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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Scott Hanselman's Productivity Tips - Compilation</h1>
<h2>[WHAT]</h2>
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<li>&nbsp;- Danny writes up a list of the productivity tips Scott offers up during his "productivity presentation" - Here is the list of items, see Danny's article for a description of each items</li>
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<h2>[WHY]</h2>
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<li>]&nbsp;</li>
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<h2>[WHERE]</h2>
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<li><strong>] READ THE FULL ARTICLE&nbsp;</strong></li>
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<li>]&nbsp;<a href="http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ScottHanselmansCompleteListOfProductivityTips.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ScottHanselmansCompleteListOfProductivityTips.aspx</a></li>
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<h2>[WHEN]</h2>
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<h2>[EXAMPLE]</h2>
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<li><strong>[DO]</strong>&nbsp;don't worry, just drop the ball</li>
<li><strong>[DO]</strong><strong>&nbsp;scale yourself</strong></li>
<li><strong>[DO]</strong>&nbsp;look for danger signs</li>
<li><strong>[DO] understand effectiveness VS efficency</strong></li>
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<li>Effectiveness is doing the right things.</li>
<li>Efficiency is doing things right.</li>
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<li><strong>[DO]</strong>&nbsp;</li>
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<li>] define work</li>
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<li><strong>[DO]</strong>&nbsp;</li>
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<li>] do,&nbsp;</li>
<li>] delegate,&nbsp;</li>
<li>] defer,&nbsp;</li>
<li>] drop</li>
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<li><strong>[DECIDE]</strong>&nbsp;</li>
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<li>] use covey's 4 quadrants to decide - what to drop -</li>
<li>] urgency &amp; importance -</li>
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<li><strong>[COM EMAIL] resolve inbox issues</strong></li>
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<li>] cc folder</li>
<li>] dont check in am or pm</li>
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<li><strong>[DELEGATE]</strong>&nbsp;find your robert scoble</li>
<li><strong>[FOCUS] remain in your flow</strong></li>
<li><strong>[DO]</strong>&nbsp;conserve your keystrokes</li>
<li><strong>[DO]</strong>&nbsp;triage the inbox of your life</li>
<li><strong>[DO]</strong>&nbsp;get rid of physic weight</li>
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<li>ex tivo -</li>
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<li><strong>[REVIEW]</strong>&nbsp;</li>
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<li>] reserve fridays for reflection,&nbsp;</li>
<li>] plan on monday</li>
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<li>] being creative</li>
<li><span style="background-color: #ffff99;"><strong>[FOCUS]</strong>&nbsp;try the pomodoro technique</span></li>
<li>] multitasking is&nbsp;(mostly) a myth, here's what you can multitask</li>
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<li>] exersize and listen to podcasts</li>
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<li>] clean out mental clutter</li>
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<h2>[HOW-TO]</h2>
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<h2>[REFERENCE]</h2>
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<li>] Hanselman, Scott&nbsp;</li>
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<p><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></p>
<p>&gt; Kelsey Jones write up&nbsp;of a condensed version (15 min) of the&nbsp;<a href="http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_IAP18578" target="_blank">talk presented at SXSW</a></p>
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<li><strong>[REVIEW]&bull;Reflect on Friday, Plan on Monday:</strong></li>
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<li>This helps ease stress and lets you evaluate what you&rsquo;ve accomplished and what you are going to accomplish for the coming week.</li>
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<li><strong>[] &bull;Do the rule of 3:</strong></li>
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<li>list 3 things that you can accomplish each day. This gives you a sense of accomplishment.</li>
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<li><strong>[] &bull;Identify data streams:&nbsp;</strong></li>
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<li>Social networking, online groups, websites you visit everyday&hellip;think about what can be dropped from your schedule that aren&rsquo;t productive or of benefit to you.</li>
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<li><strong>[] &bull;Draw a line when things get stressful:</strong></li>
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<li>Decide what is important and choose those first, always.</li>
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<li><strong>[] &bull;On TV:&nbsp;</strong></li>
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<li>You don&rsquo;t have to binge watch shows. It&rsquo;s okay not to watch Scandal.&nbsp; People binge watch then complain that they are too busy to do anything.</li>
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<li><strong>[COM EMAIL]</strong><strong>&bull;Streamline your email:</strong></li>
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<li>See cc as FYI, not as to-do list items. Have emails you are cc&rsquo;ed on go directly to another folder, and only read them every other day.</li>
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<li><strong>[COM EMAIL]</strong><strong>&bull;Don&rsquo;t check email in the morning:</strong></li>
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<li>You will get your entire day&rsquo;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 &uml;if the next 9/11 happens, someone will come and tell you.&uml;)</li>
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<li><strong>[DON'T] &bull;Don&rsquo;t put your energy into things you don&rsquo;t want more of.</strong></li>
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<li>] Responding to email gets you more email.</li>
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<li><strong>[] &bull;You teach people how to treat you:</strong></li>
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<li>If you direct them all to email instead of meetings, they learn that&rsquo;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>
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<li><strong>[SCHEDULE] Schedule work sprints</strong></li>
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<li>with the Pomodoro Technique</li>
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<li><strong>[] &bull;You aren&rsquo;t doing actual multitasking:</strong></li>
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<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>
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<li><strong>[DONT] &bull;Don&rsquo;t set up &uml;guilt systems&uml; or monuments to your own failure:</strong></li>
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<li>Stop trying to guilt yourself into doing something. Remove that stack of books on your nightstand that you haven&rsquo;t read but you make yourself see every night.</li>
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<li><strong>[DO] &bull;If it&rsquo;s not helping you make money</strong></li>
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<li>] throw it out [of your life].&nbsp;</li>
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<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>
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