Discussion Forum > Nice quote on productivity!
That quote reminds me of a scale for deciding what to work on. Tasks or activities are rated two ways, easy to hard to do and high to low in value. It seems that working on easy tasks with high value would be effective and productive.
May 26, 2011 at 15:04 |
Erin
Erin
There's a system there: Sticky all your tasks on a large grid. Focus on the lower right corner and work diagonally up-left.
May 26, 2011 at 16:08 |
Alan Baljeu
Alan Baljeu
Erik,
Just curious – whom are you quoting?
Just curious – whom are you quoting?
May 26, 2011 at 16:34 |
ubi
ubi
Alan,
Grid? I can't picture that. Sometimes I write 2/8 on the sticky note, 2 equals easy and 8 equals high value.
Grid? I can't picture that. Sometimes I write 2/8 on the sticky note, 2 equals easy and 8 equals high value.
May 26, 2011 at 19:43 |
Erin
Erin
I'm not recommending this. Just throwing out the concept: Take a large section of wall (even a whiteboard) and draw a grid with 10 big squares across and 10 down. Put your 2/8 sticky on the second bottom row, and the 8th column. Start working on the 1easy and 10highvalue.
May 26, 2011 at 20:16 |
Alan Baljeu
Alan Baljeu
Alan -
I think you're basically headed in 80/20 (Pareto) territory. Do things that have the greatest impact on results first. Those limited few are all that really matters.
I think you're basically headed in 80/20 (Pareto) territory. Do things that have the greatest impact on results first. Those limited few are all that really matters.
May 26, 2011 at 21:31 |
Scott Hutchins
Scott Hutchins
My money is on Scott ;)
ubi:
I'm quoting Troels Richter
ubi:
I'm quoting Troels Richter
May 27, 2011 at 3:36 |
Erik
Erik
It seems to me that AF and SF do a great job of allowing your combined reason and intuition to find the optimal path between all these opposing forces, optimizing both productivity and effectivity.
May 30, 2011 at 15:27 |
Seraphim
Seraphim
Effectivity is measured by value against effort.
The paradox is that you can be very productive without being effective at all!