PRODUCTIVITY = USEFUL OUTPUT / TIME LAPSE x FUN FACTOR
Pilot 10% of the time, when we set the course, and check continually that the plane keeps on route.
Plane 80% of the time, when we are doing the activities.
Engineer 5-10% of the time, is when we organize our time, and check efficiency metrics, and provide correction actions.
Look other way, we have a 20% of overhead.
Every one have the same amount of time, is the more egalitarian distributed resource we humans have.
Time is what we have most, but what we use the worse.
Alfonso Baqueiro Bernal (2022)
Instead of saying I did not make A because I did not have time, tell:
I did not allocate anytime to make A.
We choose to allocate time for the things we consider more important.
We are not 3 year old childs, so we don’t need the motivation to start doing something, we should have the discipline to make what it’s needed even when we don’t feel the like to do it.
Use a penalty (money) for not getting the target done.
Search how to make more fun what you do.
Sometimes I think, what about if also the myth of multitasking is a myth either?
There is also the law of diminishing marginal returns over time, so What is the optimal time slice for switching tasks?
There is also this known as flow state when you are in this state is better to just commit to only that task, loosing that state is not good for productivity.
Dot not allow distractions when in flow state.
If we stay in comfort zone, we will not have any progress, but also if we find really difficult something we get into panic.
So we need to try to stay in the stretch zone, where we find things not too easy and boring but not to hard to trigger our fight or fly response. Be in the right difficult level.
We need to concentrate our efforts in the stretch zone other case we are loosing time in the comfort zone, or get stuck in the panic zone.
Work expands to fill the time that we allocate to it.
Cyril Parkinson (1950s)
Having to much time to do somethin is a recipi for procastination.
Having short deadlines forces us to prioritize in the important and leave the minutia.
80/20 rule
80 percent of the output comes from 20 percent of the input.
80 percent of the result comes from 20 percent of the effort.
Expected Value = Utility * Probability
Work evolving in spiral way.
An object is at rest or travelling at a constant velocity unless it’s acted on by an external, imbalanced force (inertia law).
If we are still we need an external force to push us, but if we are moving, we have an inertia that helps us moving.
Getting start is always hard.
If something takes less than 2 minutes doing do not waste 10 planning it, do it right now.
Trick your brain to just start an activity for just 5 minutes.
Consistency: To get a massively gain you only need to make tiny efforts and habit.
Identity: Commit to be the kind of person you want.
Prevent self savotage: example, do not say to yourself I am not the kind of person who learns easy, I am not the kind of person that cooks, I am not the kind of person that goes to the gym.
Use downtimes to make productive things, if you have to wait 30 minutes the train, read a book or do something productive in that time.
Have a highlight for your day.
When feel to procastinate, do doing productive distractions.
Whats the point of life?
happiness: enjoy ourselves.
meaning: being useful to others.
Figure how to make things more fun.
Do not screw yourself.
Have to vs Get to (Seth Godin)
The environment is very important to get things done, you need an apropiate environment.
Happiness led to success.
We do have the choice, to enjoy what we do.
Atomic Habits by James Clear
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Make time by Jake Knapp
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The motivation myth by Jeff Haden
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Zero to One by Peter Thiel
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The 4 hour Workweek by Timothy Ferris
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Getting Things Done by David Allen
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The happiness advantage by Shawn Achor
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