Mindset
- 80% of results come from 20% of your work –Pareto Law
- If being productive means being selfish, be selfish.
- It’s not about time. It’s about about energy.
- Keep starting until you really start.
- Leverage being lazy into finding the easier way.
- Do what gives the fastest result first.
- Say NO fast when you mean it.
- Finish fast, often, imperfect.
Habits
- Singletask
- Structure procrastination.
- Do it every day, on holidays, no exceptions.
- It takes 30 days to form a habit.
- Being regular beats being good.
- Willpower is limited, notice when it runs out.
- Agree to new plans only if both mind and heart say yes.
- Ignore people who don’t offer anything for your time.
Hacks
- Visualize your chain of thought – or it does not exist.
- Read visual information, avoid text.
- Any idea can be simplified into a diagram.
- In the morning, draw a mindmap of the day ahead.
- Fake ineptitude when needed.
- If you can do it in 2 minutes, do it now.
- Write emails under 5 lines.
- Turn off all electronics.
Body
- Relax as much as you work.
- Color-code your tasks.
- Shower when you want to think.
- Use paper when computer is not necessary.
- Solve problems in your sleep.
- Have your nemesis — competition motivates.
- Set physical consequence (20 pull-ups).
- Positive words attract a positive outcome.
* Source: Funders and Founders – How Productivity Works – 32 Principles