Productivity Flashcards
1
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Focus on High-Leverage Activities
A
Leverage should be the central, guiding metric that helps you determine where to focus your time.
2
Q
Law of Triviality
A
Members of an organisation give disproportionate weight to trivial issues.
3
Q
Makers vs Managers Schedule
A
When you’re operating on the maker’s schedule, meetings are a disaster.
4
Q
Murphy’s Law
A
Anything that can go wrong, will.
5
Q
Hofstadter’s Law
A
It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter’s Law.
6
Q
Parkinson’s Law
A
Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.
7
Q
Gate’s Law
A
Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.
