How to Prioritize Your Time : YC Startup Library | Y Combinator
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How to Prioritize Your Time : YC Startup Library | Y Combinator
Spend time on high leverage activities: Do things that have the most impact. Preparing one thing that affects many, like all-hands and dashboards, or do one thing with a lot of impact on one person, like a performance review.
Delian Asparouhov • Lessons From Keith Rabois Essay 3: How to Be an Effective Executive
The top goal framework will help you fix this. Greg McKeown, who wrote a phenomenal book on productivity called Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, boils this down to one key concept: Schedule two hours each day (i.e., put an event in your calendar) to work on your top goal only. And do this every single workday. Period.
Matt Mochary • The Great CEO Within: The Tactical Guide to Company Building
Some ways to build this habit:Be very selective with what you take on (say NO!), and spend more time than anyone else on the things you do take on.Prioritize AND communicate: When you’re asked to do something new, first determine its priority (i.e. slot it into your already existing set of priorities) and then make sure to communicate that priority... See more