Create 1.1.1 Time Management Quest

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List five time management tools in your blog and briefly describe their use and relevance to the online world. Does the tool relate to personal, professional, or a combination of both?

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The article, "10 Must-Have Tools for Time Management" provides some very useful resources for those of us with poor time management skills.  Here are a few of my favorites and how they can help you enhance your time management.

Rescue Time

Just like a budget where you track where the money goes, Rescue Time allows you to see where you are spending your time on your computer.  The detailed report provides immediate data on.  Information on actual time spent on particular sites allows one to re-evaluate precious time spent of frivolous sites.  Much like Matthew 6:21; "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."  The site allows you to cut the clutter.

Listly

The key to time management is to prioritize your tasks.  List.ly provides a tool to do just that.  Great site that will help you establish the useful from the useless.

Toggi

Toggi allows you to see just how much time you have spent on a project.  This can be useful for billing if needed but more importantly, allows you to see how much you have invested in the project.  Aggregate data from this program can provide insights as to your strengths and weaknesses which in the long run can improve your efficiency.  Find that you do not have the gift for a specific element of a project, find someone who is and emphasize your strengths.

OneNote

OneNote fulfills the first commandment of time management...being organized.  This program allows efficient note taking and organization of huge amounts of data.  Can't remember what you did on that last project to solve a particular issue...simply refer back to OneNote, press Ctrl-F and find the information quickly.

StayFocusd

StayFcocusd could be used in conjunction with Toggi to help wean one from those addictive but useless websites that eat up valuable time.