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    This document provides 26 time management hacks and tips for increasing productivity. Some key recommendations include planning for only 4-5 hours of real work per day, working in iterative sprints instead of aiming for perfection, separating thinking from execution tasks, grouping meetings and communications to allow for uninterrupted work blocks, always prioritizing the most important task, and taking occasional breaks to recharge focus. The tips encourage focusing work in concentrated bursts, delegating non-essential tasks, and using tools like reminders and notes to optimize routines and memory.

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    This document provides 26 time management hacks and tips for increasing productivity. Some key recommendations include planning for only 4-5 hours of real work per day, working in iterative sprints instead of aiming for perfection, separating thinking from execution tasks, grouping meetings and communications to allow for uninterrupted work blocks, always prioritizing the most important task, and taking occasional breaks to recharge focus. The tips encourage focusing work in concentrated bursts, delegating non-essential tasks, and using tools like reminders and notes to optimize routines and memory.

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    This document provides 26 time management hacks and tips for increasing productivity. Some key recommendations include planning for only 4-5 hours of real work per day, working in iterative sprints instead of aiming for perfection, separating thinking from execution tasks, grouping meetings and communications to allow for uninterrupted work blocks, always prioritizing the most important task, and taking occasional breaks to recharge focus. The tips encourage focusing work in concentrated bursts, delegating non-essential tasks, and using tools like reminders and notes to optimize routines and memory.

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    26

    Time Management Hacks I Wish Id Known at 20


    Etienne Garbugli Product Design & Marketing Consultant

    1.
    How I spend my Day Fun Sleep Work Boring Fun How I wish Id spend my Day Work Sleep

    Theres always time. Time is priorities.

    2.

    Only plan for 4-5 hours of real work per day.


    - David Heinemeier Hansson, 37 Signals

    Days always ll up.

    3.

    It's normal to have days where you just can't work and days where you'll work 12 hours straight.
    - Alain Paquin, Whatsnexx

    Work more when youre in the zone. Relax when youre not.

    4.

    Your time is $1000/hour, and you need to act accordingly.


    - Jason Cohen, @asmartbear

    Respect your time and make it respected.

    5.
    Multi-tasking like a big shot
    Answer emails Work on a big presentation Call clients Feel productive

    Single-treading and home at 5pm


    Answer emails Work on a big presentation Call clients Feel productive

    Stop multi-tasking. It merely kills your focus.

    6.

    Set up a work routine and stick to it. Your body will adapt.

    7.
    e s a e quit t n Do day r u yo . b o j

    We're always more focused and productive with limited time.

    8.
    Send email to design Team
    Start here

    Create business plan

    Organize home office

    Work is the best way to get working. Start with short tasks to get the ball rolling.

    9.

    Doing is better than perfect.


    - Facebook company motto

    Work iteratively. Expectations to do things perfectly are stiing.

    10.

    More work hours doesnt mean more productivity. Use constraints as opportunities.

    11.

    Separate thinking and execution to execute faster and think better.


    - Sol Tanguay, Imarklab

    Separate brainless and strategic tasks to become more productive.

    12.
    REALLY Important Meeting
    4 pm

    Work
    10am

    Try to work
    12 noon

    really try...
    2 pm

    Organize meetings early during the day. Time leading up to an event is often wasted.

    13.

    A single meeting can blow a whole afternoon, by breaking it into two pieces each too small to do anything hard in.
    - Paul Graham, YCombinator

    Group meetings and communication (email or phone) to create blocks of uninterrupted work.

    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 goal.
    - Maren Kate, Escaping the 9 to 5

    17.
    Buy Milk Open foreign bank account Perform open-heart surgery Clean desk
    No 2 tasks ever hold the same importance. Always prioritize. Be really careful with to-do lists...

    18.

    Only ever work on the thing that will have the biggest impact.
    - Jason Cohen, @asmartbear

    Always know the one thing you really need to get done during the day.

    19.

    Break tasks into hour increments. Long tasks are hard to get into; feels like it all needs to get done.

    20.

    If something can be done 80% as well by someone else, delegate!


    - John C. Maxwell, Author

    Delegate and learn to make use of other people.

    21.

    Yesterdays home runs dont win todays games.


    - Babe Ruth, Hall of Fame Baseball player

    Turn the page on yesterday. Only ever think about today and tomorrow.

    22.

    Set deadlines for everything. Don't let tasks go on indenitely.

    23.

    Set end dates for intense or stressful activities. Everything ends at some point.

    24.

    Get a reminder app for everything. Do not trust your own brain for your memory.
    - Julien Smith, Author

    Always take notes.

    25.

    Write down anything that distracts you- google searches, random thoughts, new ideas, whatever. The point is, if you write them down, theyll stop bubbling up when youre in the zone.
    - Steven Corona, Twitpic

    26.

    Take breaks. Sometimes.

    Etienne Garbugli
    www.etiennegarbugli.com
    Product & User Research User Experience Design Usability Testing Customer Development

    @egarbugli

    egarbugli

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