What does your schedule say about what’s important to you?
You’re constantly developing new habits and routines. If you aren’t intentional about them, you’ll end up putting first things last in your life.
Your most important thing today might not be the most important thing right now
Most productivity systems involve identifying your most important task and working on it and nothing else until it’s done. That might be the decision that ruins your day.
You can’t do everything, but you can do the right things
Eisenhower’s productivity matrix is usually used to take a high-level look at where we’re spending (and wasting) time. It’s also a great tool for low-level planning of your day/week.
Don’t start today with what didn’t get done yesterday
Have you ever set your task list aside so you could focus on what you really needed to get done today? If you have, you’re doing it wrong.
Create a plan before you wonder where your time went
You don’t just need a budget for your income and expenses. You need a temporal budget that plans how you’re going to spend the most precious resource you have.
Success is measured by what you get out, not by what you put in
Effort only measures how busy we are. Productivity is measured by results—the effort that brings us closer to success.
If you’re busy all the time, you’re doing it wrong
The point of being productive isn’t to be busy all the time. It’s to make more room for the things that matter most to you.
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