Cut The Information Fire Hose Down To Size

Have you ever felt like you were "drinking from a fire hose"? The expression usually applies to someone who has too much to do. Many times it is a person who has been promoted and is still doing their old job while also doing the job they were promoted into. Other times, it's when you start a new job at a new company or in a new industry. There is so much to learn and so much to do that you wonder how you will find time to get it all done.

The phenomenon is probably unavoidable, but to help reduce the severity and duration of the overload you can focus on a few time management techniques:

• Getting It All Done - Do more and keep your sanity
• Pareto's Principle, the 80/20 Rule
• Use Chunking Instead of Multi-tasking