Making it happen
There’s a fine line between (a) planning your work, pacing yourself, and sticking to your office hours and ( b) when the time comes, doing… Read More »Making it happen
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Vanishing time
Have a look at your calendar for the month ahead. Observe its gentle slopes and rolling plains. Time. Space. Empty air. Enjoy the illusion: the… Read More »Vanishing time
Eliezer Yudkowsky on the planning fallacy
The planning fallacy is that people think they can plan, ha ha. A clue to the underlying problem with the planning algorithm was uncovered by… Read More »Eliezer Yudkowsky on the planning fallacy
The 12 Week Year – summary and review
The Big Idea(s) You probably have an execution problem more than you have a planning problem. Stop trying to plan annually. Plan and execute in… Read More »The 12 Week Year – summary and review
Seth Godin on perfect vs “good enough”
Now we get to my favourite sneak question… What does perfect look like? I would like you to list, when your project is working perfectly,… Read More »Seth Godin on perfect vs “good enough”
Tim Ferriss on time management as priority management
This is a piece of advice from The Four Hour Work Week that I need to re-learn and re-apply on a regular basis: Slow down… Read More »Tim Ferriss on time management as priority management
The discipline death spiral
You make a bad decision (because everybody does).* You get busy fixing it – on top of all the other things you were already doing.… Read More »The discipline death spiral
Buzzy (Bee to Bee)
… is great when you’re working on your own, bashing through emails or making something. It’s less good when you’re making important decisions, working with… Read More »Buzzy (Bee to Bee)
Back-to-back
Back to back meetings are a bad idea: Unless you or the chairperson is really good, you’re almost certain to be running late at the… Read More »Back-to-back
30/90
What would happen if you made a 30/90 rule? It looks like this. 30 For every “ten minute job” that isn’t completely routine – an… Read More »30/90
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