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#2
Look at your TODO list and check if you can:

Eliminate - Is this really needed to be done? What if I just don't do it?

Delegate - Do I have to do it? Is it ok if someone else does it for me?

Automate - Will I have to do this again? If yes, can I automate it?

Re: Time management hacks

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post #2

Look at your TODO list and check if you can: Eliminate - Is this really needed to be done? What if I just don't do it? Delegate - Do I have to do it? Is it ok if someone else does it for me? Automate - Will I have to do this again? If yes, can I automate it?

^ This is much more helpful than the posted content; which is essentially a collection of quotes on time management.

Re: Time management hacks

#4
It's missing one slide: "it's more important to be happy than productive". Crossing stuff off your TODO list with maximum possible speed is not the end goal in itself.

Re: Time management hacks

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post #4

It's missing one slide: "it's more important to be happy than productive". Crossing stuff off your TODO list with maximum possible speed is not the end goal in itself.

although... I am only happy if I'm productive.

Re: Time management hacks

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"Things I wish I'd known at 20: Your time is worth $1000/hour, act like it"

Actually, for most 20 year olds that's not true. For me, for instance, it was absolutely a good tradeoff of time and money for me to catch a train to the airport, taking 1 hour and $10, instead of catching a $50 cab for a half hour trip (therefore, I am saying that half an hour was worth less to me than $40). Clearly he meant this 'metaphorically', but when your metaphor breaks down so easily, it might not be as meaningful as you thought. What did he actually want to say there? Was it something less pithy like 'value your time'? 'Consider the opportunity costs of everything you spend time on'?

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