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117. Building a Personal Operating System to Manage Information
Description
The way I teach it, a personal operating system is a set of systems and routines we use to manage the information that comes at us all day long.
Whether we're students or professionals, we're constantly bombarded with information we can ignore, information about tasks we need to act on, and information we might need in the future.
And if we don't have a way to capture, track, and manage these bits of info during the day, we become overwhelmed, stressed out, and forgetful.
That's why we need a personal operating system. In this episode, I teach you the four simple components of a good personal operating system and exactly how to set yours up today.
What You Learn:
- The negative impact of being bombarded all day long with information you don’t want to forget, but always do
- What a personal operating system is and why exactly you need one
- The negative impact of NOT having a personal operating system
- The 4 components of a solid personal operating system
- 2 real-life scenarios of personal operating systems in action (student and professional examples)
- Exactly how to set up your personal operating system and what step to begin with if you’re overwhelmed with the process
🔗 Resources Mentioned:
- Episode website with transcript
- ⭐SchoolHabits University
- ⭐Note-Taking Power System
- ⭐Assignment Management Power System
- ⭐Free Training for Parents of Teens and Young Adult Students
- Episode 5- How to Create a Task Management System
- Episode 31 - How to Take Notes at Meetings
- Episode 28 - Tips for Organizing Papers
- Episode 94 - How to Simplify Your Task Management System
- Episode 102 - The Friday Review: A Weekly Habit for Calm Productivity
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