It's often the source of daily frustration for a lot of us and once in a blue moon it's the place of great joy

But it's almost always the place where a lot of us are thinking

There's got to be a better way to do this. On this episode, the way to manage

the dreaded task list. This is Coaching for Leaders episode 331. Produced by Innovate Learning, Maximizing Human Potential.

Greetings to you from Orange County, California. This is coaching for leaders and I'm your

host Dave Stahoviac. Leaders aren't born, they're made and this weekly show gives you access to the practical wisdom that will

empower you to become a better leader.

You've heard me say it many times before that we need to lead ourselves first if we're going to be effective at

leading others and one of those things that's a key competency for all of us as

leaders actually in really really any aspect of life, is our own productivity

system and in particular how do we manage tasks?

You have heard many references on this show and in conversations with others, of course, over the years on personal productivity and task management and time management.

And we've done shows where you've looked at productivity before,

but we have never really zeroed in on the critical nature of how to

put together an effective task management system. And I am really glad to be able to welcome

returning to the show my friend Tim Stringer who is an expert on personal task management.

He is the founder of Technically Simple, which he founded back in 2003.

For almost 15 years, he's been teaching people to be more effective in their approaches to technology,

productivity, and mindfulness.

And he is also, in my opinion,

one of the world's leading experts

on using task management systems

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