In the book, Bill demonstrated an increasing propensity to seek ways to get better – to hack into his life with different gadgets and improvement efforts in order to improve. Ted also displayed this tendency, and so did Vernon.
The term lifehack was popularized in part by a New York Times article entitled: Meet the Life Hackers. in Bill’s book, while I didn’t use the term, the lifehacker ethos drove the entire story.
You may be someone who either loves to find improvements to your life or loves improving your time management skills. Or, you may be like me, and you love both!
If you believe that everyone thinks the way you do, and are puzzled by people who have no interest in a kaizen way of life… well, you are definitely on the right page! Welcome to the club.
People normally write a book before they develop a bunch of resources for their readers. I went in the opposite direction, developing blog content, live programs, online training and most recently I have written The Bill Book.
Instant Assessment/$
At the very end of the book, G lets Bill know that the system he is teaching at RingCORE now includes Fundamentals, rather than Ladders. Also, the number has increased from 7 to 11.
If you are interested in doing your own assessment of your skills in the 11 Fundamentals, spend some time completing our online self-assessment for a low introductory price. At the end, you’ll have very quick snapshot of where your skills lie in each fundamental: you end up knowing your belt-level (White, Yellow, Orange or Green) in each of the 11 skills.
For more information on how to complete this time management and self-management assessment, click here.
Special Reports, and Updates
For an explanation of some of the key ideas underlying The Bill Book, you can access my easy-to-read special reports. The first report was written for Seth Godin’s website, ChangeThis.com. The proposal for the report won the monthly contest on his site: it gained the most votes of all the proposals listed during that month. It’s called The New Time Management: Simply Focus on the Fundamentals and Toss Away the Tips. It covers the 7 Fundamentals that Bill defined in the book, including Capturing, Emptying, Tossing, Acting Now, Storing, Scheduling and Listing. An audio version of this report is available.
The second report covers some of the concepts that are most challenging to the conventional wisdom in time management. 8 Edgy Ideas from Time Management 2.0. When you read this Special Report, you’ll find the philosophy that Bill stumbled into creating in fits and starts, as if it were a finished product. It could stand as a document that he wrote to keep a record of the work he did from the start to the end of the book. You can also listen in to the audio recording of this Special Report. Sign up for both of these reports by filling in the pop-up at the home page of 2Time Labs research site.
Start Upgrading
My online training spans 12 Lessons and takes you through one complete upgrade cycle, covering all 11 Fundamentals. There’s no other training like it, as it uses all the training that G provided Bill and the Beta team, as far as it pertains to the individual professional. Click here to watch the videos explaining my best time management training.
Research Blog
My award-winning research blog at 2Time Labs is dedicated to applied research – discovering ideas that anyone can use to upgrade his/her time management system. It includes most of the resources that we have developed over the years in live programs, one-on-one coaching sessions, reading journals, attending conferences, etc. You can follow the entire development of Time Management 2.0 from 2006 when the very first posts were written.
Discussion
There are others who are just as interested in improving the way they conduct their daily affairs, with a view to making continuous improvements.
Join in the discussion by following this link to our very own Linkedin group.
Video Tutorial on Time Management 2.0
It’s a fast way to get at the underlying concepts in Time Management 2.0, as told by a set of 27 short videos, and 1 long video. Watch the videos on the 2Time Labs site.
It answers some questions that you might ask, and should be asking if you have an interest in upgrading your methods on a continuous basis.