] The other big thing is, how do I get more control of my time? 'Cause you said the word career, this is not business owners, right? These are people who work for other people. And I'm a manager, I screw people up all the time, because I'm empowered to walk by them and give them new assignments, right? And so, I think another tactic, right, that you can help people with is, they've identified their one thing. I would then encourage them to set an appointment with themselves to do it. Literally block off their calendar. Their coworkers will go, "oh, I wanted to set a meeting "with you between nine and 11, but you're busy. "Can you do something for me?" It's like, "I'm sorry, I already have another commitment." Nobody needs to know that that appointment isn't with another human being. If you have to go to an unused warehouse or a conference room in your building and hide, go do it, if that's where you have to go to…

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