Slow Productivity
What I like most about deadlines is the whistling sound they make when the pass by.
“Relentless execution without knowing what to execute is a crime.”
Steve Blank
Focus means head down. Big picture means head up. The more you’re doing of one, the less you’re doing of the other. If you’ve been head-down on a task for too long, lift your head up to make sure you’re going the right way. Don’t do well what you shouldn’t do at all.
Derek Sivers • How to Live: 27 conflicting answers and one weird conclusion
Productivity is also not about working harder and longer. It’s about working more efficiently, which means minimizing waste. Think wasted time, effort, energy, or potential.
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Superhuman
“if I have to work, I find it preferable (and less painful) to work intensely for very short hours, then do nothing for the rest of the time assuming doing nothing is really doing nothing), until I recover completely and look forward to a repetition, rather than being subjected to the tedium of Japanese style low-intensity interminable office hours
... See more"If it's not a Hell Yes, then it's a NO."
@sivers
1. Think about what you're waiting for.
2. Visualize what it will look like.
3. Talk to others about it and seek advice.