Work Clean
- title
- Work Clean
- author
- Dan Charnas
- tags
- Productivity
Preparation
- Always turn up early, greet the day
- Calculate Meeze point
- Optimal number of Actions done per day
Process
- Optimize the workplace:
- Put pens etc near dominant hand, not so important things within
arms reach. This is to prevent hands from crossing over, reducing friction.
- Think about all the pain points, and think about how to automate
them.
- Make checklists for recurring tasks. Checklists are immutable,
unlike task lists.
- Difference between immersive time and process time
- The first minutes matter more than the last
- process time sometimes has more value
- Assign a block of 30min in the morning for process time, then
alternate between immersive and process time
- Clean as you go
- Remove distractions from workplace
- Close emails etc as you go
- Email mark and sweep process:
- Look through once, flagging and marking all as read
- Revisit flagged ones, take action if any
- Unflag when done
- Slow down to move faster
- Deliberately slow down to access quality velocity
- Maintain some forward momentum
- Aim to finish/keep the finish in mind
- Do effort estimates, and try to keep tasks small, so that they’re
completable in shorter bursts
- Clock in time, take deliberate breaks in between, weigh the value
of a pause in between work