Routines
Define ratios for what time of thinking is needed to evolve.
Routine is more powerful than willpower and talent
Optimise time schedule to follow processes that return value
Repeatedly following scheduled processes creates habits. The more you follow better processes, the better life becomes.
Event Triggers
Set up a routine to set up triggers to watch future events for predicted outcomes.
Questions
- Where are we going?
- Why are we going there?
- Are we on track?
- Is this the best way to do things?
- What are we missing?
📄️ Think Weeks
Absorb
📄️ Analysis
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📄️ Weekly Routines
First we make our habits then our habits make us
Time Optimisation
Time is your most valuable resource, don't waste it.
Optimise balance with time to:
- Think
- Build
- Sell
- Play
- Rest
Using a scheduling tools to engineer best practice routines for delivering quality results.
How to prepare state of mind best for the subject that requires attention?
- What time of day?
- What preparation?
- How to initialise?
Dependent on growth phase how should time be proportioned between?
| Subject | Notes |
|---|---|
| Sales && Marketing | |
| Product && Engineering | |
| Financials && Strategy | |
| Human Resources && Operations |
Need to identify hours when brain is at the peak capacity for challenging work then lock yourself away without distractions.
Find out when this time starts and ends for you and how best to prepare to hit that zone running.
Around 7:00am to 11:00am. Use Pomodoro to take short breaks to keep sharp.
Don't start your day thinking "What will I do next?" and don't allow external forces such as email or phone calls drive your actions
When it is done, go for a run, take a shower etc and let the subconcious evaluate the Most Valuable Question to take into tomorrow. Remind yourself of that question, last thing before going to bed.
Writing
Habit
Do the the smallest thing, but do it.
Routine = Schedule + Process.
Habit = Practicing a consistent routine mulitple times.
Engineer unavoidable routines to evolve sticky habits.
Everyone has a plan until the get punched in the face - Mike Tyson
You need to practice often and well to make lasting habits.
First we make our habits then our habits make us - John Dryden
Planning
- Sleep: Need to sleep
- Health: life is not fun if you are not healthy
- Fun: thats the bonus of
- Work
- Deep (meaningful) work that only you can do
- Collaborative work
- Process driven work
Starting Deep Work
What is the ideal way to start deep work? Athletes need to warm up their bodies, is their an optimal way to warm up the mind?
Ideas:
Learning
Learning to learn quickly is the most valuable skill.
- What is the best time?
- How to prepare to focus?
- How long?
Evolve ritual practices to make knowledge a habit.
- Find ways to beat system one
- Make knowledge a habit.
Everybody has a place until they get punched in the face - Mike Tyson
Identify Enemies
Context shifting.
- Social Media
- Netflix etc
- Pointless Meetings
See problems
Mental Practice
Stoicism
Recognise what you can and cannot control. You determine your reaction to a crisis. Ignore people dominated by their own negative emotions. Master yourself and aim to be virtous. Learn to move on
Schedule
- Daily - Have a theme for each day on the week
- Weekly - What will make a good week?
- 6 Week Plan - Strategic implementation review (x2 equals a quarter)
- Annual
- 3 years: Define the dream, vision and mission
Monthly Reminders
- Review of On Writing Well