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The ALPEN method – STP066
Episode 66 - If you struggle to get things from your to-do list actually done, then ALPEN is for you. We have a look at this great method...
Look at all this stuff we covered:
- Why it's different from other to-do list methods
- You don't have to work long hours to be effective
- Professor Lothar J Seiwert - who is he?
- Why we don't like the word 'productivity' (again)
- Two acronyms (depending on your language):
- Activities
- Length
- Plan Buffer
- Establish Priorities
- Note Success
- OR:
- Aufschreiben
- Lange schatzen
- Pufferzeit einplannen
- Entscheidungen Treffen
- Nachkontrolle
- Activities - Get them written down
- Length - Work out how long each one will take
- Plan Buffer - Add in 40% (we tell you why)
- Establish priorities - Decide on which ones you're going to focus on
- Note Success - Review the day and identify what worked well
- The Sydney Opera House planning disaster
- What Helmuth Von Moltke the Elder said
- Reviewing your list every week
- The Two-Minute Rule
Here are the links to the resource where you can find out more:
- OECD stats working hours across the world
- How to prioritise
- Episode 7 - Habits and the Write Stuff (featuring Eisenhower Matrix)
- Professor Lothar J Seiwert talking about what he does
- Find out more about Lothar J Seiwert
- Yodelling: Astounded Christopher J Astbury Switzerland