Supercharged Productivity: A Blueprint for Getting More Done

This guide opens with an argument: time management is a misnomer, because time cannot be managed - only your choices, attention and energy can. From there it works through effectiveness against efficiency, goal setting with the S.M.A.R.T.E.R. framework, a six-step planning routine, the working habits of well-known executives, and the energy and focus practices that hold it all together. At 86 pages it is the longest and most detailed of these guides, and it ends with concrete methods you can start the same day.

What's inside

• Why time management is the wrong name for the problem - you cannot manage time, only your choices, attention and priorities - and why multitasking undoes more than it gains
• Effectiveness against efficiency: doing the right things against doing things right, the four combinations of the two, and why effectiveness has to come first
• Building a vision specific enough to act on, then turning it into goals with the S.M.A.R.T.E.R. framework - specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, time-boxed, evaluated and revised
• A six-step planning routine: shape the plan around your own temperament, block the time, keep a journal, reflect daily and weekly, set clear goals, and act while the intent is still strong
• Working habits borrowed from well-known executives - themed days, no-meeting days, capped meeting lengths, deep work blocks, faster decision rules, early starts, protected first hours and inbox triage
• Energy as the real constraint, drawn from the body, emotions, mind and spirit, with ultradian work-and-break cycles, rituals for defusing negative emotions, and reframing through the reverse, long and wide lens
• Five practical habits: a three-part game plan, doing the hardest task first, building motivation by crediting small wins, treating setbacks as learning, and not trading sleep and meals for output
• Leverage and focus: duplicating what already works, automating with templates and autoresponders, outsourcing through freelance marketplaces, and five ways to hold attention - the Ivy Lee six-task method, the Pomodoro technique, planning the day on paper, steady eating habits and a short daily meditation

Details

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