There are finite games and infinite games.<ul><li>Finite games are known players with known rules with goals to win the game.</li><li>Infinite games have known and unknown players, rules that can change, and the goal to keep playing the game</li></ul>When players are both competing at the same finite or infinite game, the game is stable. When there is an opposition, the finite player will burn though resources and willpower to compete and the infinite player will just be playing the game.

Finite vs Infinite Games

Businesses often try to play in the finite game. They will strive to a sales metric or a competitive feature to their opponent. This is futile and will only end with burning though resources and willpower.When businesses compete in the infinite game, there is a higher purpose than a strong year-end sale. There is strategy to say in the game indefinitely.

Businesses in the Game

<ol><li>Just cause. Working for more than just a metric.</li><li>Trusting team. Trust to ask for help from co-workers and managers without fear of performance reviews.</li><li>Worthy advisory. To reflect who is doing something better to find what you can self improve yourself.</li><li>Existential flexibility. How long can you stay in the infinite game.</li><li>The ability to lead. Lead an infinite game that is greater than a few successes. </li></ol>

Leaders in the Infinite Game

Finding more in our work that gives us meaning that will will devote our lives work to the cause.

More than a metric

If your not willing to blow up your company to make a drastic change, the market will do it for you.

Existential flexibility

Working hard for something we don't care about is called stress. Working hard for something we love is called passion.

Simon Sinek joins the How To: Academy to present his latest insights on The Infinite Game. Simon explains how adopting an infinite mindset is necessary for leaders who want to build stronger, more innovative and more inspiring organizations.

Career

The Infinite Game: How to Lead in the 21st Century

We need to manage our attention. That is to give our undivided attention to the things that are important. This is different than just giving our time to something, we give our attention.

Not Time management, but Attention Management. 

Attention management means to focus on what to give our attention to and not just what to give our time to.

Focus

Do not decide if you have time for a task, decide the task is worthy of your attention.

What to spend your time on. 

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Self Improvement

It's not about time management, but attention management

Debt robs you of your income! So, it’s about time you get rid of that debt.

Say goodbye to debt.

It’s so easy to walk through those aisles, grabbing a bag of Oreos here and a few bags of chips there

Cut down on groceries.

It’s time to cancel any subscriptions you don’t use on the regular.

Cancel automatic subscriptions

Your also paying for the "brand" in brand name product. Generic can save $$

Buy generic.

The average monthly price for cable TV is about $107 a month—which adds up to over $1,200 a year! Save money by cuttting cable!

Cut ties with cable.

If you’ve still got debt in your life, you’ll be better off using those funds to pay off your student loans or the balance on your credit card instead of stashing that money away.

Spend extra or unexpected income wisely.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average household spends approximately $3,459 on food outside of the home each year.

Pack lunch (and eat at home).

With Google and YouTube, there is a tutorial for everything.

DIY . . . everything!

Saving money is as easy as shifting around your spending priorities. These smart money habits will help you save money and reach your goals.

Money

How to Save Money: 20 Simple Tips

Team capacity is a simple function of the hours worked by the number of team members. One flaw is how many hours can be expected as 'working hours'.  Working continuously for the entire 'working hours' would be 100% utilization. This means there is no extra time during the day to say hi to a coworker.

Team capacity

Running at 100% capacity will lead to burnout. This is not MIGHT, this WILL happen. Even our computer running at 100% CPU capacity will burnout. Our brian is the same way. A standard work day of 8 hours might be reduced to 5 or 6 hours of productivity. This should be factored into team capacity. Capacity studies should focus on less than 100% utilization to avoid employee burnout.

Burnout

Don't confuse busy with productive. Just because you have wall to wall meetings, doesn't meet you have a productive day. That means you are too busy to be productive and are not utilizing your time effectively.

Busy vs Productive

To avoid over meeting for no reason<ul><li>Need to have specific question or specific information that cannot be done by email</li><li>Reduce default time from 1 hour to 30 min</li><li>block meeting free times for your team in their calendar</li></ul>

Meetings can kill productivity

Very successful companies have never struck me as particularly busy; in fact, they are, as a group, rather laid back. Energy is evident in the workplace, but it's not the energy tinged with fear that comes from being slightly behind on everything.

Many organizations in which I've coached are concerned when the people on their teams aren't being "utilized" at 100% of their capacity. If someone is at work...

The 100% Utilization Myth - DZone Agile

You cannot manage time, time contiunes on when you like it or not.

Adding to the Eisenhower Method a third dimension, of significance.<ul><li>Importance is how soon does it matter</li><li>Urgent is how much does it matter</li><li>Significance is how long will it matter </li></ul>

Three dimensions of priority

You multiply your time by giving yourself the emotional permission to spend time on thigns today that will give you more time tomorrow.

Multiply your time is much like compound intrest. You invest time now on a task that will save you time in the future. This could be eliminating the task, automating the taks, delegating the task or completing the task now. This is how more time is created in the furture, by using time now to free up time later.

Multiply your time

Everything you know about time-management is wrong. In this challenging and counter-intuitive video, Self-Discipline Strategist and New York Times bestselling author of Rory Vaden, shows you why you can't solve today's time-management challenges with yesterday's time-management strategies. More importantly he explains why procrastinating on purpose is the key to being able to Multiply your time. Self-Discipline Strategist Rory Vaden’s book Take the Stairs is a #1 Wall St Journal and #2 New York Times bestseller. Rory is also Co-Founder of Southwestern Consulting™, an 8-figure global consulting practice. His new book Procrastinate On Purpose: 5 Permissions to Multiply Your Time came out in January of 2015 and was an instant National Bestseller. Free insights at http://www.roryvadenblog.com . This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

The Infinite Game: How to Lead in the 21st Century

It's not about time management, but attention management

How to Save Money: 20 Simple Tips

The 100% Utilization Myth - DZone Agile

How To Multiply Your Time | Rory Vaden | TEDxDouglasville

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