Marc Andreesen gets a lot done.
He has sold 2 companies for $1B+ each.
His venture firm has $28B in AUM.
His 11 productivity tips:
1/ Don’t keep a schedule
“Work on whatever is most important or most interesting”
“Refuse to commit to meetings at a set time in the future”
Why:
A free calendar is liberating
You get the best odds of maximizing flow
[It’s rare to pull this off but this is the goal]
2/ Maintain 3 lists
Todo List: stuff you “must” do
Watch List: follow up tasks
Later List: everything else
[Anti-Todo: unplanned tasks that you do in a day]
How:
Each night, write the 3-5 things you need to do the next day
Tear the Todo List daily after finishing your tasks
3/ Structured procrastination
Never fight the tendency to procrastinate.
Use it to your advantage in order to get other things done.
While you’re procrastinating, just do lots of other stuff.
4/ Strategic incompetence
To never get asked to do something again – royally screw it up
5/ Do email twice a day
Keep your email client shut and your email notifications turned off
[This should be extended to Social Media]
Why:
Email triggers an endorphin hit – you feel you’ve done something great
7/ Don’t answer the phone
Let it go to voicemail.
Every few hours, screen your voicemails and batch the return calls.
Extra:
Keep 2 phones
– one for key family members, closest friends, boss and few coworkers.
– the other for everyone else
6/ Email processing algorithm
Each of the two daily email sessions ends with an empty inbox.
Every message is answered or filed away.
4 folders
Action: current working projects
Pending: needs a follow-up
Review: needs to be read in-depth
Vault: everything else
8/ Use headphones to make yourself invisible
Avoid distractions in the workplace by putting headphones on.
Why:
People feel worse interrupting you if you are wearing them.
9/ Plan your sleep to get a good, relaxed breakfast
Eat a real, sit-down breakfast.
Sleep early to wake early enough for 45-60 minutes of breakfast.
Why:
Breakfast fuels you up and is the most important meal
This time prepares you mentally and emotionally for the day
10/ Criteria for new commitments
It’s really easy to get asked to do something.
Do it only if your head and heart should both say yes.
[the key is whether you’re really excited about it
adrenaline spike = heart saying yes]
11/ Do something you love
Thank you for checking this out.
Hope this helps boost your productivity.
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Follow @rnjai_lamba Source :- https://nextbigwhat.com Author :- Nitish Verma Date :- February 12, 2022 at 09:16AM