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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Scott Hanselman's Productivity Presentation</h1> <h2>[WHAT]</h2> <ol> <li>] by Kelsey Jones @searchenginejournal - Jones writes up a condensed version of the (15 min) talk <a href="http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_IAP18578" target="_blank">Scott Hanselman presented at SXSW-2014</a> on "Effectively Scaling Yourself" </li> </ol> <h2>[WHY]</h2> <ol> <li>] </li> </ol> <h2>[WHERE]</h2> <ol> <li><strong>] READ THE FULL ARTICLE </strong></li> <ol> <li>] <a href="http://www.searchenginejournal.com/sxswi-2014-recap-productivity-effectively-scaling/94221/" target="_blank">http://www.searchenginejournal.com/sxswi-2014-recap-productivity-effectively-scaling/94221/</a></li> </ol> <li><strong>] WATCH THE VIDEO</strong></li> <ol> <li>] PRESENTATION-<a href="http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_IAP18578" target="_blank">Effectively-Scaling-Yourself-by ScottHanselman</a></li> </ol></ol> <h2>[WHEN]</h2> <ol> <li>]</li> </ol> <h2>[EXAMPLE]</h2> <ol> <li><strong>[REVIEW]•Reflect on Friday, Plan on Monday:</strong></li> <ol> <li>This helps ease stress and lets you evaluate what you’ve accomplished and what you are going to accomplish for the coming week.</li> </ol> <li><strong>[] •Do the rule of 3:</strong></li> <ol> <li>list 3 things that you can accomplish each day. This gives you a sense of accomplishment.</li> </ol> <li><strong>[] •Identify data streams: </strong></li> <ol> <li>Social networking, online groups, websites you visit everyday…think about what can be dropped from your schedule that aren’t productive or of benefit to you.</li> </ol> <li><strong>[] •Draw a line when things get stressful:</strong></li> <ol> <li>Decide what is important and choose those first, always.</li> </ol> <li><strong>[] •On TV: </strong></li> <ol> <li>You don’t have to binge watch shows. It’s okay not to watch Scandal. People binge watch then complain that they are too busy to do anything.</li> </ol> <li><strong>[COM EMAIL]</strong><strong>•Streamline your email:</strong></li> <ol> <li>See cc as FYI, not as to-do list items. Have emails you are cc’ed on go directly to another folder, and only read them every other day.</li> </ol> <li><strong>[COM EMAIL]</strong><strong>•Don’t check email in the morning:</strong></li> <ol> <li>You will get your entire day’s work done by 9-12 and then check your email after lunch. (author note: the audience gasped at this suggestion, but Hanselman says that ¨if the next 9/11 happens, someone will come and tell you.¨)</li> </ol> <li><strong>[DON'T] •Don’t put your energy into things you don’t want more of.</strong></li> <ol> <li>] Responding to email gets you more email.</li> </ol> <li><strong>[] •You teach people how to treat you:</strong></li> <ol> <li>If you direct them all to email instead of meetings, they learn that’s how to communicate with you, for example. If you are responding to emails at 1 or 2 am, then people get used to that routine and will always expect you to respond.</li> </ol> <li><strong>[SCHEDULE] Schedule work sprints</strong></li> <ol> <li>with the Pomodoro Technique</li> </ol> <li><strong>[] •You aren’t doing actual multitasking:</strong></li> <ol> <li>Hanselman claims that people think they are multitasking but are only harming themselves. A physical task and mental task are the only things that can truly be multitasked: e.g. email and walking treadmill desk (Hanselman walks 10 miles per day on his), listening to podcasts while exercising, etc</li> </ol> <li><strong>[DONT] •Don’t set up ¨guilt systems¨ or monuments to your own failure:</strong></li> <ol> <li>Stop trying to guilt yourself into doing something. Remove that stack of books on your nightstand that you haven’t read but you make yourself see every night.</li> </ol> <li><strong>[DO] •If it’s not helping you make money</strong></li> <ol> <li>] throw it out [of your life]. </li> </ol></ol> <h2>[HOW-TO]</h2> <ol> <li>]</li> </ol> <h2>[REFERENCE]</h2> <ol> <li>] Hanselman, Scott </li> <li>] <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/author/kelsey-jones/" target="_blank">Jones, Kelsey</a></li> <li>] Scotts Blog post on same - http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ItsNotWhatYouReadItsWhatYouIgnoreVideoOfScottHanselmansPersonalProductivityTips.aspx</li> </ol> <div> <p> </p> <p> </p> </div> <div>] homework<ol> <li>] audit and source your sources</li> <li>] schedule a work sprint</li> <li>] turn off distractions</li> <li>] how are you triaging your inbox</li> <li>] consider your personal toolbox</li> </ol></div> <h1 style="text-align: center;"> </h1>