This goes straight to the heart of what productivity is for me and is a great “forcing function” question.
Read MoreIf you'd like to be in a different place a year from now you'd probably like to be doing that thing now.
The problem is you don't have a way to be able to do that yet without making changes that you're not comfortable making.
Don't wait for a year to see if you're in a better position.
Read MoreYou’re trying to manage the wrong thing. Here’s what to do instead.
Read MoreThe more planning you do, the more you think you haven't done enough. This is how to avoid that (and other) over-planning traps.
Read MoreIf you promise to send me something interesting in exchange for my email address then it’s a good idea to make sure your system for delivering that works first.
Read MoreLike the proverbial canary in the coal mine, distractions warn us - when we feel ourselves regularly succumbing to them - that our work is not well defined, or our tasks are menial, or the whole project we’re engaged in is fundamentally pointless.
Read MoreYou can't out-Amazon Amazon. But you don't need to. You can compete in ways that your competition can't and create an experience that's unique to you. Because productivity isn’t only about having a way to manage all the stuff that comes hurtling at you every day.
Read MoreYou need to ruthlessly eliminate tasks that aren’t in your sweet spot.
Read MoreYour time, focus, and attention are resources that are too valuable and in too short supply to left them drift away unintentionally.
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