Stephen Robbins here.

Welcome to the Get It Done Guys quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

Once upon a time, man lived happily with nature, and by man, of course, I mean man, woman, and transgendered.

Man froliced happily beneath palm trees, ate low-hanging fruit, and communed with the bunnies,

the fishes and the birds. To everything, there was a season, a time to be born and a time to die,

a time to plant and a time to reap, and a time when mail got delivered. One day, a young man,

and by man, of course, I mean woman, named Pandora, received a box in the mail and opened it.

Inside Pandora's box was an alarm clock, and in that moment innocence was lost, and the industrial

revolution began. With clocks, seasons were out and minutes were in. To everything, there was a

minute. Man could schedule. Soon, someone, and by someone,

I mean a pointy-haired boss, realized that with a clock, several people can come together at the same

time in the same place. Together, working as one, they could procrastinate doing real work

more efficiently than they ever could individually. The meeting was born and soon became so popular

that we needed to keep track of them all in one place. And thus, meetings beget the calendar.

And man's downfall was complete. If you're a student, you probably still retain some of that

hopeful, childlike innocence of the time before calendars. We'll

beat that out of you shortly. The rest of us have already been turned into wage slaves by

the advent of the calendar. There's no escaping it, but used correctly the calendar can be

an indispensable part of your tool chest. Here's how. Tip number one is commit to one central

calendar, because first,

you need a calendar. Have a single calendar where you keep your master schedule. Every time you

schedule something, add it to your calendar immediately. And that way, you'll be able to tell at a glance

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