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The Swiss cheese technique was introduced by a famous
time-management specialist, Alan Lakein, in his book "How to Get Control of Your
Time and Your Life".
Very often people prefer to postpone complex or unpleasant
tasks than to start doing them. This assertion is more reasonable for global and
long-term tasks. The Swiss cheese method helps to make your global and even
monumental tasks transparent and easy to complete.
According to Lakein, “the underlying assumption of the Swiss
cheese approach is that it is indeed possible to get something started in five
minutes or less. And once you’ve started, you’ve given yourself the opportunity
to keep going…Swiss cheese is supposed to lead to involvement.”
How to use the Swiss cheese technique in real life? Just do not
postpone your important tasks for better times and try to do a small part of the
task even if you have 5-10 minutes of free time. Returning to the task again and
again during the day, week or month, you will notice that the task is moving
along. Some day you will make enough holes in your task like in Swiss cheese and
you will easily 'eat' your task like a tasty cheese.
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