Reactionary work can be distracting and take up most of our time. Blocking time for certain activities like responding to email or replying to text messages may help.Remember that reactionary work seems urgent but is not important at that moment.

Handling Reactionary Work

Insecurity work is our dip-checks, drills and monitoring the health of our business, making sure everything is normal.Insecurity work can be compartmentalized into chosen time periods every day, maybe just 30 minutes at the end of each day.

Insecurity Work

It is the stuff we have to do, like writing a check to pay our bills, preparing our tax returns, or even making a daily report.Procedural work is best tackled by technology: automation minimizes the time spent and errors generated in any procedural work.

Procedural Work

Our creativity is in its full potential in problem-solving work. This requires our brainpower, focus, and attention.

Problem-Solving Work

Problem-solving work is only possible in a distraction-free zone, away from the ringing phones and notifications.If the problem you're working on is of genuine interest, then there is real engagement and exceptional results will follow.

Fully Engaged Work

Planning work is time spent on listing, prioritizing and scheduling your work. Planning helps us become efficient in our execution. Thus, allocating special time for planning work is crucial. Proactive planning can be exceptionally productive and beneficial in the long run.

Planning Work

Reactionary work is the stuff that we do out of a reaction, like picking a phone because it is ringing. Checking email, replying to a text message, is all reactionary work. It is a necessary evil.Reactionary work can be distracting and take up most of our time. Blocking time for certain activities like responding to email or replying to text messages may help.

Reactionary Work

Hacking work is all the rage these days, along with tips for managing email, taking notes, and running meetings. But, at a higher level, what can we learn from analyzing the different types of work we do and how we allocate our time?

Problem-Solving Work

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