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How the Best CEOs Get the Most Out of Every Day

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Re: How the Best CEOs Get the Most Out of Every Day

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it's a general article with fairly general tips. but this is simply what happens when you direct list-making at an ambiguous topic.

although there was definitely some value there (templates are incredibly useful) i think a more interesting topic would have been time-management mistakes inexperienced CEOs make. because there are a lot and you don't find out what they are until you get absolutely obsessive about managing your time.

Re: How the Best CEOs Get the Most Out of Every Day

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As an aside - can anyone comment on the 7 minute workout [1] linked to in the article? [1] http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/09/the-scientific-7-mi...

There is no such thing as a 7-minute workout that will completely get you in shape. This is a great set of exercises that, if performed twice with a short break in between and at the level they suggest, will leave you totally wiped and feeling like you received a great workout. When I'm in a good workout rhythm, 4 days a week (2x running, 2x amended 7-minute) seems to work pretty well.

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I hate articles that start out with lies. The average tech CEO does not work 11.5 hours a day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year. There might be a few tech CEOs who work that long, but I am guessing for most of them it isn't a sustainable workload. I actually think the tips here are fine, but the premise that all successful people in silicon valley work ungodly amounts per week are inaccurate. I know many very successfu…

I used to think I was not the "80 hour a week" kind of person, because I typically only sit at my desk from 7-5, Monday-Friday. But once you start counting the time you check and respond to emails (which I do constantly), take calls outside of hours, have meetings with people outside of working hours, etc... it's really not hard to imagine 11.5 hour days being average.

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As an aside - can anyone comment on the 7 minute workout [1] linked to in the article? [1] http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/09/the-scientific-7-mi...

I've been using this set of exercises as a less-intense interval routine when I don't have time to do a full p90x workout, or don't feel like making up my own set of intervals for a day. Two times doesn't feel like enough for me, but I was pretty tired after getting through four once. Three will probably do it for most people, I'm small so I can do an unusual number of reps for bodyweight exercises. I like it since it's fairly focused on the core and hits the major muscle groups. You can always make it harder by changing the normal squats to jump squats, doing a different ab move, etc.

Re: How the Best CEOs Get the Most Out of Every Day

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Assistance. You retain the help of a full-time or virtual assistant who can help sort through your email to flag what’s actually important, what requires action and what doesn’t.

How does this work in practice, in particular with respect to security?

i.e. how do you find a trustworthy assistant? Do you have to give them access to your entire spool? How do you deny access to sensitive emails?

Re: How the Best CEOs Get the Most Out of Every Day

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As an aside - can anyone comment on the 7 minute workout [1] linked to in the article? [1] http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/09/the-scientific-7-mi...

There is no such thing as a 7-minute workout that will completely get you in shape. This is a great set of exercises that, if performed twice with a short break in between and at the level they suggest, will leave you totally wiped and feeling like you received a great workout. When I'm in a good workout rhythm, 4 days a week (2x running, 2x amended 7-minute) seems to work pretty well.

No, but it's much better than nothing. If you're out of shape, 7 min every other day or even 2x per week is a great start. If you're reasonably fit then I agree, 7 min is not enough. I've been both in the last few months, and I can attribute the 7 min workout to getting me back on track.
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