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Time Management & Productivity Best Practices: Get More Done
Rating: 4.5 out of 5(9,218 ratings)
32,647 students

Time Management & Productivity Best Practices: Get More Done

Time Management PRACTICAL TIPS you can use immediately to be more productive, manage your time, and reach your big goals
Created bySteve Ballinger, MBA
Last updated 2/2026
English

What you'll learn

  • Dramatically increase their productivity and manage their time much better.
  • Use tips and best practices that are practical in nature and can be implemented immediately.
  • Actually reduce their incoming email by 90% or more!
  • Stop getting bogged down on the telephone and still reduce their voice mails by 90%.
  • Determine their preferred communication method and funnel everything to that.
  • Learn the #1 way to reduce or eliminate procrastination.
  • Focus on their most important task that will move them toward their own goals.
  • Learn the importance of knowing what time of day you are at your most productive.
  • How to apply the Urgency Vs. Importance Matrix through concrete examples.
  • Understand the dynamic force that is the 80/20 rule and how to make it work for you.
  • Achieve excellence without being slowed down by being a perfectionist.

Course content

2 sections • 26 lectures • 3h 3m total length

  • Course Introduction.2:02

    master practical time management and productivity tips. start by reducing email and voicemail by 90% to gain time for a bigger life outside work, with immediate ideas and next steps.

  • Quick & Simple Time Tricks (NEW)11:00
  • Batching Makes You More Productive (NEW)5:35
  • The Pomodoro Technique. Beat Procrastination 25 Minutes At A Time8:26

    Simple and classic technique where you focus for 25 minutes on a task to be more productive.

  • Flow Time Technique As Alternative To Pomodoro (NEW)7:53
  • Don't Break The Chain. Be More Productive. And Develop New Habits As Well.6:11

    By being consistent on a daily basis with a task and not "Breaking the chain" you can be more productive, beat procrastination, and develop new positive habits.

  • Quitting Can Sometimes Be The Best Thing6:32

    Sometimes in order to move forward and be more productive we may need to stop doing something in an area of our life.

  • Bullet Journal (NEW). Bullet Journal Combines Time Management With Reflection37:35

    Learn how bullet journaling merges time management with reflection through rapid logging, tasks, events, notes, and signifiers to boost productivity.

  • The #1 Way To Beat Procrastination.5:51

    Procrastination can lead to big problems and you can overcome it with this #1 tip.

  • How To Reduce Incoming Email 90%! Tips To Change Your Life.9:42

    More than just trying to manage your email but actually steps to reduce the amount of un-wanted email from coming in.

  • Don't Answer The Telephone & Reduce Voice Mail By 90%.9:52

    You can actually reduce the amount of time answering the telephone and also reduce your voicemail as well. Bets of both worlds.

  • Autofocus Method (NEW)9:32
  • How Many Calendars You Should Have.3:12

    Having mutliple calendars leads to booking errors and confusion. Learn the right number in this lesson.

  • Urgency Vs. Importance Matrix9:18
  • 80/20 Everything.3:59

    Classical methodology that really works and gives you stellar resutls by focusing on the key 20%.

  • Determine Your Preferred Communication Method.3:41

    Discover what it is for you and then funnel everything to that communication meenthod.

  • Eliminate Time Wasters.5:17

    Surprising how time wasters can really add up.

  • Write Better & Faster Emails.7:29

    Better emails not only help you but also help trainin others when they send you emails and more.

  • Delete And Trash Ruthlessly.4:58

    Key is ruthless. Do you think you will need that report that seems so important 5 yeas from now? Plus exceptions to the rule are covered.

  • MIT: Your Most Important Task2:53
  • Effective To-Do Lists Plus Overview Of 40 Online Types You Can Use11:09

    The best way to use a To-Do list weather it is manual or online and overview of a resourse where you can see a review of 40 To-DO Apps.

  • To-Do List Download 1-3-5 (Works Well With "MIT" Concept)1:00

    Nice sample To-Do list that works well with priortization and doing your Most Important Task.

  • Identify Your Most Productive Time.2:03

    Everyone has a better time of the day when they are at your best. What is yours and how to leverage it.

  • Think Excellence Not Perfection And Get More Done!4:53

    Excllence is the sweet spot between perfectionsim and slow work and fast shoddy work.

  • Top 5 Action Steps + Bonus Step!2:23

    Now that you have leanred some time managment and productivity best practices here are thoughts on how to tuen them into action.

  • Quiz

Requirements

  • No prerequisites to taking the course other than willingness to trying new techniques to improve their time management and productivity.

Description

'I enjoyed the variety of the content. Steve gave me many ideas of little steps that could make a big difference." Lorraine M

"I absolutely enjoy the concise information along with very relatable examples to illustrative the course content." Chennay M

Time Management and Productivity is a key skill for anyone who wants to be successful in life and turn their DREAMS into REALITY.

Unfortunately, most people really struggle in these areas. Thus, they are likely to feel stressed and overwhelmed and a feeling that they are not working towards their most important personal goals.

“A goal is a dream with a deadline.”-Napoleon Hill

People who have well developed best practices in terms of time management and productivity enjoy a tremendous advantage and reap the rewards of success both in their work life and in their personal life.

THIS COURSE WILL TEACH YOU PRACTICAL BEST PRACTICES, TIPS, AND CONCEPTS THAT WILL HELP YOU MANAGE YOUR TIME AND BE MORE PRODUCTIVE IMMEDIATELY.

You will learn:

  • How to reduce you email and voicemail by 90%.
  • The #1 way to overcome procrastination.
  • The Pomodoro Technique.
  • The "Dont Break The Chain" method.
  • How to use your most productive time.
  • How to implement your most preferred communication method.
  • How to use the Urgency Vs, Importance matrix to focus on what matters to you.
  • How to be super productive using the 80/20 Rule.
  • How to achieve excellence without becoming a perfectionist.
  • ...and much more!

“The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.” – Abraham Lincoln

Get even more:

  • Lifetime access to the course so you get updates and new bonus lessons for FREE.
  • Ask questions and I will answer them for you. Very focused on this to personalize learning. Yes, even though the course is FREE, if you have a question l will gladly answer it for you.
  • No risk to sign up and if you learn even one best practice or tip that could make a tremendous difference in your daily life.

Please click the Start Learning Now button in the upper right corner and let's get started.

Many thanks and I appreciate your interest and hope to see you in the course!

-Steve Ballinger

Who this course is for:

  • Great course for anyone who would like to learn practical best practices that can be implemented immediately to improve their time management skills and become more productive so they can reach their biggest goals!

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