Book Titles

For many different knowledge work settings, deploying these short meetings, three to five times a week, can significantly reduce ad hoc email or instant message interactions…

Short, structured check-ins can be empowering.

…it’s surprising how much overwhelming, attention-fracturing, back-and-forth interaction can be compressed into a frequent schedule of very short check-ins.

When you’re overloaded, you’re forced to fall back on the flexibility of the hive mind… making you even less efficient in getting things done.

…there are few things more valuable than someone who consistently produces valuable output…

The core of the specialization principle is the idea that less can be more.

If you design workflows that allow knowledge workers to spend most of their time focusing without distraction… you’ll produce much more total value…

In rarefied pursuits… the importance of doing fewer minor things so you can do the main things better makes a lot of sense.

…once you adopt this mindset that unskilled activities slow down your growth, you’ll begin to notice numerous opportunities to reduce non-vital efforts.

Once you start looking for opportunities to off-load nonessential tasks, you’ll be surprised by how many you find.