Definition: Grouping similar tasks and doing them at one time.
Insight: Batching is a solution to distracting, time consuming, repetitive tasks.
Insight: Rather than tackle small tasks as they come in, it is often more efficient to wait until there is a larger group of similar tasks that can be handled at once.
Insight: Scattering small tasks throughout the day or week means interrupting larger more important tasks.
Principle: Batch meetings or calls by limiting them to specific days.
Principle: Batch similar activities to limit setup costs.
Principle: Identify what you can 'routinise' by batching.
"One does not accumulate but eliminate. It is not daily increase but daily decrease. The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity."
- Bruce Lee
Principle: Eliminate first, then delegate.
Insight:Golden Rule Delegated tasks must be (1) Time Consuming (2) Well defined.
Reference: Barry Schwartz book.
Insight: The more options you consider, the less satisfied you will be with your choice.
Insight: As employees there is often no incentive to spend your time well unless you have commission.
Insight: For entrepreneurs the wasting of time is very expensive. It can often be a matter of habit, coming from a culture of 9-5.
Insight: We will complete a project in the time allocated.
Insight: Shortened deadlines force us to focus on the essential.
Insight: To increase productivity there are 2 approaches that are inversions of each other. The 80/20 Rule: limit tasks to the important to shorten work time; Parkinson's Law: Shorten work time to limit tasks to the important.
Principle: Shorten schedules and deadlines.
Principle: Shorten meetings.
"The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth, dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling truly alive."
