It’s easy to get swept away by requests from other people and other demands on your time. This is why it can feel like you do a lot of work but make little progress on what’s most important. Blocking off time each day to work on your top goal ensures you make progress above all else.
See also:
- The Great CEO Within borrows this from Greg McKeown
- Adding time to your calendar can help combat the sense we should be doing something else
- Turn off notifications on all devices except one also helps (although maybe turn them all off for the top goal time)
Links to this note
-
Something you focus on seems more important than it actually is. This is apparent if you consider that at any moment there are many problems to solve, but the one you are thinking about is the one that tends to get solved.
-
Value Goes to Zero as Time Approaches Infinity
The longer something takes to deliver value, the less valuable it is. For example, when building a feature for a product, if it takes a year to build, it’s going to be less valuable than if it were to take a month because of the opportunity cost.