TIME GETS WASTED ON NON-

VITAL DETAILS / DISTRACTIONS. MAKE LIST OF SHORT "FILLER TASKS" & DO IN

SETTING TIME ELIMINATES THIS. FILLER TIME
= 80% OF RESULTS COME FROM 20% OF
PARKINSONS LAW FILLER TIME
EFFORTS.
WORK EXPANDS TO FILL ALLOTTED TIME
PARETO PRINCIPAL (80/20)
FIND AND FOCUS ON THE 20% 1ST.
SET TIME FOR GOAL AS IF IMPOSSIBLE TO DELAY

= SMALL SETS OF TIME THROUGHOUT THE APPLICABLE TO MANY THINGS IN LIFE.

DAY, FILL THEM WITH SHORT "FILLER" TASKS.
LEARN TO SAY NO.
• AVOID OPEN LOOPS (BACK / FORTH)
BENEFITS: • BE POLITE, FIRM & ALWAYS DIRECT. (DON'T
• FORCES GREAT PLANNING, PREPARATION,
ASSIMILATION, GOAL SETTING + ORGANISING. COMMUNICATION WASTE OTHERS TIME)
• SAY NO POLITELY.
• REDUCES DISTRACTION, FLOW/FOCUS INTERRUPTIONS. • "IF YOU COULD PLEASE RESPOND WITH THESE
• REFRESHES + RELAXES. THINGS.....
• ENABLES POWERFUL SUB-CONSCIOUS PROCESSING.

DO ONE TASK AT A TIME. ELIMINATE

DISTRACTIONS - ACCOMPLISHES WAY MORE.

Split day into 45 min task targeted slots

10 min break. POMODORO TECHNIQUE EACH MICRO-SWITCH DESTROYS FOCUS.
MULTI-TASKING
PRODUCTIVITY OUR BRAINS CAN'T MULTI-TASK.

1. SET TIMER & TASK.

2. WORK ON TASK, WRITE DOWN ANY DISTRACTIONS DESTROYS PRODUCTIVITY
3. BREAK AFTER SLOT, W/O EXTENDING.
4. DO SMALL TASKS, MEDITATE, EXERCISE, SUN, DOGS, TEA
- DURING BREAK. USE MEDITATION TO LEARN FOCUS ON ONE TASK
BATCHING
SETTING GOALS LEADS US TO WHERE WE WANT
TO BE WITH TOP EFFICIENCY AND WITHOUT
GROUP SIMILAR TASKS DISTRACTIONS.
THE MENTAL STATE OF IN WHICH A PERSON IS FULLY TOGETHER - GETS IT
IMMERSED IN A FEELING OF ENERGIZED FOCUS, FULL DONE FASTER THROUGH
INVOLVEMENT + ENGAGEMENT IN THE PROCESS OF AN REPETITION.
ACTIVITY. FLOW (NINJA STATE) -> EVALUATION -> ACTION -> REVISION -> REPEAT

"GIVE ME 6 HOURS TO CHOP DOWN A TREE, &

I'LL SPEND THE 1ST 4 SHARPENING THE AXE"
SET SMART GOALS -> PRIORITISE ->
STATE OF MINE OF HIGHEST EFFICIENCY &
• PROXYING - SUGGEST OTHERS TO DECIDE. ALLOCATE TIME -> WORK -> REVISE.
CREATIVITY.
• SET CRITERIA FOR DECISIONS - E.G. MOVIES BY GENRE,
ACTORS; BRANDS.
• LIMIT CHOICES. PLANNING
20% OF EFFORT GETS 80% OF WORK DONE "A MINUTE OF PLANNING SAVES AN HOUR OF
*FIND WAYS TO MAKE LESS DECISIONS. (ESSENTIAL IN ALL THINGS) DELIBERATION"
S - SPECIFIC ( WHAT? HOW? WHERE? WHO? )
SAVING & IMPROVING DECISIONS BENEFITS: M - MEASURABLE ( IS IT MEASURABLE ? HOW? )
7 ASPECTS OF GETTING INTO FLOW: A - ACTIONABLE ( IS IT ACHIEVABLE? SUB GOALS? ?HOW REALISTIC? )
1. KNOWING WHAT TO DO. GREATLY REDUCES STRESS, ANXIETY, R - REALISTIC ( IS IT FOR ME? DOES IT MATCH MY DESIRES / GOALS? IS IT
2. KNOWING HOW TO DO IT. APPLICABLE TO TODAY'S SOCIO - ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT?
DEPRESSION, MENTAL FATIGUE, ANALYSIS OVERANALYZING + DELIBERATING = T - TIME BOUND (BIND IT TO A TIME-STAMPED DEADLINE, SETS GOAL SUBCONSCIOUS CAN
3. KNOWING HOW WELL YOU'RE DOING. PARALYSIS, TIME WASTING, BURNING OUT. EXTREMELY DETRIMENTAL TO PRODUCTIVITY. START WORKING TOWARDS)
4. KNOWING WHERE TO GO.
5.
6.
HIGH PERCEIVED CHALLENGES.
HIGHLY PERCEIVED SKILL LEVEL.
INCREASES COGNITIVE ABILITY, PRODUCTIVITY,
EFFICIENCY, HAPPINESS, QUALITY OF LIFE,
DECISIONS
7. FREEDOM FROM DISTRACTIONS. SOCIAL SKILLS, SUCCESS. ONCE DEPLETED - CAUSES DECISION FATIGUE. USE PRIORITY STAR TECHNIQUE.
(STRESS, BAD DECISIONS, DELIBERATION, TIME
WASTING, ANXIETY)
DECISION POOL - WE EACH HAVE A SUPPLY
POOL OF AMOUNT OF EFFICIENT DECISIONS
WE CAN MAKE DAILY. GOAL SETTING IS NOT AN EVENT BUT A
CONTINUOUS PROCESS
ADDS AT LEAST 30% TO YOUR TIME.
DECISION FATIGUE -> EGO DEPLETION = WEARS
DOWN WILLPOWER, DISCIPLINE, CAUSES LETTING
OURSELVES AND GOALS DOWN.

WHY MANY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE PLAN CLOTHES

TO WEAR, FOOD NIGHTS, DESIGN THEIR LIVES TO
MAKE LESS DECISIONS.