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    Parkinson's Law states that tasks will expand to fill the allotted time, so setting hard deadlines forces focus on the vital few tasks that provide 80% of results. The document recommends scheduling daily "state of flow" time without distractions to reach maximum productivity, and making quick decisions based on past experiences to invest in future decisions. It also advises developing a 1:1 study to action ratio, with the goal of studying less and taking more action over time.

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    Parkinson's Law states that tasks will expand to fill the allotted time, so setting hard deadlines forces focus on the vital few tasks that provide 80% of results. The document recommends scheduling daily "state of flow" time without distractions to reach maximum productivity, and making quick decisions based on past experiences to invest in future decisions. It also advises developing a 1:1 study to action ratio, with the goal of studying less and taking more action over time.

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    Parkinson's Law states that tasks will expand to fill the allotted time, so setting hard deadlines forces focus on the vital few tasks that provide 80% of results. The document recommends scheduling daily "state of flow" time without distractions to reach maximum productivity, and making quick decisions based on past experiences to invest in future decisions. It also advises developing a 1:1 study to action ratio, with the goal of studying less and taking more action over time.

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    Double your Productivity – James Fladlien

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    The 80/20 rule sucks because of its theoretical nature. Much better is something
    called Parkinson'sLaw which states the task at hand will expand to fill the
    allotted amount of time.
    Parkinson's Law automatically makes your force your attention on the "vital few
    tasks", the 20% that gets you 80% of the results. You’ll have no other choice but
    to slim down your choices because the clock is ticking and when the timer goes off
    you must go with what you’ve got. We eliminate all the mental hurdles and obstacles
    by putting a hard deadline on the task.
    There are two types of deadlines - soft deadlines and hard deadlines. A soft
    deadline is one where you aren't too concerned if you meet it or not. Soft
    deadlines suck! A hard deadline is when the time is up; you must go with what
    you've got.
    State of flow is when you get so immersed in a task, that you practically become
    one with the task. When you become one with the task, you perform it at an
    exceptionally high level of competency and speed. In general, it should take about
    15 minutes to hit the "state of flow". Once you hit it, if you then lose it, it
    will take about another 15 minutes to get back into it.
    The secret is setting aside some time each day specifically designed to utilize an
    extended uninterrupted period of “state of flow”.
    “State of flow” time is free from distractions. It means turning off your phone, so
    you take no incoming calls. It means that staff and customers (or anyone!)
    absolutely cannot interrupt you.
    It means a set routine - so each day at the same time, as much as possible, that
    time block is set aside for “state of flow” time. “State of flow” is when you reach
    maximum productivity, and so it stands to reason you need to schedule at least some
    of it into every single working day for your business.
    Make quick decisions. Gather experience from those decisions. Then you can invest
    all that experience into the next decision you make.
    I ask them for one piece of information - where is the location of that image in
    your mind, when you think of that memory? You know what that means? In seconds,
    just with one singular visual modality, you can differentiate between a good and
    bad decision. Just create a picture in your mind of you following through with a
    decision, and see where the location is at. If it's near the "good decision"
    location, then make that decision. If it's not, then don't do what you were
    thinking about deciding to do.
    You should never have to think about what you need to do next during profit hours.
    That should be planned in advance.
    But it's just the first step. Knowledge that isn't applied is no more valuable than
    no knowledge.
    The solution is to develop a study to action ratio. Here's your baseline: 1 to 1.
    You should never study for longer than you take action. 1 hour of study to 1 hour
    action is a start. The next step is to, as soon as possible, go from 1 hour of
    study to 2 hours of action. If you work, on average, 8 hours a day, that means you
    only have 2 hours to study information to help you improve your business and aid
    your personal development.

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