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Scott Hanselman's Productivity Presentation

[WHAT]

1. ] by Kelsey Jones @searchenginejournal - Jones writes up a condensed version of the (15 min) talk Scott Hanselman presented at SXSW-2014 on "Effectively Scaling Yourself" 

[WHY]

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[WHERE]

1. ] READ THE FULL ARTICLE 
1. ] http://www.searchenginejournal.com/sxswi-2014-recap-productivity-effectively-scaling/94221/
2. ] WATCH THE VIDEO
1. ] PRESENTATION-Effectively-Scaling-Yourself-by ScottHanselman

[WHEN]

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[EXAMPLE]

1. [REVIEW]•Reflect on Friday, Plan on Monday:
1. This helps ease stress and lets you evaluate what you’ve accomplished and what you are going to accomplish for the coming week.
2. [] •Do the rule of 3:
1. list 3 things that you can accomplish each day. This gives you a sense of accomplishment.
3. [] •Identify data streams: 
1. 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.
4. [] •Draw a line when things get stressful:
1. Decide what is important and choose those first, always.
5. [] •On TV: 
1. 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.
6. [COM EMAIL]•Streamline your email:
1. 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.
7. [COM EMAIL]•Don’t check email in the morning:
1. 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.¨)
8. [DON'T] •Don’t put your energy into things you don’t want more of.
1. ] Responding to email gets you more email.
9. [] •You teach people how to treat you:
1. 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.
10. [SCHEDULE] Schedule work sprints
1. with the Pomodoro Technique
11. [] •You aren’t doing actual multitasking:
1. 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
12. [DONT] •Don’t set up ¨guilt systems¨ or monuments to your own failure:
1. 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.
13. [DO] •If it’s not helping you make money
1. ] throw it out [of your life]. 

[HOW-TO]

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[REFERENCE]

1. ] Hanselman, Scott 
2. ] Jones, Kelsey
3. ] Scotts Blog post on same - http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ItsNotWhatYouReadItsWhatYouIgnoreVideoOfScottHanselmansPersonalProductivityTips.aspx

 

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