The Five Box System
As part of the ongoing More Than a Few Words podcast, Indianapolis small business leader Lorraine Ball sat down with our own Robby Slaughter to talk about productivity. A key topic from the conversation is the “Five Box System.”
The full podcast is available online, or directly at Roundpeg’s site. Here’s Robby’s summary of the Five Box System:
The Five Box System says that you have a pile of stuff, papers, junk, whatever…that has been overwhelming you, generating frustration and dissatisfaction. Just take that pile of stuff and divide it into five even pieces and divide it into five sealed boxes, one for each day of the week.
And then every day of the week, schedule fifteen minutes to fight that box.
For more tips on productivity, take part in the 2010 Productivity Series. Our next event is Wednesday, February 3rd. Or, contact Slaughter Development to learn more about our services.
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January 13th, 2010 at 4:01 pm
I love this tip and will add it to my list. I recommend that people flag their “crappy” to-do’s (the ones you know you will avoid/procrastinate) and knock off 1-2 first thing each day. It gets them out of the way and makes the rest of the day’s list look much more appealing!
January 14th, 2010 at 12:04 pm
Thanks for the kind words, Katy!
Your suggestion is valuable as well. It sounds like the old advice to “eat the frog.” (If the toughest thing you have to do in a day is eat a frog, do it first and get it over with!)
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