What you work on

<aside> 💡 It doesn’t matter how fast you move if it’s in a worthless direction

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• The most impressive people I know have strong beliefs about the world, which is rare in the general population
• I make sure to leave enough time in my schedule to think about what to work on
• The best ways for me to do this are reading books, hanging out with interesting people, and spending time in nature
• I can’t be very productive working on things I don’t care about or don’t like (by delegating, avoiding, or something else)

<aside> 💡 Remember that everyone else is also most productive when they’re doing what they like, and do what you’d want other people to do for you—try to figure out who likes (and is good at) doing what, and delegate that way.

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Prioritization

My system has three key pillars:

1. “Make sure to get the important shit done”
2. “Don’t waste time on stupid shit”
3. “Make a lot of lists”

• Lists are very focusing, and they help me with multitasking because I don’t have to keep as much in my head. If I’m not in the mood for some particular task, I can always find something else I’m excited to do
• I don’t bother with categorization or trying to size tasks or anything like that (the most I do is put a star next to really important items)
• I try to prioritize in a way that generates momentum. I am relentless about getting my most important projects done

<aside> 💡 I try to be ruthless about saying no to stuff, and doing non-critical things in the quickest way possible

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• I generally try to avoid meetings and conferences as I find the time cost to be huge
• I find most meetings are best scheduled for 15-20 minutes, or 2 hours.  The default of 1 hour is usually wrong, and leads to a lot of wasted time