For those of you who read my blog posts often you know that I like to joke around and keep things light and funny, (or so I think) while covering different topics related to self-improvement. Today I am going to be a bit more serious and give some advice to my younger self.
I was recently invited to a networking event, which is what inspired me to write today’s post. I must admit, I am not a big fan of networking events. To me, they seem contrived and I feel like many people attending have ulterior motives – namely, advancing their career.
Today’s post is going to introduce a concept that I have personally used to get more focused work done. And just recently I came to find out that there was a name for it – time blocking. I am not the first person to write an article on time blocking; not by any stretch.
W. Edwards Deming was an American statistician and an educator. But more than that he is known as one of the most pre-eminent management gurus in modern history, famous for amongst other things – Deming’s 14 points which we will get to in a minute.
I had just got off the elevator at my condo the other day when I ran into Oswaldo, an older gentleman who lives in my building. Oswaldo is a super nice guy and we chit chat whenever I see him. He seemed a bit upset this day and started venting to me.