From the course: Free to Focus (Blinkist Summary)
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Identifying unnecessary tasks
From the course: Free to Focus (Blinkist Summary)
Identifying unnecessary tasks
- [Narrator] Blink number three: being productive means identifying unnecessary tasks. Clearly, productivity should give you more time for rejuvenation, making you more focused and efficient. But how can you achieve this? The first step involves acting like a gardener. To save time, you need to prune away the nonessential tasks in your workday. Doing less to be more productive may seem strange, but it's the most important secret to efficiency. Productivity isn't about doing more of everything, it's about doing more of the right things. This means identifying key tasks to focus on, and trimming away everything else. You can identify candidates for elimination by assessing your passion and proficiency for each task. Passion refers to the high level of motivation that you bring to certain tasks. Proficiency, on the other hand, means that you're skilled at the task, and that this task significantly contributes to your work.…
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