1. Three productivity factors
1.1. Budhist monk vs wall street trader
1.1.1. Energy
1.1.2. Time
1.1.3. Attention
2. Rule of three
2.1. 3 tasks to accomplish today
2.2. 3 things to accomplish this week
3. Working more does not make you more effective
3.1. By controlling how much time you spend on a task, you control how much energy and attention you spend on it.
3.2. Learn to invest more energy and attention into your work, so you can get the same amount done in a fraction of the time.
3.3. After 35-40 hours your productivity begins to plummet
4. Biological Prime Time
4.1. Find out during which periods on the day you are most productive and use that optimally
4.2. Work on your most important and meaningful tasks when you have the most energy, not when you have the most time!
5. Outsourcing/delegating
5.1. Don't waste time on trivial things
5.2. Let others do the less important stuff
6. 6 Procrastination triggers
6.1. Boring
6.2. Difficult
6.3. Frustrating
6.4. Unstructured or Ambiguous
6.5. Lacking in personal meaning
6.6. Lacking in intrinsic rewards
7. Internet
7.1. Internet kills your productivity
7.2. Turn it off when you need to be productive
8. Maintenance day
8.1. Use one day for all your maintenance tasks
8.1.1. Grocery shopping
8.1.2. Clean house
8.1.3. Do laundry
8.1.4. Review lists
8.1.5. Clear inbox
8.1.6. Read articles gathered throughout the week
8.1.7. Define three outcomes for the week ahead
8.1.8. Review projects
9. Quiet your mind
9.1. Brain dump
9.1.1. Wating For list
9.1.2. Worry list
9.1.3. Inbox review
9.1.4. Hot spots list
9.2. Making room
9.2.1. two brain modes
9.2.1.1. Wandering mode
9.2.1.2. Central executive mode
9.2.2. Use the wandering mode
9.2.2.1. Exercising
9.2.2.2. Reading
9.2.2.3. Meditation
9.2.2.4. Listening music
9.2.2.5. Praying
9.2.2.6. Going for a nature walk
9.2.2.7. Spending time with friends
9.2.2.8. Going for a massage
10. Your attention muscle
10.1. Three parts
10.1.1. Central Executive
10.1.1.1. This is your thinking and planning brain that lives in your prefrontal cortex. So far, particularly in the procrastination section, I’ve done my best to write this book in a way that will fire up this part of your brain. It’s mostly the other two parts of your attention muscle that I’ll focus on in this section.
10.1.2. Focus
10.1.2.1. This involves narrowing your attentional spotlight to focus on the task at hand, which helps you work more efficiently.
10.1.3. Awareness
10.1.3.1. This means becoming aware of what’s going on in your internal and external environments, which helps you work more mindfully and deliberately.