Comments on: The Five Killer Rules For Assassin-like Effectiveness And Productivity In Your Work http://thelifething.com/productivity/the-five-killer-rules-for-assassin-like-effectiveness-and-productivity-in-your-work/ Life Design For A Designer Life...or something Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: A Day In The Life Of A [Slightly More Grounded] Travelling Entrepreneur | TRAITS OF THE RICH http://thelifething.com/productivity/the-five-killer-rules-for-assassin-like-effectiveness-and-productivity-in-your-work/comment-page-1/#comment-3496 A Day In The Life Of A [Slightly More Grounded] Travelling Entrepreneur | TRAITS OF THE RICH Sun, 21 Aug 2011 22:22:59 +0000 http://thelifething.com/?p=1338#comment-3496 [...] 3. I 80/20 everything. [...] [...] 3. I 80/20 everything. [...]

]]> By: The Life Thing – Rethinking Lifestyle Design | TRAITS OF THE RICH http://thelifething.com/productivity/the-five-killer-rules-for-assassin-like-effectiveness-and-productivity-in-your-work/comment-page-1/#comment-3494 The Life Thing – Rethinking Lifestyle Design | TRAITS OF THE RICH Thu, 11 Aug 2011 13:59:49 +0000 http://thelifething.com/?p=1338#comment-3494 [...] 3. I 80/20 everything. [...] [...] 3. I 80/20 everything. [...]

]]> By: Jonny http://thelifething.com/productivity/the-five-killer-rules-for-assassin-like-effectiveness-and-productivity-in-your-work/comment-page-1/#comment-997 Jonny Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:54:24 +0000 http://thelifething.com/?p=1338#comment-997 All very good points Tulibo and I was glad to be reminded of EADO. Thanks for dropping past the site. All very good points Tulibo and I was glad to be reminded of EADO. Thanks for dropping past the site.

]]> By: tullibo http://thelifething.com/productivity/the-five-killer-rules-for-assassin-like-effectiveness-and-productivity-in-your-work/comment-page-1/#comment-995 tullibo Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:28:38 +0000 http://thelifething.com/?p=1338#comment-995 Time boxing! I love it dude, perfect name for it. Totally agree with limiting time available for tasks. I also like to work in 90-120 minute blocks with 15 min breaks in between - the book The Power of Full Engagement talks about this further but it's to do with the body's natural cycles. Adapted from the 4hww I also use the structure below to get more done. It took me a while to train myself to do this, but ever time I now pick up a new task or project, I automatically run through these steps in my head. E for Eliminate, do I actually need to do this? A for Automate, how can I automate this? D for Delegate, who can I palm this off to that has the appropriate skillset? O for Outsource, if I can't delegate, can I outsource this? Lastly, limiting caffeine intake has been a massive win for me in terms of ability to focus. Attention is a more valuable currency than time - anything that can sharpen your focus and attention goes a long way. Time boxing! I love it dude, perfect name for it.

Totally agree with limiting time available for tasks. I also like to work in 90-120 minute blocks with 15 min breaks in between – the book The Power of Full Engagement talks about this further but it’s to do with the body’s natural cycles.

Adapted from the 4hww I also use the structure below to get more done. It took me a while to train myself to do this, but ever time I now pick up a new task or project, I automatically run through these steps in my head.

E for Eliminate, do I actually need to do this?
A for Automate, how can I automate this?
D for Delegate, who can I palm this off to that has the appropriate skillset?
O for Outsource, if I can’t delegate, can I outsource this?

Lastly, limiting caffeine intake has been a massive win for me in terms of ability to focus. Attention is a more valuable currency than time – anything that can sharpen your focus and attention goes a long way.

]]> By: An Almost Comprehensive Guide To Knowing What You Want, Improving Yourself, Finding Success, Escaping The Rat Race And Becoming Rich In 2010. | thelifething.com http://thelifething.com/productivity/the-five-killer-rules-for-assassin-like-effectiveness-and-productivity-in-your-work/comment-page-1/#comment-912 An Almost Comprehensive Guide To Knowing What You Want, Improving Yourself, Finding Success, Escaping The Rat Race And Becoming Rich In 2010. | thelifething.com Fri, 01 Jan 2010 09:49:50 +0000 http://thelifething.com/?p=1338#comment-912 [...] The Five Killer Rules For Assassin-like Effectiveness In Your Work * [...] [...] The Five Killer Rules For Assassin-like Effectiveness In Your Work * [...]

]]> By: Cody McKibben http://thelifething.com/productivity/the-five-killer-rules-for-assassin-like-effectiveness-and-productivity-in-your-work/comment-page-1/#comment-808 Cody McKibben Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:52:00 +0000 http://thelifething.com/?p=1338#comment-808 Hey Jonny! Yeah that's weird, regarding the messed up code—I noticed your site was showing people's URLs instead of their names, but I assumed that was a tweak you'd made for some reason. I can give you the proper code, OR the best thing to do would be to upgrade to the latest version of ThrillingTheme because it now has nested/threaded comments! ;) http://www.thrillingheroics.com/thrillingtheme Excellent article by the way mate! I bookmarked it weeks ago, but have revisited it a few times :) Hey Jonny! Yeah that’s weird, regarding the messed up code—I noticed your site was showing people’s URLs instead of their names, but I assumed that was a tweak you’d made for some reason. I can give you the proper code, OR the best thing to do would be to upgrade to the latest version of ThrillingTheme because it now has nested/threaded comments! ;)

http://www.thrillingheroics.com/thrillingtheme

Excellent article by the way mate! I bookmarked it weeks ago, but have revisited it a few times :)

]]> By: Jonny http://thelifething.com/productivity/the-five-killer-rules-for-assassin-like-effectiveness-and-productivity-in-your-work/comment-page-1/#comment-726 Jonny Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:10:34 +0000 http://thelifething.com/?p=1338#comment-726 Hi Greg, Mate good to hear about your love of ninjas and thanks for the comment. Hi Greg,

Mate good to hear about your love of ninjas and thanks for the comment.

]]> By: Greg Rollett http://thelifething.com/productivity/the-five-killer-rules-for-assassin-like-effectiveness-and-productivity-in-your-work/comment-page-1/#comment-723 Greg Rollett Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:59:44 +0000 http://thelifething.com/?p=1338#comment-723 Great post man - the ideas are hella solid. I was always one who believed that talking about ninjas and secret warrior stuff works wonders on the web - and this is an example of why. Your tricks are cool and something that many people overlook - as the value of time in lifestyle design is one of the more important elements. Timeboxing is a cool code name I hadn't heard before. I've tried the timer for 45 minutes thing and then take a 15 minute break, it works wonders for my ADD mind. Speaking of that, times up to head back to the grind! Great post man – the ideas are hella solid. I was always one who believed that talking about ninjas and secret warrior stuff works wonders on the web – and this is an example of why.

Your tricks are cool and something that many people overlook – as the value of time in lifestyle design is one of the more important elements. Timeboxing is a cool code name I hadn’t heard before. I’ve tried the timer for 45 minutes thing and then take a 15 minute break, it works wonders for my ADD mind. Speaking of that, times up to head back to the grind!

]]> By: Jonny http://thelifething.com/productivity/the-five-killer-rules-for-assassin-like-effectiveness-and-productivity-in-your-work/comment-page-1/#comment-232 Jonny Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:18:16 +0000 http://thelifething.com/?p=1338#comment-232 I read you post Nathan and so am happy for the link as I feel it would be beneficial to the readers of this site. Thanks. I read you post Nathan and so am happy for the link as I feel it would be beneficial to the readers of this site. Thanks.

]]> By: http://brainchocolate.wordpress.com http://thelifething.com/productivity/the-five-killer-rules-for-assassin-like-effectiveness-and-productivity-in-your-work/comment-page-1/#comment-228 http://brainchocolate.wordpress.com Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:48:13 +0000 http://thelifething.com/?p=1338#comment-228 Ahhhh yes! I really appreciate your recognizing that there's enough time to do whatever you want (paraphrasing). This is something I am constantly repeating and "not enough time" seems to be the excuse of so many for not getting started. In response to the appendix to this post, and I would only do this with that kind of express permission, here's a link to a post I just published on how to start the organization process. http://brainchocolate.wordpress.com/2009/10/11/productivity-tips-and-free-time-management-how-to-create-a-system-that-works/ Thanks and I look forward to reading more, Nathan Ahhhh yes! I really appreciate your recognizing that there’s enough time to do whatever you want (paraphrasing). This is something I am constantly repeating and “not enough time” seems to be the excuse of so many for not getting started.

In response to the appendix to this post, and I would only do this with that kind of express permission, here’s a link to a post I just published on how to start the organization process.

http://brainchocolate.wordpress.com/2009/10/11/productivity-tips-and-free-time-management-how-to-create-a-system-that-works/

Thanks and I look forward to reading more,
Nathan

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