Productivity
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Productivity
Spaceship You
youtu.beWe chase what's sexy and miss what matters
- Excitement starts something. Execution completes it.
- Speed makes a good story. Velocity makes a difference.
- Complexity makes you sound smart. Focusing on the basics shows you are.
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Shane Parrishtwitter.comThe Ju/’hoansi, for example, were often content to spontaneously take a day off from foraging simply because they didn’t feel like it. Even if they were hungry, they knew that putting off the food quest for a day would not have any serious ramifications. For farmers, by contrast, taking a day off just because they need a rest is rarely an option.
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Preparing to do the thing isn't doing the thing.
Scheduling time to do the thing isn't doing the thing.
Making a to-do list for the thing isn't doing the thing.
Telling people you're going to do the thing isn't doing the thing.
Messaging friends who may or may not be doing the thing isn't doing
the thing.
Writing a banger tweet about how you're going to... See more
Scheduling time to do the thing isn't doing the thing.
Making a to-do list for the thing isn't doing the thing.
Telling people you're going to do the thing isn't doing the thing.
Messaging friends who may or may not be doing the thing isn't doing
the thing.
Writing a banger tweet about how you're going to... See more
Things That Aren't Doing the Thing
the only productivity advice you need
One of the most important principles in Silicon Valley is that "you make what you measure." It means that if you pick some number to focus on, it will tend to improve, but that you have to choose the right number, because only the one you choose will improve; another that seems conceptually adjacent might not. For example, if you're a university... See more
You’re either writing or editing. Doing both at the same time makes both worse.