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Conclusion
Blocking off your time for goal setting, scheduling uninterrupted
moments, clustering, and adjusting to patterns are not easy. But
when you practice these strategies, they can help you take con-
trol of your life. Yet all the time blocks in the world cannot
enable you to do everything there is to do. Sometimes some-
body else has to do it. Chapter 6 discusses this topic.
Manager’s Checklist for Chapter 5
❏ Carving up responsibilities often makes them far easier to
deal with.
❏ Goal setting is indispensable to achievement.
❏ Goals should be attainable, measurable, written, account-
able, and deadlined.
❏ Uninterrupted time—either for work or for relaxation—can
substantially enhance productivity.
❏ Detecting patterns of activity can lead to better prioritizing.
❏ Body rhythms have a profound effect on the way you con-
duct your daily activities. Adjust to them for maximum
results.
❏ Although everyone is different, research points to several
generalizations about most people’s biological rhythms.