Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
gm I genuinely want to know your answer to this: What was the most productive period of your life so far? What was sustainable about it? What wasn’t?
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bradq
@bradq
My most productive time(s) were seasons where the overall task was more defined--I knew (specifically) what I was trying to achieve and basically how to achieve it. At least in terms of getting the most tangible work done. Other times, I think you measure productive differently b/c not everything is tangible.
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Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
Yea - productivity as a manager for example feels like you can hit tangible inputs but fuzzy outputs (did you REALLY drive that revenue number etc). Any particularly useful “specific” framings that you think helped you stay focused?
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bradq
@bradq
One I practice is to do the tangible, specific tasks first (or early) in the day/week to prove myself productive and then have flexibility the rest of the day/week to muse on the harder, less tangible tasks and if/when I made progress it was a perceived bonus.
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Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
Ah I call this doing the 1MIT 🔥 1 Most Important Thing It works wonderfully when I have the discipline to set it the night before. I struggle with setting them day of unfortunately.
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