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I'm Justin Buzzard, lead pastor of Garden City Church in Silicon Valley.

My Simple Productivity System

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Here is my productivity system:

1. At the beginning of each day I write down on a piece of paper what I want to accomplish by the end of the day.

2. As I move through the day I focus on only one action item/project at a time, attacking the most important items first. Because of how I’m wired, I often choose to first work on the task I’m the most excited about (much of the time the most exciting task is also the most important task).

3. Things come up during the day and get added to the list.

4. The tasks that don’t get crossed off the list either move to tomorrow’s list or get ditched all together if deemed no longer important.

Notes:

• The daily piece of paper that I use is a page in a small 3×5 notebook, a notebook that I always carry in my back pocket.
• In addition to the small notebook I always carry a pen in my pocket.
• I use other pages in the notebook to jot down ideas that come to me throughout the day.

19. October 2010 by Justin Buzzard
Categories: Leadership | 7 comments