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If you want to make good first impressions, build great relationships, and live a more successful life overall, one of the simplest things you can do is be punctual. Be where you’re supposed to be, when you’re supposed to be there.
Of course, most of us live pretty complex lives, full of work, classes, meetings, and secret backroom deals – so it’s not always easy to keep a perfect record of your schedule in the 3 pounds of mushy cranial material up inside your skull.
And honestly, you shouldn’t even be trying. As David Allen, the original productivity guru, once wrote:
So today, you’re entering calendar boot camp.
Your calendar is an essential part of your productivity system – a combination of external tools that form a cohesive, real-world source of truth for all the things going on in your life, including tasks, ideas, contacts, and – of course – events.
Today I’m going to teach you how to set up a calendar system that never fails you.
Accomplishing that goal means following three simple rules:
…and that right time probably isn’t what you think it is.
In this section, we’ll discuss how to choose a calendar, as well as how to best set it up so that it’s easy to use.
Let’s start with choosing a calendar system.
What type of calendar is best – digital or physical? If the answer is digital, what’s the best calendar app?
In the world of fitness, there’s an old adage:
The most hyper-optimized program in the world won’t do you any good if you don’t enjoy it or it doesn’t fit your schedule (which is one of the main reasons I work with a lifting coach, since he can adjust my program when I’m busy or traveling).