Quotes About Efficiency

Ignore, minimize, or outsource everything else. I asked all my time-makeover guinea pigs to identify activities they wanted to get off their plates, and to fill in the blank for the sentence "I spend way too much time on ____." If you keep an accurate log of your 168 hours, you will likely be surprised by the number of hours you spend on certain things.

when you focus on what you do best, on what brings you the most satisfaction, there is plenty of space for everything.

Knock a few of these easy items off first, then look for ways to minimize more complicated time traps.

There's little point, though, in being too scattered to master something, or in spending much time on activities in which you can't excel.

Multitasking is, more often than not, inefficient single-tasking.

Results-Only Work Environment, a program pioneered at Best Buy a few years ago that lets people work wherever, whenever, and for however long, as long as their work gets done.

And so I have begun to see the benefits of getting a jump on the day. We all have 168 hours a week, but not all hours are equally suited to all things. I certainly noticed this when I started tracking my time for my book on time management, 168 Hours. As I kept time

Harsh as this sounds, if you're not in the right job—a job that is moving you toward where you want to be in life—then you're wasting almost all the time you're spending at work.

you have a dedicated assistant, or one you share with one or two other people, great. Find one who isn't just able to handle administrative tasks, but excels at the problem-solving part of the job and sees it as his mission to advance you.

the reality is that the best outsourcing is not about getting rid of work you don't want to do. If it's truly dumb work, maybe it doesn't have to be done at all. Maybe processes can be automated.

if you want to get the most out of your 168 hours, you need a work team and a home team, all focused on their core competencies, so you can focus on yours.

Si haces cuentas, puedes pasar entre tres y cuatro horas al día en actividades superfluas

so, I have narrowed all these ideas down to nine practical rules with the biggest impact: Give yourself a bedtime Plan on Fridays Move by 3 p.m. Three times a week is a habit Create a back-up slot One big adventure, one little adventure Take one night for you Batch the little things Effortful before effortless

Broadly, those who get the most out of life try to figure out and focus on their core competencies. They know that at least one key difference between happy, successful people, and those just muddling along is that the happy ones spend as many of their 168 hours as possible on their core competencies—honing their focus to get somewhere—and, like modern corporations, chucking everything else.

There's a simple formula in Anner's organizations for getting the most out of work time: no one goes to a meeting who does not need to be there. Every meeting has an agenda, with a clearly defined, short time frame next to each item.

Afortunadamente, es posible minimizar todo tipo de distracciones. La mejor manera de lidiar con las distracciones "productivas" que surgen en tu mente de forma espontánea consiste en redactar una lista "para después". Mientras estés haciendo el trabajo

We all have 168 hours a week, but not all hours are equally suited to all things.

Any "work" that is not advancing you toward the professional life you want should not count as work. It is wasted time.

You can compress time spent on non-core-competency activities with a three-part strategy: • Ignore it • Minimize it, or • Outsource it

You could have a million ideas, but they're all worthless if you don't get them done.

I focus on a project in the morning before scanning my inbox so that I take control of my day instead of my inbox taking control of it. The

They play like file clerks file.

emotions are a nuisance during business hours, and all his hours are business hours.

Work is done by those [employees] who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.