SWISS CHEESE METHOD

Swiss Cheese Method

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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