productivity

For high-priority tasks , like designing the main user interface content or creating content for a major product launch, you might spend 10–20 hours a week. These tasks need detailed planning and close collaboration with your team.

Medium-priority tasks , such as updating help center articles or creating content for minor feature updates, might take... See more

Managing Open Loops for Productivity

This note explores the dual nature of "open loops" in productivity, distinguishing their role in traditional task management versus creative work.

Traditional Productivity: Closing Open Loops

In traditional productivity, open loops are an enemy. They represent unfinished thoughts or tasks that constantly demand... See more

“Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.” Since then, Parkinson’s law has become the best-known explanation for why we can take three months to write a twenty-page essay or miraculously finish it in just one day. The problem with Parkinson’s law is that most of the time it works against us. Giving yourself three months to

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work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion

The most straightforward way to set priorities is by ranking them. List everything you need to do, and order them from most urgent to least. For example, answering time-sensitive emails, or completing a project due in the next few hours, will rank much higher than working on your development plan or picking up your dry cleaning. Furthermore,

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