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Anar Umurzak, Director and a Trainer at GOPM startup consultancy firm in Greater Washington Area, with over 13 years of professional PM experience in various organizations such as Accenture, the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and GOPM consultancy. Presidential Scholar of the Republic of Kazakhstan, who graduated with MS in PM from The George Washington University, PMP and PRINCE2 Practitioner. Currently, she focuses on helping executives and PMs create winning harmonious teams and increase productivity through improving morale. She is also a host of podcast "Open School of Business", where she interviews prominent figures in business and entrepreneurship.
“Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.” – Leo F. Buscaglia. I used to worry about productivity and time management until I realized it was holding me back, instead I started making sure everything I do is strategic and impactful to maximize my time and enjoy the process. So I created a new approach I call "Marie Kondo" your to do list. In a nutshell, it's about making a strategic plan that will require 20% of your time but will bring you 80% of your biggest results. 1) Make an exhaustive list of all of your activities 2) Categorize them into daily, weekly, monthly3) Find that are strategic, schedule focused 2 hour blocks everyday during your most productive hours to complete these tasks4) Find tasks that can be delegated:- If someone can do a better job than you- If paying someone is cheaper than your own hourly rate- If the task is not important and someone can take over this task- Share household chords with your family members5) Find time wasters and toss them outImportant: activities that bring you joy and let you gain more energy ARE also strategic, mine include weekly active quality time, movie nights with family, monthly outings with friends, working out twice per week.6) Once you delete real time wasters, you can FOCUS your time on the most strategic items
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I'm a curious mind whose favorite thing in the world is to ask questions that help me fully understand. With each episode we will uncover trends that you can use to build an algorithm to your own success.
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