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26 time management hacks I wish I'd known at 20

  1. There's always time. Time is priorities
  2. Days always fill up | "Only plan for 4-5 hours of real work per day."
  3. Work more when you're in the zone. Relax when you're not. | "It's normal to have days where you just can't work and days where you'll work 12 hours straight"
  4. Respect your time and make it respected | "Your time is $1000/hour, and you need to act accordingly"
  5. Stop multi-tasking. It merely kills your focus.
  6. Set up a work routine and stick to it. Your body will adapt
  7. We're always more focused and productive with limited time.
  8. Work is the best way to get working. Start with short tasks to get the ball rolling.
  9. Work iteratively. Expectactions to do things perfectly are stifling. | "Doing is better than perfect"
  10. More work hours doesn't mean more productivity. Use constraints as opportunities.
  11. Separate brainless and strategic tasks to become more productive. | "Separate thinking and execution to execute faster and think better"
  12. Organize meetings early during the dya. Time leading up to an event is often wasted.
  13. Group meetings and communication (email or phone) to create blocks of uninterrupted work. | "A single meeting can blow a whole afternoon, by breaking it into two pieces each to small to do anything hard in"
  14. Keep the same context throughout the day. Switching between projects/clients is unproductive
  15. Work around procrastination. Procrastinate between intense sprints of work (Pomodoro).
  16. "Break the unreasonable down into little reasonable chunks. A big goal is only achieved when every little thing that you do everyday, gets you closer to that gloal."
  17. No two tasks ever hold the same importance. Always prioritize. Be really careful with to-do lists.
  18. Always know one thing you really need to get done during the day. | "Only ever work on the thing that will have the biggest impact"
  19. Break tasks in to hour increments. Long tasks are hard to get into; feels like it all needs to get done.
  20. Delegate and learn to make use of other people | "If something can be done 80% as well by someone else, delegate!"
  21. Turn the page on yesterdya. Only ever think about today and tomorrow | "Yesterday's home runs don't win today's games"
  22. Set deadlines for everything. Don't let tasks go on indefinitely.
  23. Set end dates for intense or stressful activities. Everything ends at some point.
  24. Always take notes. "Get a reminder app for everything. Do not trust your own brain for your memory"
  25. "Write down anything that distracts you- google searches, random thoughts, new ideas, whatever. The point is, if you write them down, they'll stop bubbling up when you'rein the zone."
  26. Take breaks. Sometimes.

Etienne Garbugli | www.etiennegarbugli.com

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