Here are the 3 clips lasting about 10 minutes in total.

To keep abreast of the latest development in time management, come over to my research blog at http://2time-sys.com

It was a great 2 week launch period and I got a great response from all who came to the site and took different actions.

Thanks for your support!

I am definitely going to have a re-launch — probably a MyTimeDesign 2.1.Professional after I make some modifications that I already have in mind, and those that are bound to come from the first class.

During this launch, I found that many of you appreciated hearing about the different discounts and bonuses ahead of time, so I am going to keep the early notification list current.

If you’re not already on my MyTimeDesign early notification list, then enter your contact information here and hit Submit. You’ll save quite a bit of money and time by picking up on the buzz before the general public does.

P.S. Come over to my research blog where you’ll find that I’m still working on the latest thinking on time management.

It’s a simple idea.

Take some time out of the week to survey all the time demands that are in your time management system.  Shuffle the items around until you’re happy with them, and start the week off on the right foot.

However the problem is that the weekly review has turned into a burden for many people, and a tedium that they find themselves shying away from given the smallest  excuse.

The problem isn’t their attitude, or lack of discipline as some would posit.  Instead, it lies in the way they do their “listing” and their “scheduling.”  Strange huh?

Well, it’s  a meaty subject that is well worth the effort to understand because the result is that if you take my recommendations to heart, you’ll want to start to upgrade the way you manage your schedule.

Follow this link to be taken to “Fixing the Weekly Review Permanently.”

P.S. Remember that I’m closing the doors to the store on Thursday, February the 12th at mid-day.  In the meantime, stay tuned to hear about the bonuses I’m putting in for those who register before then.

MyTimeDesign 2.0.Professional and MyTimeDesign 1.0.Free are now open for registration.

Click here to be taken to the information page and you’ll find a last-minute video I put together that takes you through both products.

If you encounter any technical issue in your registration, just let me know by leaving a comment!

I will share with you some testimonials of people who have used this approach to good effect.

However, I’ll be honest — the research shows that there is no standard way to measure the effectiveness of ANY time management program.

(Anyone who promises to double your profits or triple your productivity with their program isn’t being completely honest.)

Instead what you will do in Pro is set your own hard and soft goals.

You learn to measure the hard goals by making observations about your  habits, and where there is a visible, tangible change.  The soft goals are measured by how you feel about your progress at the end of the day, week or month, and how satisfied you are with your progress.

At the end of it all, you are both the referee and the player, and I’ll help you to avoid fooling yourself about your progress, and show you how you can rely on the input of others (which you’ll receive a lot of, but only if you want it.)

Believe me, my blog will show you that I have been looking at this question of measurement for several years, and I am always scanning the most recent research to find a breakthrough in this area.  As the answers become more solid, they’ll be incorporated into MyTimeDesign 2.0.Pro as soon as they are tested.

If you have a concern that the program won’t work for you, or work at all, then here is some good news.  I am providing a full 6 week guarantee.  You’ll receive a full refund if you withdraw from the program during that time, without any questions being asked.

How Will This Fit In With the Current System I’m Using? e.g. “ACME Time Management”

If you are already using a time management system developed using someone else’s ideas there’s no need to worry.

I’ll show you how to use what you learned even more effectively, and more importantly how to implement it more effectively.

The reason I can promise to do that is that I trust your choice of ACME Time Management, and I am sure it has some good ideas.

In MyTimeDesign 2.0.Pro you’ll learn how to take the ideas that you have learned and turn them into habits, practices and rituals that can be put into play in a planned and peaceful fashion.  This varies from the expectation of most of these systems, which is that implementation will be a straightforward, all-at-once matter, and that no understanding of your current habit-pattern is required.

But at the end of the day, I don’t care what you call your time management system — just as long as you know that it’s yours, and not ACME’s, or MyTimeDesign’s.  If it works, or doesn’t work, you are the one who is responsible.

What Can I Expect if I Upgrade My Time Management System?

The biggest result should be an increased peace of mind, as more things fall into place in your life, and fewer things fall through the cracks.

You should also be more productive in the traditional sense: have the sense of having more choices, and be in command of more of your time.  You’ll be able to deal with interruptions better and be less of a procrastinator.

You’ll be better able to deal with and avoid the everyday stresses related to time management.

People around you will notice that something is different – they’llsee you acting differently and may even see you more in charge of your life as you achieve more of a balance.

But enough broad-brushing on my part.  At the start of Pro, you actually craft a set of goals that are important to you and you’ll be successful when you achieve them. Period.

You can actually start seeing results IMMEDIATELY in this program — as soon as it starts.  All that we have to find is a way to support you in changing your habits quickly.  I’ll provide you with a number of ways to help make that happen, and how fast you go will depend on how quickly we can find the “secret sauce” needed to change your habits.

Will This Be Easy?  Is it for Everyone?

I’m going to be honest here.

If you’re looking for quick solutions, fast tips and aren’t interested in working hard then the Pro version is not for you.

The Pro version is simply not for everyone.

There are other programs that promise effortless results, and if you believe that they are possible, you should pursue them!

If you don’t believe the hype, however, then you may have found a home in a program that won’t insult your intelligence with inflated promises.

I want everyone to read through the content of this site carefully, because what I am offering is quite different from anything I have encountered in the public domain.  A decision to apply to the Professional program should be a careful one.

How Much Time Will Be Needed for the Pro version?

The Pro version includes 15 weeks of core lessons, and each user receives full access to the learning community for another 15 weeks.  Users can decide to use the support provided in the classrooms to continue to upgrade their systems for the entire period.

I can’t say how much time I’d recommend that you spend each week working on your habits, but I doubt that most participants will be able to produce much of a change without at least a couple hours per week of study and application.  That’s about 20 minutes per day…

Are There Other MyTimeDesign Products Being Offered?

There are.  I offer MyTimeDesign 2.0.Executive for those who require individual on-site attention.  I also offer MyTimeDesign 2.0.Coaching for professionals who want to hire me as an individual coach to work with them over the phone and internet.  For more details on these offerings, send me email from http://ReplytoFrancis.info

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I am almost at the end of pulling together the MyTimeDesign 2.0.Professional classroom.

It was custom made by my team, and is intended for one thing only:  to make it easy for participants to upgrade their habits during the course of the program.

The key word is DURING the program… and I offer a variety of options to help participants devise their own habit support structure.  But here… take a look.

What do you think?  (The video is just short of 10 minutes long.)

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How Does MyTimeDesign Compare to Other Time Management Approaches?

I once explored a time management system that insisted that each person who followed it needed to “discipline themselves” into adhering to its precisely prescribed habits.

Needless to say, it only worked for a handful of people… the few who were lucky enough to have habits that happened to line up with those described in the program.

For the vast majority, however, it failed to work for them.

I can’t imagine what the creators were thinking.  Did they really believe that all people in all countries, regardless of age, culture and background would end up marching to the same tune, and using the exact same personal habits, practices and rituals?

Instead, people do “that thing they do” when, in their thousands, they sit in time management classes, read books or scour the internet for tips.  That is, THEY DO THEIR OWN THING!

They ignore the advice of the gurus (who tell them to “march harder”) and instead they  devise their own time management systems, using a bit from here and a bit from there.

ARE THEY CRAZY???  (Obviously, they’re not supposed to do that…)

I started creating MyTimeDesign starting with this fact.

Instead of trying to change people’s character, I have assumed that they
are all different, and require different solutions and that trying to get them all to march together in the same way won’t work.

MyTimeDesign is built on the idea that each working professional can follow guidelines instead of prescriptions, and end up with a unique time management that works for them.

(There are some who disagree…)

But it’s a little like the approach used by a good art school.  They don’t tell you how to be an artist, but instead they teach the fundamentals and allow each person’s creativity to flourish from there.

MyTimeDesign is about teaching each student the fundamentals and allowing them to upgrade or craft  their time management system in a way that makes sense to their goals, personality and culture.

It’s the very opposite of one-size-fits-all.  And it’s not like marching in goose-step at all.

How Does the 1.0.Free Version Compare with the 2.0.Pro Version?

I answered this question at a high level in two prior posts: What Will it Look Like? (part 1) and What It Is (part 2.)

Here are some more details, however in the form of a side-by-side comparison.

Also, “Free” will be ad-supported.

The MAIN difference is in the support, and in the role that I play.

In the Free version, participants bring their own support, and they receive no direct coaching.  They have full access to many of the core ideas of the MyTimeDesign programs via a series of emails that direct them to each lesson.

Success in completing the 6 week program requires a certain amount of self-discipline as no-one will be monitoring student progress on an individual level.

In the Pro version, participants receive assistance in building their own habit support structure.  There are weekly events of different kinds that include myself and other students — in fact, I’ll be working on my own upgrade alongside the participants in the first cohort or group.  I’ll personally help students to make it through all 16 Lessons, as I join in the fun.

The Pro environment provides for a great deal of sharing of successes, insights, issues, challenges and breakthroughs.

I’m still tinkering with the pricing of the Pro version, but “Free” does mean free.

I have to limit the number or participants in both programs in order to provide the kind of experience that I want, and once the registrations hit a certain number, I’ll be shutting down registration.

Oh, and by the way…  there will be an application required for those interested in MyTimeDesign 2.0.Professional.

Will MyTimeDesign 2.0.Professional be Practical or Philosophical?

A regular reader of my 2Time blog would know that I spend a lot of time on the philosophy of time management – trying to fix the underlying assumptions that seem to be so confused.  For that reason, I call it a “research” blog.

However, Pro is designed to make habit change easy, and to make it happen as quickly as possible while the course is in session.  The reason it stretches over 15 weeks in time is to give participants a chance to tinker with their habits in order to see real changes happen.

This is hands-on work.  I honestly don’t care if people agree with the ideas or not… the classroom environment is designed to help people make sustained changes in their habits, and that for me is the only sign of success.

Anyone who likes philosophy should either stick to reading the blog or take the Free version.  The hands on nature of the Pro version program will probably become uncomfortable for those who are shopping for cool ideas.

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I went into some detail on what the “Free” product would be all about, so here’s some information on the “Professional” product.

Right off the bat I have a confession — I am still adding the final details to both Free and Professional (Pro.)  It’s been a lot of hard work, especially for Pro, which will have a new platform and feature a new level of interactivity between everyone who is doing the program.

But I get ahead of myself.

Why am I even offering a Pro version?

I have a blend of reasons as I mentioned in the prior post — I want to craft a way to help people make solid, observable, measurable progress in upgrading their time management systems.  To be honest, I also want the entire venture to be sustainable, and profitable.

As I mentioned before, the ideas embedded in good time management system are now freely available on the internet, on websites and in ebooks, and I have captured the best of them on my own website: http://2time-sys.com.  They are also available in inexpensive books and training programs.

What they are missing is the kind of post-course support that people need to turn good ideas into new habits.

Let’s take for example a New Year’s Resolution that many are about to make as we enter a new decade:  “to exercise more often.”

According to Wikipedia, only 12% of people will successfully achieve their goals, and it’s usually not because the goal is an unworthy one (most of the time.)

Instead, they fail because they don’t know how to change their habits.

Or, in other words, they don’t know what specific blend of tactics to use to support their transformation.

At the heart of MyTimeDesign 2.0: Professional is a system that I help you to put together to support yourself in changing the habits that make up your time management system.

• For a few people it means hiring me to work them individually.  I have occasionally flown in to help executives upgrade their time management systems, but I don’t recommend this option very often!  I am only willing to do this with a handful of people

• For others it might mean a set of automated reminders that don’t require one’s memory at all

• For others it might be a set of financial incentives (or penalties)

• For many (but not all) it means some kind of community, like a class team, or interactive chat room or individual coach

This is just a sample of some of the supports that can be used.  Pro is about ensuring that you make progress by crafting a set of supports that works for you, using the guidelines that I provide.

Also, this program gives the latest research that I have conducted into the 11 fundamentals of time management.  This information isn’t included in the Free product because it’s so new that it wasn’t included in MyTimeDesign 1.0.Free which only covers the first 6 fundamentals which are known as the Essentials.

Plus, in “Pro” I have come up with some new ways to make it easier for you to understand and apply the fundamentals, the belt levels and the Master Habit Plan that you’ll make.

There will be 15 weeks of core lessons, plus some important modules that I’ll be adding on topics such as the Zero Inbox.  You’ll cover them at your own pace, but with the help of your custom support system, you will be making it VERY difficult for yourself to fall off the wagon and revert to old habits.

Perhaps that’s the best way to describe the Pro version.

With my help, you’ll make it easy to continue your progress, and hard to stop.  You’ll do this by creating a supportive environment that uses the right blend of supports to keep you on track.

Some of you will need little support, while some of you will need a LOT!

Nothing right or wrong here, as we’re only looking to do what works for you.

Some people say that this is a bit like “working around yourself” and it’s true.

The internet makes it much easier than ever before to create these supports for yourself without paying a lot of money, thereby increasing the odds that you’ll be successful.

MyTimeDesign will show you how to succeed in implementing your upgrades, without assuming anything about you, your preferences, your culture, your skill-level, or even which other time management systems and tips you have used in the past.

(Oh, and by the way, I’ll be encouraging you to continue to use whatever system you have been using that’s worked for you.  If you are a Covey person, for example, you don’t have to change.  Your upgrades will build on what you have already accomplished.)

Stay tuned — there’s more to come about MyTimeDesign 2.0: Pro, but in the meantime — what do you think?  Does this resonate?  What questions would you like me to answer next?
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During that webinar I’ll be separating Time Management Hype from Time Management Facts, and I also give you some information about the MyTimeDesign programs that I’ll be opening on Thursday the 28th.

Go now to register as space is limited.

http://mytimedesign.com/wordpress/webinar1-signup

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While I love blogging at the 2Time blog, one thing that I learned from the classroom and online programs is that it’s possible to learn a LOT more from focused training than from reading 400 posts.

But I also learned that most people required specialized support to be successful in changing habits permanently.

As I was trying to figure out what to do, I downloaded a free audio-book entitled “Free: The Future of a Radical Price by Chris Anderson.”  I listened to it over and over again, mulling over its potent message.

To cut a long story short, I decided to create a 6 week version of MyTimeDesign that I could offer for free.

Essentially, it’s a portion of the same content that I offered in MyTimeDesign 1.0 early in 2008.  Back then I sold it for US$99, and it included audios, videos and text, covering the first 7 fundamentals of time management.

Plus, it gave access to an online forum, where users could support each other in upgrading their time management systems.

How can I afford to offer this program for free?

Well, in Chris’ book I heard that line repeated – “information wants to be free.”  I also realized that the actual habits that are recommended in MyTimeDesign are not ground-breaking… they are repeated all over the internet in tons of lists of  “10 zillion Time Management Tips” that can be found with a simple Google search.

It told me that the key information (in the form of tips blogs, ebooks, audios and videos) was already free and more or less already saying the same things.  (An online survey I recently did confirmed this finding.)

What I am offering in the MyTimeDesign programs is something different — a way to use these 10 zillion tips tips without getting lost.

In other words, MyTimeDesign offers an upgrade path… a way for you to to get from where you are today, to a destination that you set for yourself.  You define where your upgrade will take you, based on the information in the program.

Rather than offering you the “perfect set of habits,” MyTimeDesign is provides intelligent assistance to effect an upgrade.

I imagined that there are 3 groups of people who might be interested:

Group #1

I imagined that for those people who are super-highly self-disciplined, just finding out that there is an upgrade path would be enough.  They would implement it themselves.  Before last year, I think I would have put myself in this group. Now…I don’t,  and  I can only admire them from afar!

Group #2

I also imagined that those people who are completely new to time management (what MyTimeDesign calls “Level 1 White Belts”) would be blown away by the idea that they already have a system, and that it can be upgraded whenever they want with the right approach.  They would move up a notch by simply obtaining a new level of awareness.

Group #3

Lastly, I perceived that there was a big group in the middle.  They would benefit the most from having a supportive environment that’s required to make major habit changes over time in order to upgrade their time management systems.  They are the ones who would end up making the biggest changes, and undergo the most profound transformations as they undertook the right changes at the right time, rather than trying to wade through 10 zillions tips, or implement a whole new system from scratch.

All this thinking led me to the following decisions:

• Offer MyTimeDesign 1.0.Free to the public at no cost and gear it towards the needs of people in Groups #1 and #2.

• Invent MyTimeDesign 2.o.Professional at a price, and gear it to the needs of people in Group #3.

My hope is that enough people will decide to upgrade MyTimeDesign 1.0.Free to MyTimeDesign 2.o.Professional to make the entire effort a profitable one that is sustainable.  As a result, “Free” will be ad-supported.

In other words, I want to have a business that produces enough valuable results for the customer that enables the thinking I have started to continue that pulls from the best of the research that exists.

What would be different enough about MyTimeDesign 2.0.Professional that would make anyone interested in it? Tune into my next post…

P.S.  Both versions of MyTimeDesign will be offered on Thursday of next week (Jan 28th) at 12pm EST.  Stay tuned…