MOST THINGS MAKE NO DIFFERENCE - Be aware of this.
Focus on the important few and ignore the rest (80/20 rule, cut 80% that brings you 20% value)
Limit tasks to the important ones to shorten work time. (80/20)
Interviews, non-practical/non-effective meetings, useless events.
Shorten work time to limit tasks to the important (Parkinson's Law)
Parkinson's Law is the old adage that work expands to fill the time allotted for its completion.
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I feel this book made me look at myself and see that I want to get the f... out of the rat race we live in every day. I want to feel free I soon as I can. And for that we have to reach a level of financial stability not so easy to achieve. But with some of these tips it is possible,
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What you do is far more important than how you do it. Efficiency is important, but it’s redundant unless it’s being applied to the right things.
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Parkinson’s second law: Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.
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