Doing More by Doing Less (Peers 2014 Presentation)
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Doing More by Doing Less@ErikReagan @FocusLabLLC
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How many of you have too much time and not enough to do in it?
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Focus
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If we lose or waste time — it’s gone.
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Planning your day in advance will help you maneuver around obstacles and stay on target.
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What's worth doing and what's not?
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The goal isn't to get everything done; it's to get the right things done.
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— Dwight D. Eisenhower
“What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important.”
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Health emergency
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Car engine dies
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Certain emails (but few)
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Project deadlines right around the corner
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Overall: avoid or prevent these
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Weekly planning
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Exercise
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Family or personal time
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Learning or studying
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Not Urgent, but Important
Car or home maintenance
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Not Urgent, but Important
Date night with your significant other
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Not Urgent, but Important
Budgeting
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Not Urgent, but Important
Overall: spend as much time on these as possible
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Phone calls and texts
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Urgent, but Not Important
Most Emails
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Urgent, but Not Important
Most App notifications
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Urgent, but Not Important
Overall: these feel important but aren’t
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Netflix binge watching
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YouTube and other online videos
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Much of Hacker News
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Most social media involvement
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Not Urgent and Not Important
Overall: considerably limit your time in this quadrant
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To-do list
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To-do list+
To-ignore list
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Distractions
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— Newton’s first law
An object in motion stays in motion with the same speed in the same direction
unless acted upon by an external force.
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Imagine a day without app notifications.
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Now go make that day happen.
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Set healthy boundaries with coworkers and family.
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Multitasking doesn’t exist.
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Construct your environment to support your to-dos and to-ignores.
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What should you do?
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Plan your Monday in advance.
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Plan your Week in advance.
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Decide when and where you’ll get each task done.
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Create a “to ignore” list.
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Identify which Quadrants you’re working in.
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Make changes where necessary.
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— Peter Bregman
You'll never be as good a version of someone else as you are of yourself.
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Thanks!@ErikReagan @FocusLabLLC