Randy Paush on time management

The last* in the series, from Randy, a later lecture given at the University of Virginia. The irony of how long it has taken me to get around to this is not lost.

Randy takes a little while to actually get into the talk. After that it's pretty solid. There's likely not a lot you haven't heard before, but it's nicely collected in one place and presented with his usual panache.

*I purchased the book of The Last Lecture today. I'll probably post a review.

Points to take away

• Do the important, not urgent stuff before the not important, urgent stuff. That stops it becoming important, urgent stuff, which is where the stress comes in.
• Be prepared to change your plans, it's OK, but you can't change your plan if you didn't have one to start with.
• Delegate, including to technology. You don't need to waste brainpower remembering where you need to be next Thursday, your calendar can do that.
• Time is all we really have, and you never know how much you have left so make it count. You can never get it back.