How to Scale Yourself and Get More Done Than You Thought Possible

How to Scale Yourself and Get More Done Than You Thought Possible

Scaling oneself is a journey of self-discovery and productivity enhancement. It's about transcending perceived limitations and unlocking new realms of potential. Let's delve into strategies that can help you achieve more than you ever thought possible.

Do It, Drop It, Delegate It, Defer It

Only do it if it’s going to take a minute and it’s been scheduled.

Understand Effectiveness Versus Efficiency

Effectiveness is goal orientation – picking something to do, doing right things

Define “Work”

Pre-Defined Work: Work you’ve set up ahead of time

Reserve Fridays for Reflection

Reflect on your week and reflect on how you could have done better

Get Rid of Psychic Weight

“I realized that this was psychic weight that was pressing me down,” Hanselman says, recounting the time when he gained access to all episodes of Law & Order on TiVo.

Drop the Ball

When something is both urgent and important, you should probably do that now

But Here’s What You Can Multitask

There’s also idle and waiting time to take advantage of in your day

Follow This One Email Rule

Set up a folder for emails that you’re Cc’d on and another for those that come directly to you

Scale Yourself

In a 40-minute talk Hanselman originally delivered in 2012, and has since presented several times, he shares his productivity practices.

Homework

Hanselman ends his talk with a five-part assignment: Audit and sort your sources

“Don’t worry, just drop the ball.”

This counterintuitive advice is one of a dozen-plus productivity practices preached by Scott Hanselman, a program manager at Microsoft, author and avid blogger and speaker.

Try the Pomodoro Technique

Focus on one task for 25 minutes. Between each of these task sprints, you get a break.

Face the Fact: Multitasking is a Myth

When you do multitask, you’re really doing what Hanselman refers to as “task-switching,” which requires context switching.

Find Your Robert Scoble

You shouldn’t be constantly checking your email for fear of keeping up

Remain in Your Flow

Anything important that happens in the world, in the news, in you life, in your work, will come your way many times

Look for Danger Signs

Staying focused hasn’t always been a challenge-there hasn’t always been hundreds of pages of new content to consume daily or a constant stream of new information interrupting you.

Clean Out Mental Clutter

If it’s not helping me to make money, if it’s not improving my life in some way, it’s mental clutter and it’s out.”- Christopher Hawkins

Conserve Your Keystrokes

Hanselman encourages you to “conserve your keystrokes.”

Triage the Inbox of Your Life

Triage – from the French verb trier, meaning to separate, sort, sift, or select

Realize that Being Busy is a Form of Laziness

Being busy is a form of laziness-lazy thinking and indiscriminate action.”- Timothy Ferriss

Don’t Check Email in the Morning (or at Night)

If you reply to email in the morning, the sender will reply right back

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