How I write and time-manage
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How I write and time-manage
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Re: How I write and time-manage
#2Very interesting, and good link to the Gruber/Mann talk. I'll have to listen to that.
I find it really hard to find the time to write (even though I really deeply enjoy it), in part because I know that once I get started, I don't stop. But I have a start-up to run, so I can't spend all my energy blogging.
Really, my problem with blogging isn't time-management, it's energy-management. At the moment, my energy is directed towards my start-up rather than towards my writing. I don't really know what the right answer is to this choice.
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#3Marco's really hit the trifecta as far as I -- and I'd assume a lot of other HNers -- am concerned:
1) dayjob with a small, impressive startup
2) smart, original side-project that has passionate users and an income stream
3) thoughtful, well-written essays on his personal blog
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#4Marco's really hit the trifecta as far as I -- and I'd assume a lot of other HNers -- am concerned: 1) dayjob with a small, impressive startup 2) smart, original side-project that has passionate users and an income stream 3) thoughtful, well-written essays on his personal blog
I just read that and had an interesting moment of self-realization. Wow.
Of course, I'm not quite there yet. But yeah. You've summed it up.
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#5Marco's really hit the trifecta as far as I -- and I'd assume a lot of other HNers -- am concerned: 1) dayjob with a small, impressive startup 2) smart, original side-project that has passionate users and an income stream 3) thoughtful, well-written essays on his personal blog
Not to mention a very cool wife, though I couldn't really say much beyond what I've seen on their respective sites.
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#6"Own every pixel of what you're making" stuck with me.
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#7Thanks for this, I needed this today.
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#8Ah, I wish the laptop designers/manufacturers would read this so they'll have a fear that Jobs is going to review their design before it goes to market.
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#9One of the best time-management/productivity tips I ever came across was suggested by Jonathan Mead over at the blog Zen Habits.
He suggests creating a "to-stop" list - a list of all the things that are sucking away your energy and are wasting your time. He suggests figuring out which of those things is having the biggest negative impact on you doing the stuff you really want to do and tackling that thing head on each day.
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#10Ah, I wish the laptop designers/manufacturers would read this so they'll have a fear that Jobs is going to review their design before it goes to market.
Some certainly do. Namely, Jony Ive and company.