Productivity ~ Effective ~ vs ~ Effecient
Journey Before Destination ... Enjoy the Journey!
Purpose -vs- Passion
Best of the Bunch
*** Best of the Bunch Deep Work ***Purpose
Ikigai | The Golden Circle | Value Proposition | Happiness Hamburger | Venn DiagramMULTIPLE DISCIPLINES. Munger explains: “Models have to come from multiple disciplines because all the wisdom in the world is not to be found in one little academic department… Fortunately, it isn’t that tough because 80 or 90 important models will carry about 90% of the freight in making you a worldly-wise person.”
Systems and Habits
I stick to one major priority per area of my life. I’ve categorized my life as follows:
1. Health, 2. Relationships, 3. Learning, 4. Money, 5. Career
Being effective is about doing the right things, while being efficient is about doing things right.
Effective people do all that ... but they check the right things off their to-do list. They complete the right projects. They get the right stuff done.
* Effective Habits ** | Effective vs Efficient Defined
Concentration means control of attention. It is the ability to focus the mind on one subject, object, or thought, and at the same time exclude from the mind every other unrelated thought, ideas, feelings, and sensations
Remarkably effective people apply the same framework to the decisions they make. "Will this help me reach my goal? If not, I won't do it."
Now let’s look at what effectiveness is. Checking the dictionary again we find that effectiveness is
all about
doing the right tasks regardless of the time it takes. Continuing with our lead generation example above, if
your actual goal is to generate a sale a mass email blast is normally really ineffective.
Sure, you contact a
lot of people at once, but how often do they actually open and read your generic marketing email, let alone
click through and buy whatever you’re selling?
A much more effective way to make a real sale is to take the time to research a potential client or customer and send them a custom email detailing how your product could help their specific situation with a few ideas on how they could implement it.
They're much more likely to respond to a message like this with very clear steps than to a generic message. Boom! You've got one sale, even if it has taken you an entire afternoon—or even longer—to make it.
Revenue Generating Activities (RGA)
** Revenue Generating Activities ** | ** YT RGA **To have a successful business, you must have the following things:
If you don’t have these, you have a hobby, not a business. Because without leads, offers, and sales, you don’t generate any revenue.
** Forbes: Revenue Generating **So what are some revenue-generating activities?
Income Producing Activities (IPA)
Highest and Best Use of Focus, Time, Energy and Resources in Order of Priority and Impact
** Priotitization Matrix ** | ** Small Biz Survival IPA ** | ** Revenue Generating Tasks **Tasks that Generate Income
** Wendy Maynard Working ON Your Business **
** Wendy Maynard Build a Lead Magnet **
- 1. Send out Hand Written Cards
- 2. Write a Blog Post or Article Topically Correct
- 3. Build a Proposal for a Project
- 4. Meet, Chat, Call a Client and or Prospect
- 5. Create a New Offering
Tasks for Cash
Happy...Healthy...Wealthy
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Checking the dictionary again we find that effectiveness is all about doing the right tasks regardless of the time it takes.
* Ladder and Wall Concept *“If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.” — Stephen Covey
Deep Work Focus and Attention
Cal Newport Deep Work | Deep Work: How to Develop the Most Valuable Skill of the 21st Century (PART 1)Deep Work: How to Develop the Most Valuable Skill of the 21st Century (PART 2) | *** Attention Management Productivity ***
** Highly Productive ** | ** Cal Newport Deep Work **
Tools
Pomodoro Technique | * Coggle * | Js Console | Write BoxTime and Date | Calendar
Time and Date | World Clock Meeting Planner | JavaScript Calendar
Evernote
** 5 Evernote Setups ** | Click UpSystems vs Goals
* Systems -vs- Goals * | James Clear Systems | Overcome DistractionsGetting Things Done (GTD)
Advanced Work Flow Diagram | GTD Stalking the Wild Project | Personal Inventory ControlThree Fold Nature of Work 1 | Three Fold 2 GTD
GTD Weekly Review
GTD Weekly Review | * Evernote GTD * | Mind Sweep Trigger List pdf~ The 11 steps to the GTD Weekly Review ~
GET CLEAR
COLLECT LOOSE PAPERS AND MATERIALS
Gather all accumulated business cards, receipts, and miscellaneous paper-based materials into your in-tray.
GET “IN” TO ZERO
Process completely all outstanding paper materials, journal and meeting notes, voicemails, dictation, and emails.
EMPTY YOUR HEAD
Put in writing and process any uncaptured new projects, action items, waiting fors, someday/maybes, etc.
GET CURRENT
REVIEW NEXT ACTIONS LISTS
Mark off completed actions. Review for reminders of further action steps to record.
REVIEW PREVIOUS CALENDAR DATA
Review past calendar in detail for remaining action items, reference data, etc., and transfer into the active system.
REVIEW UPCOMING CALENDAR
Review upcoming calendar events—long and short term. Capture actions triggered.
REVIEW WAITING FOR LIST
Record appropriate actions for any needed follow-up. Check off received ones.
REVIEW PROJECT (AND LARGER OUTCOME) LISTS
Evaluate status of projects, goals, and outcomes, one by one, ensuring at least one current next action item on each. Browse through project plans, support material, and any other work-in-progress material to trigger new actions, completions, waiting fors, etc.
REVIEW ANY RELEVANT CHECKLISTS
Use as a trigger for any new actions.
GET CREATIVE
REVIEW SOMEDAY/MAYBE LIST
Review for any projects or actions which may now have become active, and transfer to the appropriate list. Delete items no longer of interest.
BE CREATIVE & COURAGEOUS
Any new, wonderful, hare-brained, creative, thought-provoking, risk-taking ideas to add into your system?
Alternate GTD | Planning the Night Before | New Yorker Article | 43 Folders
Wikipedia GTD |
The GTD workflow consists of five stages: capture, clarify, organize, reflect, and engage.
GTD Perspective
Goals-to-Actions
Choosing the Right Thing to Focus on
Getting Simple | *** One Thing *** | One Thing at a TimeReflect, Consider and Evaluate | Daily Action Items | Action Items and Next Steps
Deep Work | Deep Work 2 | GTD Lifehacker
GTD Horizons of Focus
Ideas for Productivity
Pomodoro
Text Expander
Prioritization
Remove Distractions
Focus
Measure
* Systems, Habits, Process and Routines *
GTD ish
Emmet
Pen and Paper Everywhere
Thought Maps..Mind Maps
Effective ~ Efficient ~ Productive
Daily Task Trackers and Planners Digital and Paper Based
*** The Sweet Set Up Digital Planner *** | Hybrid Planner Digital and Paper | Dayone AppClick Up | Airtable
Evernote
Project and Task List
Calendar details
Research and Reference Materials
Meetings Agenda and Notes
Project Quote
Advanced Project Management
Time Tracking
Invoicing
Payment System
Local, Cloud, App, Paper??? Who is the Primary and Where is the Backup??
Textastic, Text Expander to build daily scratchpad segments, Primary Daily. Where to keep backups?, maybe google drive and or icloud??
Marketing
Lead Gen
Client
Proposal
Close the Deal
Engage.....
work types time keeping etc...
Retainer Definition *** Clockify Time Keeper ***Just Enough Project Management and System Size
Journal
Work Type
Timeline Calendaring
Milestones
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